Wealth, like an index, reveals the character of men.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about character, wealth, man
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Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man
Men see more of the business of others than of their own.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about affair, man
Courts grant not their favours as men are good and deserving.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man, good, good luck
Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts, and some devils.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about drunkenness, devil, man
Desire of glory is the last garment that even wise men put off.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about glory, man
However extravagant men's desires, they hope to see them gratified.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about hope, man
A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about woman, man, god
Do chattering monkeys mimic men, Or we, turned apes, out-monkey them?
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man
Men learn oratory by practice. [Practice in speaking makes us eloquent. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about oratory, man
All men grieve, and if you ask them the reason why, they cannot tell it.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about reason, man, contentment
He who knows not how to employ his leisure hath more cares on his mind than the most busy of busily-engaged men.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mind, man
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wealth, man
Hard things alone will not make a wall. [Some soft substance must unite them: and so with hard men--to fraternize they require some soft influence from others. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about influence, things, man
If all men were on an equality, the consequence would be that all must perish: for who would till the ground? who would sow it? Who would plant? who would press wine?.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about press, consequences, equality, wine, man
Some men build a wine cellar after only finding one grape.
Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about wine, man
Some men will build a wine cellar when they have found just one grape.
Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about wine, man
The earth is a giant cooking pot and men are the meat therein.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about earth, man
Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about eyes, man, god
Just as a bamboo cane forms a round jet of water, so taking counsel together makes men of one mind.
Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about moral, mind, man, water
