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'Tis gold Which makes the true man killed, and saves the thief; Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man; what Can it not do, and undo?

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about thieves, man

If a rich man eats a snake, people call it wisdom; if a poor man does the same thing, people call it derangement.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about people, wisdom, things, wealth, man

A man who lets his problems get the better of him is like a man who divorces his wife the first time she makes him angry.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about problems, wife, time, man

Learning is fine clothes for the rich man, and riches for the poor man.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, clothes, man

When a rich man's dog died, everyone commiserated. When a poor man lost his mother, no one noticed.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, mother, man

In a fight the rich man tries to save his face, the poor man his coat.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about fight, wealth, face, man

When you meet a man judge him by his clothes, when you leave a man judge him by his heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about judges, clothes, heart, man, contentment

To get the best dowry, marry the poor man's first daughter but the rich man's last daughter.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth, man

The rich man breaks through the mesh and escapes, the afflicted man remains in the net and is caught.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth, man

A rich man will get his carriage over the mountains, a poor man will lose his way on a level plain.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about wealth, man

When a rich man falls they say it was an accident; when a poor man falls they say that he was drunk.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about wealth, man

The unqualified man desires to climb to the top; the bad man desires to sit at the head of the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about heads, bad luck, man, bad

It takes a wise man to learn from his mistakes, but an even wiser man to learn from others.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about man

A man is known by the company he keeps.

Proverbs and old sayings English about companies, man

A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.

Proverbs and old sayings English about woman, old, olderness, man

No man is born wise.

Proverbs and old sayings British about man

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about mind, man

A man of many trades begs his bread on Sundays.

Proverbs and old sayings British about man

First the man takes a drink.

Proverbs and old sayings British about drinking, man

Give a man luck and throw him into the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings British about bad luck, good luck, man