It is bad to have a servant, but worse to have a master.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about bad luck, bad
Search in folklore: master, page 10
243 results
The master orders the man, the man orders the cat, and the cat orders her tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about man
Use makes mastery.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about use
None is born a master.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
Better master one than engage with ten.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
He can ill be a master that never was a scholar.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
An ass must be tied where the master will have him.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
The eye of the master does more work than both his hands.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about work
The master is the one who turns the servant into a thief.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about thieves
The master's footsteps fattens the soil, and his foot the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
To become a master or a deadman.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
One is one's own master on one's own stove.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
When masters are fighting, their servants' forelocks are creaking.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Some people are masters of money, and some people are slaves of it.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about people, money
Sike man, sike master.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
Many man serves a thanklesse master.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
The scholar may war the master.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about war
Mony a ane serves a thankless master.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
An ill servant ne'er prov'd a good master.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about good, good luck
Forsake not God till you find a better master.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about god, contentment
