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Work hard, keep the ceremonies, live peaceably, and unite your hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings about work

Better dry bread in peacetime than meat in wartime.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Be peaceful yet vigilant -- a sheep will bite someone without a stick.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about prudence

No matter who succeeds or fails, the peacemaker will always suffer.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about suffering

No matter who comes off well, the peacemaker is sure to come off ill.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

You must not tell all that you know, nor judge all that you see, if you would live in peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about judges, peace, contentment

Love yourself; get outside yourself and take action. Focus on the solution; be at peace.

Proverbs and old sayings about concentration, action, peace, love, americans

One may teach another to speak, but none can teach another to hold his peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about peace

Neither trust or contend, nor lay wagers or lend, and you'll have peace to your end.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about peace, end, contentment

Tasty food, plenty of food, food in the right time - and peace at mealtimes.

Proverbs and old sayings about food, peace, rightness, time

An overbearing wife and a shouting husband will never be in peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about husband, peace, wife

In fair weather, in calm waters and in peaceful travel, even a coachman knows how to sail.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about weather

Tell not all you know, nor judge of all you see, if you would live in peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about judges, peace, contentment

The peacemaker dies, while the fighters survive.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan

It is better that trials come to you in the beginning and you find peace afterwards than that they come to you at the end.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about beginning, peace, end, contentment

House protecting: God, bless the world and all that is therein

House protecting

God, bless the world and all that is therein.
God, bless my spouse and my children,
God, bless the eye that is in my head,
And bless, O God, the handling of my hand;
What time I rise in the morning early,
What time I...

Spells and incantations British