Set a peasant on horseback, and he forgets both God and man.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about peasantry, god, man
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When a peasant gets rich, he knows neither relations nor friends.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about peasantry, wealth
Be a custom good or bad, a peasant will have it continue in force.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about peasantry, force, police, bad luck, bad, good, good luck
A peasant will stand on the top of a hill for a very long time with his mouth open before a roast duck will fly in.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about peasantry, time
An upstanding peasant is bigger than a nobleman on his knees.
Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about peasantry
The pope eats peasants, gulps gentlemen, and voids monks.
Proverbs and old sayings German
There is no occasion for priests to marry, while peasants have wives.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Cheese, pears and bread, is not the food of peasants.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about food
The gallows is not made for the rich, but for the head of the peasant.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about peasantry, wealth, heads
May waters drench peasants and lords or gentlemen, as many of them as it encounters.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
The noblemen's quarrels can be read on the backs of the peasants.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
