But now I was a rich man, three things have left me bare; dice, wine, and women, these three have made me poor.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wine, wealth, things, man
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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
Learning is fine clothes for the rich man, and riches for the poor man.
Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, clothes, man
He that learns naught will never know how one is the fool of another, for if one be rich another is poor and for that should bear no blame.
Proverbs and old sayings about wealth
Be sure not to owe anything to the rich, and don't lend anything to the poor.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wealth
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
The poverty of the gentleman is better than the money of the poor man.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about poverty, money, man
The man who marries gives up liberty and accepts responsibility and it's said: The poor guy, who would have thought it.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about liberty, thinking, man
The oil merchant handles gold and diamonds; the grain merchant does business with silver, but the wine merchant is a poor man.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about affair, wine, man
First you are to think always of god. second you are to use all your powers to care for your people and especially the poor.
Proverbs and old sayings about use, people, god, contentment
Marry the girl of a good family though she be seated on a mat, very poor.
Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about family, good, good luck
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
Growl not at guests, nor drive them from the gate but show thyself gentle to the poor.
Proverbs and old sayings Viking
Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about charity, proudness
If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth, death, people
