Search in folklore: pound, page 2

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Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian

An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about patience

A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about sadness

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The nail that sticks out gets pounded.

Proverbs and old sayings English

A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft.

Proverbs and old sayings English about prudence

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Take care of your pennies and your pounds will take care of your heirs and barristers.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Penny wise is often pound foolish.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Of big words and feathers may go to the pound.

Proverbs and old sayings German about word

A dram of discretion is worth a pound of wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wisdom

The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Of words and feathers, it takes many to make a pound.

Proverbs and old sayings German about word

An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of school-wit.

Proverbs and old sayings German about school, mother

An ounce of a mother's wit is worth a pound of schoolgirl's wit.

Proverbs and old sayings German about mother

Ill luck comes by pounds and goes away by ounces.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, good luck

In a thousand pounds of law there is not one ounce of love.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about law, love

An ounce of discretion is better than a pound of knowledge.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about knowledge

From snow whether cooked or pounded you will get nothing but water.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing, water, contentment

A pound a fret can't pay an ounce a debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican