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In business you need two Jews for one Greek, two Greeks for one Syrian and two Syrians for one Armenian.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about affair, need, contentment

If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, thieves, contentment

The house of envy lies in the lowest hollows, golden, sunless, breathed upon by no wind, grim and filled full of inert chill, and lacking warmth, is always roiled in fog.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about envy, home, house

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about value, hunger, rest, food, good, good luck

Everyone is the age of their heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about age, olderness, heart

A weapon is an enemy even to its owner.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about enemies

The deepest waters make the least noise.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Your true enemy lives in your own house.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about enemies, home, house

Don't despise someone for telling the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about truth

He who avoids the temptations avoids the sin.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about sin

He who doesn't risk a penny doesn't make a peso.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about risk

There's no ill that doesn't turn out for the better.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Do not bear ill will toward those who tell you the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about truth, contentment

Better to eat beans in peace than to eat meat in distress.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about peace

Return property to its owner, and your sleep will be peaceful.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about sleep

That which is said at the table should be wrapped up in the tablecloth.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

It's not the fault of the parrot, but of the one who teaches him to talk.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

To make preparations does not spoil the trip.

Proverbs and old sayings Guinean

Around a flowering tree, one finds many insects.

Proverbs and old sayings Guinean about insects

The toad likes water, but not when it's boiling.

Proverbs and old sayings Guinean about water