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Everyone is worth more than his neighbor and less than his son.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

A foolish fox is caught by one leg, but a wise one by all four.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

To set fire to a church is not so bad as to speak ill of a virgin.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about fire, fire brigade, bad luck, bad

What is the use of a big wide world when your shoes are too small?

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about use, world

Your ancestor's glory should not prevent you from winning your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about ancestors, glory, contentment

Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about celebrity, stars, earth, contentment

The glory of ancestors should not prevent a man winning glory for himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about glory, ancestors, man

It is not at the table but in prison that you learn who your true friends are.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about prison, contentment

The glory of ancestors should not prevent a man from winning glory for himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about glory, ancestors, man

If you can't hold on to the horse's mane then don't try to hang on to its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about contentment

It is better to be threatened by the sword of a Turk than by the pen of a German.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

It is better to make money in the straw market than to lose it in the money market.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about stores, money

What is it to be a gentleman? Firstly it is to be thankful and secondly to complain.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

A wife is frightened of her first husband and a husband is frightened of his second wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about husband, wife

To serve our elders is a duty, our equals it is polite, but serving the young is humiliating.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about duty

You are not being honest if you burn your tongue and don't tell everyone else that the soup is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about being, contentment

The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about marriage, wine

When your wine is finished, conversation ends; when your money has been spent, you lose your friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about conversation, end, wine, money, contentment

The one who can gets two.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

Cute lamb sucks two ewes.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian