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Where there is no honour, there is no grief.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about sadness, honour

That grief is light which is capable of counsel.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sadness, moral, light

Grief for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sadness, pain, husband

The wrong-headed fool who refuses counsel, will come to grief.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, moral, bad

To give is honour, to love is grief.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about sadness, honour, love

Serve a lord and you'll know what is grief.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about sadness

Love, grief, and money cannot be kept secret.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about sadness, secret, money, love

Much pleasure and little grief is every man's desire.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about sadness, pleasure, man

Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be new.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about sadness, old, olderness

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about sadness, friendship, joy

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about sadness, heads

Grief is light that is capable of counsel.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, moral, light

A man without grief is not a man.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about sadness, man

He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about sadness

Those who conceal their grief find no remedy for it.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about sadness

Fear does not empty tomorrow of its sadness; it empties today of its power.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about sadness, power, fear