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If I had two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, soul

Books speak to the mind, friends to the heart, heaven to the soul, all else to the ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books, soul, mind, heart

Age may wrinkle the face, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enthusiasm, soul, age, olderness, face

Fortune lost, nothing lost; courage lost, much lost; honour lost, more lost; soul lost, all lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about courage, honour, soul, wealth, nothing

The loftier and more distant the ideal, the greater its power to lift up the soul.

Proverbs and old sayings about ideal, power, soul

The meat-biting tooth is in the mouth; the man-biting tooth is in the soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about soul, man

Though thou hast never so many counsellors, yet do not forsake the counsel of thy own soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about moral, soul

The most important thing you have to do is to save your soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about soul, things, contentment

What the abbot of Bamba cannot eat he gives away for the good of his soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about soul, good, good luck

The mouse that only trusts to one poor hole, Can never be a mouse of any soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about soul

They call one generous and make one lose one's property, they call one brave and make one lose one's soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about soul

Sleeping prayer

I am placing my soul and my body
On Thy sanctuary this night, O God,
On Thy sanctuary, O Jesus Christ,
On Thy sanctuary, O Spirit of perfect truth,
The Three who would defend my cause,
Nor turn Their backs upon me....

Spells and incantations British