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A well educated man always has a kind word to say about the place where he spends the night.

Proverbs and old sayings Berber about word, night, man

It is better to ride for half a year on a good horse than to spend your entire life riding on a mule.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about life, good, good luck

A wild goose may be worth a hundred pieces of gold, but you first have to spend three pieces of gold to buy an arrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about commerce, contentment

Don't borrow from a baby-boomer, if you borrow, don't spend it.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment

Little sayd is soon mended, and a little geir is soon spended.

Proverbs and old sayings

Don't pay a single gold coin for the sorrell, but when he's good, be ready to spend a fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth, good, good luck

Eat little and you'll live, speak little and you'll get it right, spend little and you'll become rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rightness, wealth, contentment

There are three too much and three too little that can bring a fool down: too much spending and too little money; too much talking and too little knowledge; and too much boasting and too little earnings.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about talking, knowledge, money