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A stranger does not share the monkey.

Proverbs and old sayings

Old rust is for the stranger.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

A stranger is like a white fowl.

Proverbs and old sayings

Better to marry a neighbor than a stranger.

Proverbs and old sayings

Pity the stranger, even if he is rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite about wealth

Boast to a stranger, complain only to your friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian

Know each other as if your were brothers; negotiate deals as if you were strangers to each other.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

It is odd for a dog to look unconcerned when a sheep is barking at a stranger.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If two brothers fight over their father's land, it is a stranger who will enjoy there sweat and labour.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight

Get together like brother, and keep each other in check like strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings

A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.

Proverbs and old sayings about progress, change, anger, things, man

The day your horse dies and your money's lost, your relatives change to strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, money, day

The day your horse dies and your money's gone, your relatives change into strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, money, day

Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about affair, drinking

Be straightforward in all your dealing and noble with strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Eat and drink with your relatives, but do business with strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about affair, drinking

It is better to be naked in your place than to be a pasha with strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings

You have a lot of friends if you have money; otherwise there are only strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Nepalese about money, contentment

It is better to be in chains with friends, than to be in a garden with strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about garden