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He who eats and drinks with the rich leaves the table hungry.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about wealth

That which is said at the table should be wrapped up in the tablecloth.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Never eat at the table of a Priest.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies

This is not my table.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

How could the boots get on the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Help is always welcome, except at the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about help

At table bashfulness is out of place.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about shame

High birth is a poor dish on the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

At a round table there is no dispute about place.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about dispute

Who depends on another man's table often dines late.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

When there is little bread at table put plenty on your plate.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who dangles after the great is the last at table and the first to be cuffed.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

In a restaurant choose a table near a waiter.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish

What matters is the menu on the table now.

Proverbs and old sayings

At table keep short hand; in company keep a short tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings about companies

The living are denied a table; the dead get a whole coffin.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian

When my child and I have eaten -- then clear the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about children

Good table, bad will.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

I have nothing for dinner, sit down to table.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about nothing