If you sell your purse to your wife, give your trousers into the bargain.
Proverbs and old sayings British about commerce, wife, contentment
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Give me money to buy myself a purse to put my money in.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about money, commerce
You will sell more sheepskins at the market than wolfskins.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about commerce, stores, contentment
The Bad tax-collector will sell one of your oxen, the good one - both.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about commerce, bad luck, bad, good, good luck
Beat your gong and sell your candles.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce
Money can buy a lot that is not even for sale.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, money
You can't buy an inch of time with an inch of gold.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, time, contentment
The emperor is rich, but he cannot buy one extra year.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, wealth
Though the emperor be rich, he cannot buy one extra year.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, wealth
If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, contentment
You buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, contentment
If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about bad, commerce, children, enemies
Anyone can buy a good house, but good neighbors are priceless.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, good, good luck, home, house
Hold back some goods for a thousand days and you will be sure to sell at a profit.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, day, contentment
An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, commerce, contentment
When you have only two dollars left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a rose with the other.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, world, contentment
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, world, contentment
Don't buy a boat that is under water.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about commerce, water
Don't buy the salt if you haven't licked it yet.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about haven, commerce, contentment
A good buy is better than a good sale.
Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, good, good luck
