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Do not buy with your ears but with your eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about commerce, eyes

When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about commerce, use, eyes, contentment

When you buy, use your eyes and your mind, not your ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about commerce, use, mind, eyes, contentment

If you buy things you don't need, you are stealing from yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about thieves, commerce, need, things, contentment

He who has not been given brains from above will not buy them at the apothecary.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about commerce

Don't sell the fur before shooting the bear.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce

Don't sell the skin till you have caught the fox.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce, contentment

It is better to buy dearly than to hunger direly.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about hunger, commerce

Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce, stores

At court they sell a good deal of smoke without fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about smoke, commerce, fire, fire brigade, good, good luck

He who would buy sausage of a dog must give him bacon in exchange.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce

He who will not take cheap advice, will have to buy dear repentance.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce, advice

Buy him at his own price and sell him at yours and you'll make no bargain.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce, contentment

Don't try to buy fish in the Dry Towns.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, fishing

Don't buy a cat in a sack.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about commerce

Don't buy a pig in a poke.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about commerce

Sell beets/apples as lemons.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about commerce

He who wants a new world must first buy the old.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about commerce, world, old, olderness

Don't sell the bearskin before the bear is dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about commerce

Don't sell the skin till you've caught the bear.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about commerce, contentment