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To promise is easy, to keep is troublesome.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about promise

He who has a white horse and a fair wife is seldom without trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about problems, wife

It is good fishing in troubled waters.

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

Smoke, stench, and a troublesome wife are what drive men from home.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about smoke, home, wife, man

If you are a leader of peace, listen to the discourse of the petitioner. Be not abrupt with him; that would trouble him.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about problems, peace, contentment

Better to kiss a knave than be troubled with him.

Proverbs and old sayings English about kiss

He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.

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

Nothing is more ridiculous or troublesome than mere ceremony.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing

Smoke, floods, and a troublesome wife, are enough to drive a man out of his life.

Proverbs and old sayings French about smoke, wife, life, man

Who heeds not little things, will be troubled about lesser ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about things

When women increase in wealth, they are silent. But when they fall into trouble, the whole world gets to know.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about problems, wealth, fall, world

He that has a white horse and a fair wife need never want for trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, problems, need, wife

He fishes in troubled waters.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Marriages are all happy its having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about problems, happiness

Marriages are all happy. It's having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about problems, happiness

Where comes a cow the wiseman lay down, there follows a woman, and where comes a woman follows trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman, problems

What darg see him bark all night, ramgoat see it no trouble him.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about problems, night

A troubled heart is a worm to the bones.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about heart

It is a misery to be born, a punishment to live, and a trouble to die.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about punishment, problems, death

He fishes in troubled waters. [If you wish to catch gudgeons stir up the mud. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wish, trap, contentment