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If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about work, wealth, good, good luck, contentment

If work were a good thing, the rich would have grabbed it a long time ago.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about things, work, wealth, time, good, good luck

Whoever hastens to grow rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth

The court is most merciful when the accused is most rich.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth

Marry for money, my little sonny, a rich man's joke is always funny.

Proverbs and old sayings about joke, wealth, money, man

He who does kind deeds becomes rich.

Proverbs and old sayings about deeds, wealth

Fortune favours the fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about wealth

He is rich who owes nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about wealth, nothing

Everyone is the blacksmith of his own fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about wealth

The poor looks for food and the rich man for appetite.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about food, wealth, man

Rather be a slave to a rich man than the spouse of a poor man.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about wealth, man

If a man from humble beginnings gets rich, he will carry his umbrella at midnight.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about wealth, man

Who is blind? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about happiness, blind, wealth, world, nothing

Only the rich can afford compassion.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wealth

I would rather have a clever woman than a rich one.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about intelligence, wealth, woman

Poor men take to the sea, the rich to the mountains.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wealth, man

A penny in a poor man's pocket is better than two pennies in a rich man's pocket.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wealth, man

The right time to dine is: for the rich man, when he is hungry; and for the poor, when he has something to eat.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about rightness, wealth, time, man

Fortune helps fools.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth

Fortune, and go to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth, sleep