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A sturdy beggar should hae a stout nae-sayer.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

He's a poor beggar that canna gang by ae door.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

He that marries a beggar gets a louse for a tocher.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Never beg from one who was a beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Put a beggar into your barn and he will make himself your heir.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Anyone can be polite to a king, but it takes a gentleman to be polite to a beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The gardner had not yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the alms-bowl in front of him.

Proverbs and old sayings

The gardener had not yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the alms-bowl in front of him.

Proverbs and old sayings

The court official in one life has seven rebirths as a beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

The person who gives away his belongings will slowly become a beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about people

When two paupers get married it is the beginning of a generation of beggars.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about beginning

Death carries on its shoulders a heavy Tsar just as easily as a light beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about light, death

The lie of the millionaire is more believable than truth from a the beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about lie, truth

Neither serve one who has been a servant, nor beg of one who has been a beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

If everything that came from your tongue were to come into your hands, then every beggar would be a pasha.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish