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Money burns many.

Proverbs and old sayings French about money

When the kitchenmaids are together the roast burns.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Whatever is to be a nettle, burns early.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Crooked wood burns quite as well as straight.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The hat burns on the head of the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves, heads

A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

Many homes burns inside but it is not seen outside.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

One man's house burns so that another may warm himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about home, house, man

The sweat of one's brow is what burns everyone.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Who glows not burns not.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A little pepper burns a big man's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about man

He who burns his mouth on the soup will blow on a cold fish dish.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Not so much that it burns the saint, nor so little that it doesn't illuminate him.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about saints

Kif is like fire; a little warms, a great deal burns.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about fire, fire brigade

No lamp burns till morning.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Too much wax burns the church.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Thanks to one small candle the whole of Moscow burns.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Better a little fire that warms, nor a meikle that burns.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

Old wood lights better but burns out quicker.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about old, olderness

When your neighbor burns down, your hurt is near.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian