Sweet tongues buy horses on credit.
Proverbs and old sayings about commerce
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Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.
Proverbs and old sayings about fear
More credit is given to the eyes than to the ears.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about eyes
Eat fire and your mouth burn; live on credit and your pride will burn.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about proudness, fire, fire brigade
The English always credit the rest of us with the qualities they don't need themselves.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about need
A ragged coat finds little credit.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He who is without debt is without credit.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Every one gives himself credit for more brains than he has, and less money.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about money
Many words, little credit.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
No man is impatient with his creditors.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man
To-morrow we will credit it, not to-day.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about day
Hitherto I gave you credit for having horns.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
The credit got by a lie lasts only till the truth comes out.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about lie, truth
He getteth a great deal of credit, who payeth but a small debt.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Make a virtue of necessity. [Claim credit for compulsory rectitude. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about virtue
A pig on credit makes a good winter and a bad spring.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about spring, bad luck, bad, good, good luck
He who drinks on credit, gets drunk twice.
Proverbs and old sayings Serbian
The creditor gets a pledge from the good payer.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about good, good luck
A pig bought on credit grunts all the year.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
A pig bought on credit is forever grunting.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
