Search in folklore: debtor

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Debtors are liars.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A little debt makes a debtor, a great one an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings about enemies

No man is a hero to his debtors.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heroism, man

When the cock craws the heart of a debtor skips a bit.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heart

A small debt makes a debtor, a heavy one an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about enemies, americans

My debtor is a worse payer even than I am.

Proverbs and old sayings

Of bad debtors you make take spoilt herrings.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad

Early to rise and late to bed, lifts again the debtor's head.

Proverbs and old sayings German about heads

A welcome is a debtor's face.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about face

A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about enemies, man

Buy the bed of a great debtor.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about commerce

The sick man sleeps when the debtor cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

A little makes a debtor and much an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about enemies

Of ill debtors men take oats.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man

A sick man sleeps, but not a debtor.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

The rich man doesn't pay, the debtor does.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth, man