Search in folklore: deserve

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They who deserve honour, fail of it; and they who obtain it, do not deserve it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about honour

Better deserve honour and not have it, than have it and not deserve it.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about honour

It is better to receive awards that you don't deserve rather than deserve them and not receive them.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment

He who does not wish for little things does not deserve big things.

Proverbs and old sayings Belgian about things, wish

One good turn deserves another

Proverbs and old sayings British about good, good luck, old, olderness

You get what you deserve.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

A bad wound deserves strong medicine.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about medicine, bad luck, bad

Every bad person deserves a bad problem.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, bad, people

Only a well-taught groom deserves a bride.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Someone who doesn't listen to others deserves not to be listened too.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If a horn deserves a jawbone, they attach one to it.

Proverbs and old sayings

First deserve and then desire.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A good dog deserves a good bone.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about good, good luck, americans

A forced kindness deserves no thanks.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Each husband gets the infidelity he deserves.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about infidelity, husband, americans

It's not every question that deserves an answer.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about question, americans

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about contentment, americans

Most men get as good a wife as they deserve, and that isn't much.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about wife, man, americans, good, good luck

He who asks more of a friend than he can bestow deserves to be refused.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

He who goes his own way does not deserve being received.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about being