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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.

Proverbs and old sayings about family

Marry the girl of a good family though she be seated on a mat, very poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about family, good, good luck

The family that prays together stays together.

Proverbs and old sayings about family

If i am in harmony with my family, that's success.

Proverbs and old sayings about harmony, family

He who abandons his family, god forsakes him.

Proverbs and old sayings about family, god

Holiday of Saint Nicolae

Saint Nicolae is the spiritual patriarch in Holland, Russia, Greece, France and in a lot of cities from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. He is known as the protector of poor people, sailors, tradesmen,...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

If you act as good as you look, you'll never shame your family.

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

It is easy to govern a kingdom but difficult to rule one's family.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rules, family

The villain that becomes rich knows neither friends nor family.

Proverbs and old sayings French about criminals, family, wealth

I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as one that settled be.

Proverbs and old sayings French about family

If you stab out the eye of thy neighbor cut off two finger and dip them in honey. Cook them in lemon curd and present them to his family in a pigeon pie. If they dine on a full moon his eye will sprout again from it's socket.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about present, gypsies, family, moon

The needle, small and thin, can support a man and his family.

Proverbs and old sayings about family, man

Like the seaweed that clings to each other after each passing boat separates them, so too a family will come together with the passing of each crisis.

Proverbs and old sayings about family

If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming...

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about commerce, family, world

Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about conduct, family, good, good luck

When you come back from a trip bring something for the family -- even if it is only a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about family

When you return from a trip, bring back something for your family -- even if it is only a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about family

The one who first shuts up in an argument is from a good family.

Proverbs and old sayings Czechoslovak about family, good, good luck

When the plough enters a house, so does the condition of the family become vile.

Proverbs and old sayings about family, home, house