Search in folklore: favor

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Favor your own first, then others.

Proverbs and old sayings Peruvian

The first favor is a favor, the second an obligation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The plant God favors will grow even without rain.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain, god

To favor the ill is to injure the good.

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

A favor to come is better than a hundred received.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

An ounce of favor goes farther than a pound of justice.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about justice, americans

To ask a favor from a miser is like trying to make a hole in water.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about water

Never give thanks for a favor held back.

Proverbs and old sayings Chilean

Be in readiness for favorable winds.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Forget the favors you have given; remember those received.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Guard against disgrace in times of favor; be prepared for danger in times of safety.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about safety, danger

Ask no favors and people everywhere are affable; if you don't drink, it doesn't matter what price wine is.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drinking, wine, people

It is easy to manage when fortune favors.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth

Kissing goes by favor.

Proverbs and old sayings English about kiss

Whom god favors, he tries with affliction.

Proverbs and old sayings about god

If you do a person a favor, you'll be his superior; if he does one for you, his inferior; and if neither, you'll be his friend.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

The favorite place of God is in the heart of man.

Proverbs and old sayings about heart, god, man

To receive a favor is to sell one's liberty.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about liberty, commerce

Fortune favors the bold but abandons the timid.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wealth

A favor given to man is appreciated by none.

Proverbs and old sayings about man