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He whose money increases doesn't feel satisfied with his wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite about wife, money

If a man returns from a long journey and no one says welcome back to him he feels like one who has not arrived.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about comedy, tragedy, life, americans

A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas -- a hunting dog does not feel them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

When you rely too much on reason, you end up not relying enough on feeling.

Proverbs and old sayings French about reason, end

A woman is like a blanket: If you cover yourself with it, it bothers you; if you throw it aside you will feel the cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about woman

The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about duty, things

A person who picks something and decides to make it his own, ought to think how he would feel if he was the person who lost the property he picked.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about people

Not to know the good we have Till time has stolen the cherish'd gift away, Is cause of half the misery that we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about gifts, world, time, good, good luck

If the glacier perceives a headless army is clumsy, it feels a sort of emphatic guilt, I dare say.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about guilt

A woman is like a cat: the more you pet her the better she feels.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman

When you're invited, eat heartily, because if they like you they'll laugh, and if they don't like you they'll feel the pangs of death.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about death

Ten tongues that spread the word are worth less than two eyes that have seen, and two eyes that have seen are worth less than one hand that feels.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai about eyes, word

Plant rice when the ground is ready; pursue women when you feel passion.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan