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Cleanse thy heart from greed, and thy foot shall remain free from fetters.

Proverbs and old sayings about greed, heart

How can the person who is eating dates prohibit the eating of dates? It's better to be a free dog than a caged lion.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

The animal caught in the trap does not refuse to set itself free.

Proverbs and old sayings

Give one fish and he's fed for only a day. Teach one how to fish and he'll be free from hunger all his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about hunger, life, day

If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He is so wise, that he goes upon the ice three days before it freezes.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about day

A man who is advised and he takes it, is still a man who acts from his own free will.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man

If the adder could hear, and the blindworm could see, neither man nor beast would ever go free.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man

Gie ye meat, drink, an cleas, an ye'll beg amang yer freends.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about drinking

Laws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish