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He who keeps his old clothes, gains new ones too.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about clothes, old, olderness

Continually give, continually gain.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A fall into a ditch, a gain in your wit.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fall

A smile will gain you ten more years of life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about smile, life

Ill gotten gains are like snow that is sprinkled with hot water.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

A day of reading is a day of gain; a day without reading is ten days of loss.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day

A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about salary, night, man

Wise care keeps what it has gained.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Money saved is as good as money gained.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about money, good, good luck

You may gain by fair words what may fail you by angry ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The earthen pan gains nothing by contact with the copper pot.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about nothing

Small gains bring great wealth.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wealth

Light gains make a heavy purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about light

He is no merchant who always gains.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A penny spared is better than a florin gained.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When one is helping another, both gain in strength.

Proverbs and old sayings

No gain without pain.

Proverbs and old sayings English about pain

Nothing venture, nothing gain.

Proverbs and old sayings English about nothing

Learn weeping and thou shalt gain laughing.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He who does not gain loses.

Proverbs and old sayings French