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The word is silver, the silence is gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about silence, word

Better a bed of wood than a bier of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Loose words are picked up like gold coin.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

A wooden bed is better than a golden coffin.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

When gold speaks, everything else is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

A sin of gold is followed by a punishment of lead.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about punishment, sin

Bury truth in a golden coffin, it will break it open.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about truth

Law is a flag and gold is the wind that makes it wave.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about law

The castle gates will always open for gold-laden donkeys.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

A golden handshake convinces even the most skeptical judge.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about judges

Many who have gold in the house are looking for copper outside.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about home, house

Many people who have gold in the house are looking for copper outside.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about home, house, people

Men may buy Gold over dear.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, man

He that hes gold may buy land.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce

Better than gold is a tale rightly told.

Proverbs and old sayings about fairy tales

All that's yellow is not gold, and all white things are not eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

The knowledge of a trade is worth a handful of gold

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about commerce, knowledge

He who hath gold hath fear, and he who hath none has sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about sadness, fear

The truth is like gold: keep it locked up and you will find it exactly as you first put it away.

Proverbs and old sayings about truth

A good reputation is better than a golden girdle.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about prestige, good, good luck