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A handful of trade, a handful of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about commerce

Speaking is silver, being silent is gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about being

An ape's an ape, though he wear a gold ring.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

That's all well and good, but gold is better.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

A good friend is better than silver and gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

When thine enemy retreateth, make him a golden bridge.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about enemies

'Tis as necessary to him as gold weights are to a beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Little thieves have iron chains, and great thieves gold ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves

He that would make a golden gate, must bring a nail to it daily.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Even if a monkey wears a golden ring, it is and remains an ugly thing.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things

They who fight with golden weapons are pretty sure to prove their right.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fight, rightness

All my goods are of silver and gold, even my copper kettle, says the boaster.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

What cannot gold do?

Proverbs and old sayings English

All that glisters is not gold.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Temperance is a bridle of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings English about temperance

The golden age never was the present age.

Proverbs and old sayings English about age, olderness, present

Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.

Proverbs and old sayings English about thieves, beauty

Kill not the goose that laid the golden egg.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron.

Proverbs and old sayings English

If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold.

Proverbs and old sayings English