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He who wants to be rich in a year is hanged at six months' end.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, end

Soldiers must be well paid, and well hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He that is born to be hanged will never be drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Petty thieves are hanged, you take off your hat to the big ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

Millers, tailors, and weavers are not hanged, or the trade would soon be extinct.

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce

The hangman is being hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about being

He names a rope in the house of a man that was hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about home, house, man

The thief is sorry he is to be hanged, not that he is a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about thieves

He who has a bad name is half hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about name, bad luck, bad

He who hath an ill name is half hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about name

A man was hanged for saying what was true.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

He who would be rich in a year gets hanged in six months.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth

If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth

He rises early that is hanged before noon.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

It's a bad start on the week for the man who is hanged on a monday.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about bad luck, bad, man

It was Blacksmith's guilt, but the Gypsy was hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about guilt, gypsies

Confess and be hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

He that has an ill name is half hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about name

Messengers should neither be headed nor hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Petty thieves are hanged, the great ones go free.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about thieves