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Heavy purses and light hearts can sustain much.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about light

Heavy is an old man's fall.

Proverbs and old sayings about fall, man, old, olderness

A light purse is a heavy purse.

Proverbs and old sayings British about light

A hen is heavy when carried far.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Human blood is heavy; he who has shed it cannot run away.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about human imperfections, blood

The horns cannot be too heavy for the cow that bears them.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Even drumsticks are heavy on the way home after the dance.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dance, home

The eye cannot bear loads yet it can tell heavy objects from light ones.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about objects, light

A small debt makes a debtor, a heavy one an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about enemies, americans

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about authority, wisdom, americans

A sin that is confessed is less heavy to bear.

Proverbs and old sayings about sin

The sky is heavy with rain, but does not come.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain, sky

The hand of the stranger is heavy.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques

In the end a needle weighs heavy.

Proverbs and old sayings Belgian about end

A heavy purse makes a light heart.

Proverbs and old sayings British about light, heart

Sma' winnings mak a heavy purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

You can't load a small boat with heavy cargo.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

The door to virtue is heavy and hard to open.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about virtue

If you are not so strong, don't carry heavy burdens.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

Wheat stalks heavy with grain learn how to bow their heads.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heads