Search in folklore: lament

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You lament not the dead, but lament the trouble of making a grave; the way of the ghost is longer than the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, contentment

If you hide a sick person, your lamentation alarm will only announce his death.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, people, contentment

Agreement with two people, lamentation with three.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

When an wise man dies, the heavens lament.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

A man who continually laments is not heeded.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about man

In misfortune we need help, not lamentation.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about help, need

Eyes that don't see have less to lament.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about eyes

Whoever falls in love with an old person laments their fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth, people, love, old, olderness

A sheep does not lament the death of a goat's kid.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about death

One false step brings everlasting grief. Short please, long lament.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sadness

Weep for the mourners, not for the dead; they have gone to their rest, and we are left to lament.

Proverbs and old sayings about rest