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Lean liberty is better than fat slavery.

Proverbs and old sayings German about slavery, liberty

Lean meat from a fat pig.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The well fed does not understand the lean.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

You cannot lean on air.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about air, contentment

If you want to lean on a tree, first make sure it can hold you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about judgment, americans

A lean fee is a fit reward for a lazy clerk.

Proverbs and old sayings British about reward

You can lean on a bamboo stick, but not on a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

A lean calf forgets to skip.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A tottering man must lean upon a staff.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

It is bad to lean against a falling wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

An envious man waxes lean with the fatness of his neighbour.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

A lean agreement is better than a fat judgement.

Proverbs and old sayings English

A fat kitchen makes a lean will.

Proverbs and old sayings French about kitchen

He who eats the king's cow lean, pays for it fat.

Proverbs and old sayings French

It is in vain to lean the ox to the water if he is not thirsty.

Proverbs and old sayings French about water

Better a lean peace than a fat victory.

Proverbs and old sayings German about victory, peace