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A load of March dust is worth a ducat.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A loaded wagon creaks; an empty one rattles.

Proverbs and old sayings German

LA loaded wagon creaks; an empty one rattles.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles.

Proverbs and old sayings German

When God throws the dice are loaded.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about god

When God throws the dice, they are loaded.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about god

Marrying off a daughter is like loading cargo on a ship.

Proverbs and old sayings

There is no loaded cart which could not carry one more forkful.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Handfuls make a load.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A tree often transplanted is never loaded with fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about books, knowledge, wisdom

All lay load on the willing horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The ready back gets all the loads.

Proverbs and old sayings

Walk your own road and bear your own load.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

A man who walks alone carries a load of palm-fronds.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man

Crooked load will not get to the destination.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

All lay loads on a willing horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Put a heavy load on an old donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about old, olderness