Search in folklore: lose

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Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, contentment

Lose no rights, and commit no extortions.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Lose a leg rather than life.

Proverbs and old sayings about life

Lose an hour in the morning, chase it all day.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about day

When you lose on the drum-beating if the gods, you lose on the rhythm and pace of life.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about gods, life, contentment

If the bread in the oven is a failure you lose a week; if the harvest is a failure you lose a year; if marriage is a failure then you lose a life.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about failure, marriage, life, contentment

Better lose that lose more.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

It is better to lose than lose more.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

It is better to lose your eyes than to lose your heart.

Proverbs and old sayings about eyes, heart

If you lose your self-respect, you also lose the respect of others.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about respect, self-control, contentment

They call one generous and make one lose one's property, they call one brave and make one lose one's soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about soul

Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

You win some, you lose some.

Proverbs and old sayings British about contentment

Lend your money and lose your friend.

Proverbs and old sayings English about money

Those who lose dreaming are lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian

Raisin too is dry, but it doesn't lose its sweetness.

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

Proverbs and old sayings British about contentment, old, olderness

When kings lose direction they become servants.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A diamond doesn't lose its value due to lack of admiration.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about admiration, value

You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment