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Count not what is lost but what is left.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

That which is quickly aquired is easily lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Beware of the camel going to seek horns, he lost his ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The day your horse dies and your money's lost, your relatives change to strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, money, day

You think you lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

You think you've lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Every opportunity passed is lost.

Proverbs and old sayings about chance

Merchandise from afar is lost en route.

Proverbs and old sayings

The word goes out but the message is lost.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

It's by following his friends that a crab lost its hiding place.

Proverbs and old sayings

Many a friend was lost through a joke, but none was ever gained so.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about joke

Many a friend has been lost by a jest, but none has ever been got by one.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech

The goose that has lost its head no longer cackles.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

One lost, two found.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He has lost the nest-egg.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Honour once lost never returns.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about honour

Better a ruined than a lost land.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Truth is lost with too much debating.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about truth

Beauty is but dross it honesty be lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about honesty, beauty