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The woman who deceives her husband makes her lover swear never to be unfaithful to her.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about husband, woman

When a man is not a lover in his twenties, not strong in his thirties, not rich in his forties and not wise in his fifties he will never be so.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about wealth, man

Jove but laughs at lover's perjury.

Proverbs and old sayings English

A good hater, a good lover.

Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck

Scratch a lover and find an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings German about enemies

Singers, lovers, and poets are privileged liars.

Proverbs and old sayings German about poets

Wine renews the passion of lovers, and the hatred of enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings about enemies, wine

A lover's anger is short-lived.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about anger

As is the lover so is the beloved.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Let him not be a lover who has not courage.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about courage

Choose neither a lover nor linen by candlelight.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about rain, need

To the partial eyes of a lover, pockmarks seem like dimples.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about eyes

In the eyes of a lover a pock-marked face is one with pretty dimples.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about eyes, face

Hay smells different to lovers and horses.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A lover should be regarded as a person demented.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about people

Perhaps you will soon find another, and a fairer, lover.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Every lover is a slave: he follows captive at his mistress's heels.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A jealous lover becomes an indifferent spouse.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

The lover of a student does not always become the wife of a graduate.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about wife