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I have two masters -- God and the devil; I work for the devil until lunch then I follow the Lord.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about devil, gypsies, work, god

One cannot serve two masters.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Where there are many masters the servant becomes mad.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He who serves two masters must lie to one of them.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about lie

Many pupils have gained more wealth than their masters.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth

Servants differ as their masters.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

He who serves two masters has to lie to one.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about lie

When masters are fighting, their servants' forelocks are creaking.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Some people are masters of money, and some people are slaves of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about people, money

Servants make the worst masters.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He who serves many masters must neglect some of them.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He who has two masters to serve must lie to one of them.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about lie

Our best masters are those who make us suffer the most.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about suffering

The passions are like fire and water: good servants but bad masters.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fire, fire brigade, bad luck, water, bad, americans, good, good luck

He falls short of his duty to both who tries to serve two masters.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about duty

A good person has many friends, a good horse has many masters.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, good, good luck