Search in folklore: mirth

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Mirth is the sugar of life.

Proverbs and old sayings German about life

Mirth must be indulged in to prepare the mind for more serious matters.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mind

The end of mirth is the beginning of sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about beginning, sadness, end

A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about sadness

One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for a birth.

Proverbs and old sayings French about marriage, sadness

Indulge not in boisterous mirth.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The excess of mirth leads to tears.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about excess, tears

Wine is given to bring mirth not drunkenness.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about drunkenness, wine

In the midst of our mirth some annoyance always arises to vex us.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Sorrow treads upon the heels of mirth.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about sadness

The heart's mirth does make the face fair.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about heart, face

If age and experience came at birth, We would have neither youth nor mirth.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about experience, youth, age, olderness