All offices are greasy (i.e. open to receive what the Dutch call smear-money, a term derived from the fee paid for greasing wheels).
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money
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When the treasure chest is open, even the just man sins.
Proverbs and old sayings about treasure, sin, man
When He opens up His path, may He carry me along, safe and sound.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian
He opens the door with an ax.
Proverbs and old sayings English
An open door may tempt a saint.
Proverbs and old sayings English about saints
Prayer knocks till the door opens.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Where one door shuts, another opens.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Knock and the door will be opened unto you.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Beauty may open doors but only virtue enters.
Proverbs and old sayings English about virtue, beauty
Better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Proverbs and old sayings English about doubt, thinking
It is a sin against hospitality to open the doors and shut up the countenance.
Proverbs and old sayings English about sin
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.
Proverbs and old sayings about celebrity, stars, happiness, love
Unless you call out, who will open the door?
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
A hyena intrudes through a gap a dog opened.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
Love blinds your eyes, marriage opens them wide.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about marriage, eyes, love
Every art requires the open person.
Proverbs and old sayings French about art, magic, people
A door must either be open or shut.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A bad bush is better than an open field.
Proverbs and old sayings French about bad luck, bad
Nobles and dogs leave the door open.
Proverbs and old sayings German
God gives, but man must open his hand.
Proverbs and old sayings German about god, man
