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The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth, man

He who lives a long life must pass through much evil.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about life

I cried when I was born and as each day passes I know why.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about day

When he was born, Solomon passed by his door, and could not go in.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

When passion entereth at the fore-gate wisdom goes out at the postern.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wisdom

The Jew ruins himself with passovers, the Moor with wedding feasts, and the Christian with lawsuits.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about marriage

Let a strong man pass.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

It will once come to pass as the old goose quacked.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about old, olderness

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about sadness, heads

Absence polishes passion, presence reinforces it.

Proverbs and old sayings

Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.

Proverbs and old sayings about reason

Beauty passes, but perfection remains with us.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about perfection, beauty

The horn that came out last will pass the ear that came out first.

Proverbs and old sayings

When the pain has passed one forgets the medicine.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about medicine, pain

If the time has passed, there is no point in preparing.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite about time

A blow passes on, a spoken word lingers on.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about word

A rich man's foolish sayings pass for wise ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth, man