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Rather a piece of bread with a happy heart than wealth with grief.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about sadness, wealth, happiness, heart

Who is a piece of stick in youth will be a block of wood in old age.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about olderness, youth, age, old

Who goes out begging with a bread will come back with a piece, who goes out with a piece will come back with a bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian

What is taken for oneself is usually not a small piece.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Every mother-in-law is a piece of the devil's pants.

Proverbs and old sayings French about law, mother, devil

A beautiful maxim in the memory is like a piece of gold in the purse.

Proverbs and old sayings French about memory

You don't kill a gypsy by cutting him in ten pieces -- you only make ten more gypsies.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies

When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

A viper without fangs is like a piece of rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

The virtue of silence is a great piece of knowledge.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about virtue, knowledge, silence

A fool carveth a piece of his heart to every one that sits near him.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heart

When the lion's skin falls short, piece it out with that of the fox.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word

The clog and amida are both from the same piece of wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about children

A piece of land is not a little thing.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

The piece of cloth that is in another's bag does not patch your garmet.

Proverbs and old sayings

Give an extra piece of cake to a stepchild.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean

One moment is worth more than a thousand gold pieces.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about moment

One piece of wood will not make a fire.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade