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Every fool is pleased with his bauble.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

When God pleases, it rains in fair weather.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about weather, god

He has much to do who would please everybody.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about treason

The loyal man lives no longer than the traitor pleases.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

If you want to know secrets, seek for them in trouble or in pleasure.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about pleasure

Friday pretexts for not fasting (meaning pleas of indisposition for not eating fish. )

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fasting

Go not with every ailment to the doctor, with every plea to the lawyer, or with every thirst to the can.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The very thing you do not want, that is what pleases god.

Proverbs and old sayings about things, god

When we all do as we please, all the food is eaten and all the girls will be maiden.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about food

The canoe ride is pleasant when the paddler is skilled.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian

The one who pleased everybody died before they were born.

Proverbs and old sayings

When God wants to please a poor man, He lets him lose his donkey and then helps him find it again.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about god, man

Empty hands only please their owner.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan

Nice words are free, so choose ones that please another's ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

We have far greater compassion for another's misfortune than our pleasure in another's good fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about pleasure, wealth, good, good luck

Because friendship is pleasant, we partake of our friend's entertainment; not because we have not enough to eat in our own house.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about friendship, home, house

A beautiful woman who is pleasing to men is good only for frightening fish when she falls into the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about woman, man, water, good, good luck

Blessed are those who can please themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu