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There is no pleasure that does not pall, the more so if it costs nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about pleasure, nothing

Visits always give pleasure -- if not at the arrival, then at the departure.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about pleasure

Short pleasure, long pain.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about pleasure, pain

After pleasure comes pain.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about pleasure, pain

No pleasure without repentance.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about pleasure

I winna mak a toil o' a pleasure, quo' the man when he buried his wife and was asked to speed it up.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about speed, pleasure, wife, man

Much pleasure and little grief is every man's desire.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about sadness, pleasure, man

There is no pleasure but palls, and the more so if it costs nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about pleasure, nothing

Seriousness and pleasure should thrive together.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about pleasure

One good punch on your enemy's nose, gives more pleasure than hearing well-meaning advice from your elders.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about pleasure, advice, enemies, good, good luck

Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.

Proverbs and old sayings about pleasure, pain

An hour of pain is as long as a day of pleasure.

Proverbs and old sayings about pleasure, pain, day

The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.

Proverbs and old sayings about pleasure

Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about pleasure

Diseases are the tax on pleasures.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Riches take away more pleasures than they give.

Proverbs and old sayings British about wealth

Our pleasures are shallow, our sorrows are deep.

Proverbs and old sayings

One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoiding calamities.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who find pleasure in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about pleasure, love, truth