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Learning is fine clothes for the rich man, and riches for the poor man.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, clothes, man

He that learns naught will never know how one is the fool of another, for if one be rich another is poor and for that should bear no blame.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth

Be sure not to owe anything to the rich, and don't lend anything to the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wealth

When a rich man's dog died, everyone commiserated. When a poor man lost his mother, no one noticed.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, mother, man

If ye had as little money as ye have manners, ye would be the poorest man of all your kin.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about money, man

The poverty of the gentleman is better than the money of the poor man.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about poverty, money, man

You get more from a few good animals than from the many that are poorly grazed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about animals, good, good luck

The man who marries gives up liberty and accepts responsibility and it's said: The poor guy, who would have thought it.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about liberty, thinking, man

The oil merchant handles gold and diamonds; the grain merchant does business with silver, but the wine merchant is a poor man.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about affair, wine, man

First you are to think always of god. second you are to use all your powers to care for your people and especially the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings about use, people, god

Marry the girl of a good family though she be seated on a mat, very poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about family, good, good luck

A rich man will get his carriage over the mountains, a poor man will lose his way on a level plain.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about wealth, man

When a rich man falls they say it was an accident; when a poor man falls they say that he was drunk.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about wealth, man

Growl not at guests, nor drive them from the gate but show thyself gentle to the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Viking

Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about charity, proudness

Men would not be richer for being miserly; generosity does not make a man poorer.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about generosity, being, man

If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth, people