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We will stay longer dead than poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali

To make a poor man poorer is not easy.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about man

To be poor is not a sin, it's better to avoid it anyway.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about sin

The poor search for food, and the rich search for hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about hunger, food, wealth

When the poor man is burried, the large bell of the parish is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about man

The joy of a poor man does not last long.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about joy, man

The poor eat meat when they bite their tongues.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian

Never promise a poor person, and never owe a rich one.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about promise, wealth, people

If it were ever to rain soup, the poor would only have forks.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about rain

A poor man's table is soon spread.

Proverbs and old sayings British about man

Great birth is a very poor dish at table.

Proverbs and old sayings British

It is a poor wood that has never a withered bough in it.

Proverbs and old sayings British

The rich man spends his money, the poor man his strength.

Proverbs and old sayings British about wealth, money, man

The rich man may dine when he will, the poor man when he may.

Proverbs and old sayings British about wealth, man

The rich man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter.

Proverbs and old sayings British about wealth, man

When the sea turned to honey, the poor man lost his spoon.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about man

When the sea turned into honey, the poor man lost his spoon.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about man

Burning the poor man's candles, counting the rich man's money.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about wealth, money, man

When the poor man sets a trap only his dog gets caught.

Proverbs and old sayings Cameroonian about man

Help the needy but not the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about help