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A spender gets the property of the hoarder.

Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat.

Rice tastes good when properly cooked, and talking is good when the opportunity is ripe.

Rice tastes good when it is cooked properly, and talking is good when it is said at the right time.

The property of a helpless man must nit be divided before his death.

Covet not the property of others.

Joking must have its proper limit.

In vain does a man possess property if he makes no use of it.

Justice is exercised in the proper prevention, rather than in the severe punishment, of crime.

Your soul to God, your body to dust, your property to your relatives, because thus it has been found written.

A man can't get rich if he takes proper care of his family.

Unfortunate is the property that the owner doesn't oversee.

With many captains, the ship does not sail properly.

Give a servant a proper meal and the cow will give more milk and the cat will drink less.

They call one generous and make one lose one's property, they call one brave and make one lose one's soul.

Holiday of Saint Nicolae

Saint Nicolae is the spiritual patriarch in Holland, Russia, Greece, France and in a lot of cities from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. He is known as the protector of poor people, sailors, tradesmen,...

Used recklessly then s/he must have inherited the misused property.

If i am virtuous and worthy, for whom should i not maintain a proper concern?

No sooner have you spoken than what you have said becomes the property of another.

The lives of doctors, the souls of priests, and the property of lawyers, are in great danger.