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It costs you your good spirit to steal than buying or seeking.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about spirit, good, good luck

It is when one holds the sacrificial lamb that he begins to seek the gods.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men seek for it in what is remote.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about duty, man

A dimple in the chin, your living comes in; a dimple in the cheek, your living to seek.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not seek revenge?

Proverbs and old sayings about revenge, bad

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wealth, man

A woman who hugs and squeezes you has deceived you or is seeking to deceive you.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman

Hope does not kill; I shall live in hope of getting what I seek another day.

Proverbs and old sayings about hope, day