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It is better to be a master in a cottage than servant in a castle.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Money is the best servant.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about money

When money is not a servant it is a master.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about money

A good servant makes a good master.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about good, good luck

He that would be ill served should keep plenty of servants.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about money

If you must be a servant, serve the rich; if you must be a dog, let it be a temple dog.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth

By the familiarity of the master the servant is spoilt.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

By what servant is his master better loved than by his dog?

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Let no man be the servant of another, who can be his own master.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man

Money is a good servant, but an evil master.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about money, good, good luck

A man's servant can live for a hundred years; the slave of a woman dies in six months.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about woman, man

When the master has a cold the servants sneeze.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

A servant and a cock must be kept but one year.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

The lazy servant takes eight steps to avoid one.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

It is bad to have a servant, but worse to have a master.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about bad luck, bad

He who has servants has unavoidable enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings about enemies

So many servants, so many enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about enemies

The master is the one who turns the servant into a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about thieves

Masters are fighting, servants' forelocks are creaking.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian