Better a wise man's servant than an idiot's master.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about man
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The master of the people is their servant.
Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite about people
He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs and old sayings about home, house, heart
There are three kinds of person that you must not challenge: civil servants, customers and widows.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people
Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald, yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian
Till age six, your son is your master; until ten he's your servant; until sixteen, a wonderful adviser; from then on, he's either your friend or your enemy.
Proverbs and old sayings about age, olderness, enemies
One eye of the master sees more than four eyes of his servants.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about eyes
Neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him who has been a servant.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
England is the paradise of women, the hell of horses, and the purgatory of servants.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about paradise, hell
For the sake of a single rose, the gardener becomes servant to a thousand thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan
Eat of your own, and call yourself mine (i.e. Be my servant and find yourself).
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
If the master gets drunk it is an honorable drunkenness; if the servant does it is evidence of his mean disposition.
Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about drunkenness
If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about disaster, home, house
