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Short flax makes long thread.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Short pleasure often brings long repentance.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about pleasure

Short reckonings make long friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Short acquaintance brings repentance.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Short hair is soon brushed.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Short is the road that leads from fear to hatred.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fear

Short cuts are long ways round.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Short love, long sighs.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about love

Short pleasure, long pain.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about pleasure, pain

Short folk are soon angry.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Short rents mak careless tenants.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Short hose must have long points.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Short prayers reach heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings

Short judgments make long friends.

Proverbs and old sayings

Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.

Proverbs and old sayings about pleasure, pain

Long or short, a stick is always a stick; tall or short, people are always people.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

At table keep short hand; in company keep a short tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings about companies

The best shortage is a shortage of words.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh

When a very short man causes the market to break up in a big fight, bystanders ask him to stand up so that they can see how short he really is.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about fight, man

Life is short but a smile takes barely a second.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about smile, life