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When it thunders in March, it brings sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings British about sadness

Never lay sorrow to your heart when others lay it to their heels.

Proverbs and old sayings British about sadness, heart

A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about joy, sadness, day

Happiness has its roots -- sorrow has its womb.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness, sadness

The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about error, moment, sadness, life

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sadness, heads

Wedded in September, widow or sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness

If sorrow would not talk it would die.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about sadness

Joy and sorrow sleep in the same bed.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about joy, sadness, sleep

Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about joy, sadness

A child's sorrow is short-lived.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sadness, children

Along in counsel, alone in sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about moral, sadness

That which comes with sin, goes with sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sadness, sin

Children are certain sorrow, but uncertain joy.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about joy, sadness, children

When joy is in the parlour, sorrow is in the passage.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about joy, sadness

The drunken man's joy is often the sober man's sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about joy, sadness, man

Little children, little sorrows; big children, great sorrows.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children

A hundred waggonsful of sorrow will not pay a handful of debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sadness

He who loves sorrow, will always find something to mourn over.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sadness

The person who loves sorrow will always find something to moan about.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sadness, people