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Who makes his bed on the morrow; goes all day without sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about sadness, day

The woman of a man without sorrows is almost a widow.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about woman, man

The three faults of drinking are: a sorrowful morning, a dirty coat, and an empty pocket.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about drinking

If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about objects, envy, secret

One joy can drive away a hundred sorrows.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about joy

Music is the best cure for a sorrowing mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about music, mind

The remembrance of past pleasures adds to present sorrows.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about present, past

Marriage without lovemaking means sad consequences and sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about consequences, marriage, sadness

Marriage without love-making means sad consequences and sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about consequences, marriage, sadness, love

A man without a child is a king without sorrows.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about children, man

Small sorrows speak; great ones are silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

The vine brings forth three grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, the third of sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about drunkenness, pleasure, sadness

A sorrowfu' heart's aye dry.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heart

Who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.

Proverbs and old sayings

There is not so much comfort in having children as there is sorrow in parting with them.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, children

How lovely is the sun after rain, and how lovely is laughter after sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Tunisian about laughter, sadness, rain, sun

If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about eyes, world, end

All things grow with time - except grief.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, things, time

Singing is for dinner, grief for lunch.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about sadness