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What was stolen by the house, will be returned by it.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about home, house

Learning is a golden urn that can never be stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings

If it is not stolen, it is a legacy.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

Not to know the good we have Till time has stolen the cherish'd gift away, Is cause of half the misery that we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about gifts, world, time, good, good luck

The riches that are in the heart cannot be stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wealth, heart

A purchased vineyard is tantamount to a stolen vineyard.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

When the steed is stolen, you shut the stable door.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

There is no choicer morsel than that which is stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The stolen ox sometimes puts his head out of the stall.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads

The thief can lie, those he has stolen from cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about thieves, lie

A stolen object brings no joy to one's heart.

Proverbs and old sayings about joy, heart

Things that are stolen will really never make you rich.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, things

At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen.
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There's no use in closing the barn door after the horse is stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about use, americans

It is too late to lock the stable door when the horses have already been stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings

Although dying of thirst, i drink not the water of a stolen fountain.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about drinking, water

If a rich man steals it is a mistake; if a poor man makes a mistake he has stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about mistake, wealth, man

A virgin may travel alone at midnight and be safe, and a purse of gold dropped in the road at midday will never be stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian