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Life is just as long as the time it takes for someone to pass by a window.

Proverbs and old sayings about life, time

Nothing in this world is certain but death and next winter's snows.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, world, nothing

When Want comes in at the door, Love flies out at the window.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about love

Where poverty comes in at the door, loves flies out at the window.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about poverty

When industry goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about poverty

When hard work goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about poverty, work

The charitable give out the door and god puts in at the window.

Proverbs and old sayings English about god

Sometimes people who live in glass houses throw stones because their windows are painted.

Proverbs and old sayings English about people

A bird hanging between two branches will get bitten on both wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Don't blame God for creating the tiger -- instead, thank him for not giving it wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about god

Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank Him for not giving it wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about god

There are two great pleasures in gambling: that of winning and that of losing.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The interested friend is a swallow on the roof. (Prepared to leave at the approach of winter. )

Proverbs and old sayings French

When poverty comes in at the door, love jumps out at the window.

Proverbs and old sayings German about poverty, love

When misfortune comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The house of envy lies in the lowest hollows, golden, sunless, breathed upon by no wind, grim and filled full of inert chill, and lacking warmth, is always roiled in fog.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about envy, home, house

Love is worn like a wreath through the summers and the winters.

Proverbs and old sayings about love

When a bribe enters through the front door, honesty departs through the window.

Proverbs and old sayings about honesty

Man is like a bird: a bird can fly higher and higher, but only if its wings continue to move without stopping.

Proverbs and old sayings about man