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It does not matter if your tavern sits in a remote location so long as the smell of your wine is appealing.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wine

When the cook is roasting for the butler, woe to the master's wine-cask.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wine

The cart ruins the road, the woman the man, the water the wine.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wine, woman, water, man

Nothing equals the joy of the drinker, except the joy of the wine in being drunk.

Proverbs and old sayings French about joy, being, wine, nothing

A glaring sunny morning, a woman that talks Latin, and a child reared on wine, never come to a good end.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wine, children, end, woman, good, good luck

Fish must swim three times: once in the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings French about time, wine, water

It is strange! The ox eats hay and the dog eats bread, while the donkey carries wine but drinks water.

Proverbs and old sayings about wine, water

Good wines needs no bush.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

It is only one bad palm tree that spoils the whole lot of palm wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about wine, bad luck, bad

Like Mrs Bodo he talks about something else when asked to pay for the wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about wine

When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about drinking, wine, people

He is a fool who boasts of four things: that he has good wine, a good horse, a handsome wife, and plenty of money.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wine, wife, good, good luck, things, money

But now I was a rich man, three things have left me bare; dice, wine, and women, these three have made me poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wine, wealth, things, man

If all men were on an equality, the consequence would be that all must perish: for who would till the ground? who would sow it? Who would plant? who would press wine?.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about press, consequences, equality, wine, man

Old truths, old laws, old friends, old books, and old wine are best.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about books, old, olderness, wine

Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about rightness, wine, water

Fish, to taste good, must swim three times in water, in butter, and in wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about wine, water, good, good luck

Tasty fish have to swim three times: once in the water, then in butter, and finally in wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about wine, water

If you would be a merchant fine, beware o' auld horses, herring, and wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wine

The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about marriage, wine