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Priestly knaves sweat hard at their meat, but never at work get into a heat.

Proverbs and old sayings German about work

He who seems to be for you may be working against you.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

People working on the slope of a mountain do not look at the buttocks of one another.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people

Many hands make a workload lighter.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian

A man dies when he stops working.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

A lazy man works twice.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about man

The works praises its master.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He who works has no time to earn money.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about money, time

A system that works is worth golden.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

He who works as a slave, eats as a king.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about determination, problems, work, life

Better than the ignorant are those who read books; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about books, work

The person of the greatest talk is the person of the least work.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about people, work

Every excuse is good, if it works.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck

The saint has no believers unless he works miracles.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about saints

Don't believe in the saint unless he works miracles.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about saints

A cask of wine works more miracles than a church full of saints.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about saints, wine

He who has money to throw away, let him employ workmen, and not stand by.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about money

If the hours are long enough and the pay is short enough, someone will say it's women's work.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about work

A kick works as a treatment to a hunch backed person.

Proverbs and old sayings about people