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Strong wood is worth more than painted wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth more than giving lunch to the satisfied.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

A wife's advice is not worth much, but woe to the husband who refuses to take it.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about husband, advice, wife

A bird in hand is worth ten in a tree.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite

To fall off a good horse is at least worthwhile.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about fall, good, good luck

Someone who can hold on to his money is worth more than the one who earns it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about money

Those who walk slowly reach a far, hence to hurry is not worth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Take a friend for what he does, a wife for what she has, and goods for what they are worth.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about wife, americans

A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

Proverbs and old sayings Arab about heart

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, books, man

The greater your troubles, the greater is your opportunity to show yourself a worthy person.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about chance, people

If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about advice

He that was born under a three-halfpenny planet shall never be worth twopence.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Kindred without friends, friends without power, power without will, will without effect, effect without profit, profit without virtue, is not worth a rush.

Proverbs and old sayings French about power, virtue

Remember even if you loose all, keep your good name for if you loose that you are worthless.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about name, good, good luck

It is precisely the uncertainty of this world that makes life worth living.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about world, life

He who has had no experience of evil cannot know the worth of what is good.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about experience, good, good luck

The one who has had no experience of evil cannot know the worth of what is good.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about experience, good, good luck