Famous Proverbs
489 Proverbs about Gain / Page 27
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One sip of wine is an antidote against death, cupfuls poison life.262.
When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.263.
If you would make an enemy, lend a man money, and ask for it back again.264.
When you spit against the wind you get a dirty beard.265.
A spoken word is like a sparrow that once has flown away, cannot be caught again.266.
Death is a giant against whom even the Tsars must draw weapons.267.
Blessed is the moon; it goes but it comes back again.268.
He who upsets something should know how to put it back again.269.
Friendly words gain much and cost nothing.270.
Nothing is gained without taking risks.