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When your fortune increases, the columns of your house appear to be crooked
With money you can buy a house, but not a home
With money you can buy a clock, but not time
With money you can buy a bed, but not sleep
With money you can buy a book, but not knowledge
With money you can buy a doctor, but not good health
With money you can buy a position, but not respect
With money you can buy blood, but not life
With money you can buy sex, but not love
If wherever you go you're tight with money, you'll find your welcome will not be sunny
Too many desires harm the mind; to desire much money harms the body
Losing comes of winning money
When you are poor, neighbors close by will not come; once you become rich, you'll be surpris
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lilly w
If small money does not go out, big money will not come in
It's as difficult to be rich without bragging as it is to be poor without complaining
Those who despise money will eventually sponge on their friends
No amount of money can make others speak well of you behind your back
Money cannot purchase what the heart desires
The rich man plans for tomorrow... The poor man for today
Money sticks to money
Tis money that begets money
The best things in life are free
Money can't buy happiness
Money isn't everything
Money is power
Money is the root of all evil
Money, like manure, is not good until it is spread
Money talks
Time is money
Money is money [wherever it comes from]
A money worry isn't a mortal wound
Money doesnt make one happy
Love does much, but money does all
Time is money
Money is like a servant; if you abuse it, it runs away
Money grows in the coffers of its owner
Money is the root cause of unhappiness
Once you pay the money, you will receive the dosa a rice flour bread
All that glitters is not gold
When gold speaks every tongue is silent
Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it
A happy heart is better than a full purse
Money has no smell
Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand
Money gives birth to money
Money changes hands
Money is an enemy
If you see someone riding a horse, and don't have the money to buy one don't get a donkey
Money doesn't change people, it only exposes them
When money speaks, the truth keeps silent
Its not money that brings happiness, its lots of money
If you have money you have wisdom; if none, you are a fool
If a person has a hundred dollars and makes a million, that is incredible; but if a person has
After a rich man gets rich, his next ambition is to get richer
With money in your pocket, you are wise and you are handsome and you sing well, too
The heaviest thing in the world is an empty pocket
A penny is a lot of money if you haven't got a penny
You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money
COUNTRY RELIGION
ARMENIA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CHINA
CROATIA
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
FRANCE
FRANCE
FRANCE
FRANCE
GERMANY
GHANA
GHANA
INDIA
INDIA
INDIA
ITALY
ITALY
ITALY
ITALY
JAPAN
JAPAN
JAPAN
JAPAN
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
RUSSIA
RUSSIA
TURKEY
USA
USA
JEWISH
JEWISH
JEWISH
JEWISH
SOURCE
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http://www.1000advices.com/guru/fin_chinese_proverbs.html
http://www.1000advices.com/guru/fin_chinese_proverbs.html
http://www.1000advices.com/guru/fin_chinese_proverbs.html
http://www.1000advices.com/guru/fin_chinese_proverbs.html
http://www.1000advices.com/guru/fin_chinese_proverbs.html
http://www.1000advices.com/guru/fin_chinese_proverbs.html
http://www.1000advices.com/guru/fin_chinese_proverbs.html
http://www.1000advices.com/guru/fin_chinese_proverbs.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Croatian_proverbs
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=215
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/French_proverbs
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=52
Grant. R and Asimeng-Boahene, L. (2006). "Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Citizenship Educatio
Grant. R and Asimeng-Boahene, L. (2006). "Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Citizenship Educatio
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Indian_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Indian_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Indian_proverbs
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
http://www.the-money-cafe.com/Proverbs-about-Money.html
Buchanan, D. (1973). Japanese Proverbs and Savings.
Buchanan, D. (1973). Japanese Proverbs and Savings.
PROVERB
COUNTRY
After hardship comes relief
AFRICA
To be willing is only half the task
ARMENIA
Inside the forest there are many birds
CHINA
Behind an able man are other able men
CHINA
Without work there are no cakes
CZECH REPUBLIC
Every man to his trade
ENGLAND
The labourer is worthy to his hire
ENGLAND
One volunteer is worth two pressed men
ENGLAND
Practice makes perfect
ENGLAND
Two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all
ENGLAND
Where bees are, there is honey
ENGLAND
A sow may whistle, though it has an ill mouth for it
ENGLAND
You cannot have your cake and eat it
ENGLAND
Many geese can beat a pig
HUNGARY
You ask the goat to keep the cabbage
HUNGARY
Practice makes the master
ICELAND
Rome was not built in a day
ICELAND
When worthwhile but difficult acts are done, it is gratifying in the end
INDIA
A work is already half way when started
ICELAND
Even a drill goes in from the tip
KOREA
A ship cannot sail with two captains
MALTA
Do not sell the skin till you have caught the bear
NETHERLANDS
It is the work of one's hands that decides what one eats for dinner - for so NIGERIA
An ant-hill that is destined to become a giant ant-hill will definitely bec
NIGERIA
There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears
PHILIPPINES
If there's no effort then there's no soup
PHILIPPINES
Where there are six cooks there is nothing to eat
POLAND
First plums are worm-infested
POLAND
Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle
USA
RELIGION SOURCE
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/Miscellaneous.html
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
ZECH REPUBLIC
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=188
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=128
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=136
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=139
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=144
http://wapedia.mobi/enwikiquote/Indian_proverbs?t=11.
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=143
http://www.fornink.com/korean-translation-2.pdf
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=109
ETHERLANDS
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=106
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/proverbs.html#HardWork
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/proverbs.html#HardWork
HILIPPINES
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Filipino_proverbs
HILIPPINES
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Filipino_proverbs
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=14
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=119
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
PROVERB
Meagerness is a humuliation
The saving man becomes the free man
A penny saved is a penny earned
Penny wise and pound foolish
Spare well and have to spend
Stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
Thrift is a great revenue
Willful waste makes woeful want
If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself
The rich man thinks of next year, the poor man of the present moment
While the blanket is short, learn to curl up (to fit)
If you saved in the past, you'll be able to spend in the future
What use is the grass if the horse is dead?
Money is flat and was meant to be piled up
One cannot live forever on one's savings
Most people consider thrift a fine virtue in ancestors
It depends on how much of rice you eat the sauce
COUNTRY
ARABIC
CHINA
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
HAITI
JAPAN
PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
SCOTLAND
TURKEY
USA
VIETNAM
RELIGION
SOURCE
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arabic_proverbs#Money.2C_wealth_and_poverty
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_saving_man_becomes_the_free_man/152480.html
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
http://lifelinesproverbs.com/proverbs/daily-lifelines?month=mar&yr=2010
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/Miscellaneous.html
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Filipino_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Filipino_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Filipino_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Scottish_proverbs
http://www.turkishcampus.com/lessons/proverbs/proverbs3.htm
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/proverbs.htm
PROVERB
Do not drink from a well and throw a stone into it
To desire for more than one what one can handle
Do not dirty the water in the well from which you are going to drink
Try to seize the bowl of rice but forget the whole table of food
COUNTRY
ARABIC
INDIA
MALTA
VIETNAM
RELIGION SOURCE
http://www.barghouti.com/folklore/proverbs/
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Indian_proverbs
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=162
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/proverbs.htm
PROVERB
If I keep a green bough in my heart a singing bird will come
Blessings brighten as they take their flight
Hell is where heaven is not
It is a poor heart that never rejoices
Who wants everything loses everything
Happiness can't be purchased with money
Happiness is the only thing we can give without having
Happiness is what you make of it
PROVERB
One misstep could cause a thousand year disaster
If someone has never left his home, he cannot be a great person
Danger cannot be eliminated without taking a chance
When the donkey gets overconfident, he goes out on the ice and breaks a leg
Doubly sewn holds better
Do not fear the sting of thorns, if you want to pick roses
Lightning does not always hit when there is thunder
When you hear of many cherries, hold a small basket
Mind your clothes so that you can keep half of them
Walk slowly, you get further
He who plays with a cat must expect to get scratched
A bold attempt is half success
All is not lost which is deferred
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
Aim at the stars but keep your feet on the ground
The baby who always gets carried, will never learn to walk
He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day
COUNTRY RELIGION
CHINA
CHINA
GERMANY
GERMANY
GERMANY
GERMANY
GERMANY
GREECE
GREECE
HUNGARY
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
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http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=204
http://archive.ecml.at/interactive/SentencesDetail.asp?s=84
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Weber, E. (2001). "What Folklore Tells Us About Risk and Risk-Taking:
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Weber, E. (2001). "What Folklore Tells Us About Risk and Risk-Taking:
Weber, E. (2001). "What Folklore Tells Us About Risk and Risk-Taking:
Weber, E. (2001). "What Folklore Tells Us About Risk and Risk-Taking:
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PROVERB
Inherited wealth has no blessing (African/Swahili)
Much wealth brings many enemies (African/Swahili)
The wealth which enslaves the owner is not wealth (African/Swahili)
There is no wealth where there are no children (Africa/Jabo)
Wealth is a fine thing, but to find an heir is not easy (African/Ashanti)
Wealth is invited, but poverty invites itself (African/Shona)
Wealth is like smoke (African/Fulani)
Wealth is not picked up like lice (African/Bemba)
Wealth is short-lived (African/Jabo)
Who seeks for wealth without previous wealth is like him who carries water in a sieve(Egypt)
Money makes a man
Money makes money
A man's wealth is his enemy (English/European)
Bear wealth; poverty will bear itself (English/European)
Great wealth and content seldom live together (English/European)
He that marries for wealth sells his liberty (English/European)
In wealth beware of woe (English/European)
Little avails wealth, where there is no health (English/European)
The greatest wealth is contentment with a little (English/European)
Wealth is best known by want (English/European)
Wealth is an enemy to health (English/European)
Wealth is like a rheum, it falls on the weaker parts (English/European)
Wealth is not his who has it, but his who enjoys it (English/European)
Wealth makes wit waver (English/European)
Wealth makes worship (English/European)
Where wealth, there friends (English/European?)
Wealth can be concealed, but not poverty (Finnish)
Who pays his debts, gets rich
To possess a virtue is better than gold
There is no other thing you get out of laziness than poverty
The rich man's wealth is enjoyed by crafty tradesmen (Greek)
Wealth counts not so much as good will nor as knowledge and pleasant speech (Greek)
Wealth is cautious (Greek)
Wealth may be bequeathed to the children but it never reaches the grandchildren (Greek)
The poor is pulled even by a branch
If the mean people get into positions of authority they cause a great damage like a scorpion, which n
Ill-begotten wealth and illicit pleasure are both bad (Indian/Tamil)
Wealth is the poison of pleasure and the root of sorrows (Indian/Hindi)
Wealth without learning is like beauty without chastity (Indian/Tamil)
When there is wealth, there is power (Indian/Tamil)
Where wealth is, there sorrow is (Indian, Hindi)
Appetite comes while you are eating
Who wants too much, will not get anything
When you have wealth and fame, even strangers gather round; in times of poverty and lowliness, eve
MALAGASY
MONGOLIA
NETHERLANDS
NETHERLANDS
NIGERIA
PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
ROMANIA
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
SERBIA
SERBIA
SPAIN
THAILAND
USA
WALES
WALES
YORUBA
ISLAM
ISLAM
y honest means.
ISLAM
om begging, and for aISLAM
HINDU
JEWISH
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PROVERB
Have a horse of your own and you may borrow another's
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
Lend your money and lose your friend
Out of debt, out of danger
Short reckonings make long friends
A debt from careless talk is hard to pay
Never marry for money. Ye'll borrow it cheaper
He who borrows gets sorrows
A man in debt is caught in a net
A national debt, if not excessive, will be to us a national blessing
Whoso desireth that God should redeem him from the sorrows and travail of the last day, must del
COUNTRY RELIGION
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
GHANA
SCOTLAND
TURKEY
USA
USA
last day, must delay in
ISLAM
SOURCE
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
LIFELINES: The Black Book of Proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Scottish_proverbs
www.famous-proverbs.com/Turkish_Proverbs.htm
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
Oxford Little Dictionary of Proverbs
http://www.twf.org/Sayings/Sayings2.html#Debt
PROVERB
Every man to his taste
One man's meat is another man's poison
There is no accounting for tastes
You can't please everyone
COUNTRY
England
England
England
England
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Oxford Little
Oxford Little
Oxford Little
Oxford Little
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