Famous Proverbs
224 Proverbs about Gains / Page 14
131. If the judge is against you, you should withdraw the complaint.
132. A pig that is used to wallowing in the mud looks for a clean person to rub against.
133. Birth is the only remedy against death.
134. The only insurance against fire is to have two houses.
135. One sip of wine is an antidote against death, cupfuls poison life.
136. When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.
137. When you spit against the wind you get a dirty beard.
138. Death is a giant against whom even the Tsars must draw weapons.
139. Time and I against any two.
140. Men will always lose the battle against cholera and bureaucracy.