Post No. 14,761
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God will give you plenty of sheep, but you must secure the fold- Albanian proverb
God heals and the doctor gets the money- Belgian
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Every century repeats it to the other; all false gods produce real ills.
He who removes an idol to bathe it, puts the gods to the needless inconvenience.
An honest magistrate has lean clerks; a powerful god has fat priests.
Gods and genii sometimes lose their swords- Chinese proverbs.
Meaning- the best will err
(In Tamil they say even an elephant slips and fall- aanaikkum kuuda adi sarukkum)
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A gust in the house – God in the house- Czech
Where a man’s heart is, there is his God.
Whenever a poor man helps another poor man god himself laughs.
English
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God is on high, the tzar far away- Estonian
God gives sense but hope takes it away.
Even the masters have their master- God
Some have luck, most have summer, all have God.
It is best to do with God, he has two hands and both of them like warmth.
God is not yet going on crutches.
He who does not know his God may go to sea.
He whom God takes by the forelock is easily dragged up to heaven.
Finnish Proverbs
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That which woman desires, God desires.
A little and peace with it is the gift of God.
He who has the grace of the world has the grace of God.
Nothing without God.
(In Tamil they say Avan indri or anuvum asaiyaathu- without Him, not even an atom moves.)
The good God does not allow little tress to grow up to heaven.
God guards the moon from the wolves.
i.e.dread of remote danger.
God puts a good root in the little pig’s way.
God hath often a great share in a little house.
God, our parents, and our master can never be requited.
To the washed hand god sends a good meal.
(In Tamil they say suddham soru podum- cleanliness brings food.)
For a web begun God sends thread.
God works in moments.
He whom God would help loses his wife.
The hour is in God’s hands. Hope is in the reach of all.
French Proverbs
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First get rich and then serve God.
What the world does not want is sacrificed to God.
Men are the pack of cards of God.
To believe against hope is a gift of God.
Before God and the bus conductor we are all equal.
Take the glass into your hands with caution , since the god and the devil in it.
(Hindus believe that breaking glass is a bad omen)
God and Doctor are acknowledged in need.
The wisdom of God and the folly of man govern the world.
God blesses the seeking, not the finding.
God cuts down all trees before they reach the sky.
God does not give to all alike; to one He gives the goose and to another the egg.
If God does not give what we want he gives us what we need.
Where God does not help, no saint avails.
God does not let any shoe fit so well that it does not pinch somewhere.
God does not look down upon him who does not look up to Him.
God does not pay according to the hours but according to the heartbeats.
Where God dwells , the devil also has his nest.
He who keeps God for his friend , has the world for his enemy.
God forgives sins , otherwise heaven will be empty.
God gives but man must open his hand.
When God gives daily hunger He likewise gives daily bread.
Where God gives hard bread, He gives sharp teeth.
God gives no linen, but flax to spin.
Where God gives nothing, no candle can be lighted to him.
God gives the drinker the wine but not the goblet.
God gives the milk, but not the pail.
God gives the rich cattle and the poor children.
God gives us nuts, but He does not crack them.
God greets all, but few return His greeting.
When the apple falls God has broken he stalk.
Where there is belfry—campanile—God has planted His finger in the ground.
God helps the poor, the rich help themselves.
God helps the seaman in time of need, but he must steer himself.
That which is not to be worshipped God Himself should bury.
One is no nearer God in a bedroom than in a cellar.
The friend of God is the enemy of the priest.
When God lets it rain, the poor man’s nettles thrive even as the rich man’s roses.
God makes chaff for Him who wants to make gold out of corn.
For the weary, God makes of a stone a pillow.
To God one limps , to the devil one jumps.
God reigns in heaven and money on earth.
From whom God takes the light, to him He gives deft fingers.
He is nearest to God who requires the least.
One must worship the Gods under which one lives.
The design is in our own hands, the colouring of it is in God’s.
What is only half God’s is wholly the devil’s.
God’s ways are always shortest.
A dish of God’s blessings will never be empty, even if thousands eat from it.
At God’s table all eat from one dish.
German
To be continued…………………..
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