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For the sake of a single rose, the gardener becomes servant to a thousand thorns.
Moroccan Proverb
As to flowers, when half open; as to sake, when a person is half tipsy.
Japanese Proverb
The voice that comes to borrow is more humble than the voice that comes to sake payment.
African Proverb
It is not for my own sake, said the fox, "that I say there is a good goose-green in the wood."
Danish Proverb
One kisses the child for the mother's sake, and the mother for the child's sake.
German Proverb
No woman marries an old man for God's sake.
German Proverb
We will water the thorn for the sake of the rose.
Kanem Proverb
For the sake of one good action, a hundred evil ones should be forgotten.
Chinese Proverb
Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.
Chinese Proverb
For the sake of the flowers, the weeds are watered.
Arabic Proverb
An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone.
Danish Proverb
Many kiss the child for the nurse's sake.
Danish Proverb
"o what we must suffer for the sake of God's church!” said the abbot, when the roast fowl burned his fingers.
German Proverb
One kisses the nurse for the sake of the child.
German Proverb
Many caress the child for the sake of the wet nurse.
Swedish Proverb
If the Devil were dead, folk would do little for God's sake.
Scottish Proverb
If one would not eat pounded yam for its own sake, one can still eat it for the sake of the soup that goes with it.
Nigerian Proverb
Who begs for the sake of mischief steals from the God.
Estonian Proverb
I prostrate myself for the sake of Gula, my lady, but in my own eyes I don't have a place to stand.
Sumerian Proverb
The sermon will not be preached twice for one deaf's sake.
Finnish Proverb
A market is not held for the sake of one person.
African Proverb
Whoever argues for the sake of argument is a boor.
Jewish Proverb
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