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Palace Proverbs
Anyone can fancy his bed as a palace.
Myanmar Proverb
Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.
Chinese Proverb
A small tumbledown house is better than a communal palace.
Arabic Proverb
Home, dear home, small as thou art, to me thou art a palace.
Italian Proverb
The fire that burns a royal palace only enhances its splendor.
Nigerian Proverb
Better my own cottage, than the palace of another.
Welsh Proverb
Better joy in a cottage than sorrow in a palace.
Spanish Proverb
A hobbling cat is better than a fast horse when rats swarm the palace.
Chinese Proverb
A lame cat is better than a swift horse when rats infest the palace.
Chinese Proverb
The problem with the palace attendant isn't how to steal the king's drums but where to play them from.
African Proverb
Love can turn a cottage into a golden palace.
German Proverb
A hut is a palace to the poor man.
Irish Proverb
To have a hut built from mud here is better than a palace made from gold and marble on the Arabian Gulf.
Kurdish Proverb
What good is a palace if it's inhabited by owls. Better a straw hut inhabited by humans.
Filipino Proverb
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. (William Blake)
English Proverb
Honest work won't let you live in a stone palace.
Russian Proverb
Stone to stone – palace, grain to grain – loaf of bread.
Slovenian Proverb