Proverbs about wealth

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Here is a collection of proverbs about wealth and its relation to us. Find more meaningful proverbs at www.cuteproverbs.com

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With money, one can even buy rabbit cheese.

(Rumanian proverb)

Grain by grain the hen fills her belly. (English proverb)

With money, you can influence spirits; without it you cannot summon a man. (Chinese proverb)

A waterwheel profits from the urine of a mouse.

(Armenian proverb)

A clever bird build its nest with other birds' feathers.

(African proverb)

Wise birds live in carefully chosen trees.

(Japanese proverb)

Money rules the world. (Dutch proverb)

Better go to bed without supper than to live with debts. (Czech proverb)

Industry is the twin brother of prosperity. (Philippine proverb)

Who has no bread to spare should not keep a dog.

(Spanish proverb)

However much you eat, have some seed for sowing.

(Latvian proverb)

A handsome hostess is bad for the purse.

(French proverb)

With money you are a dragon, without it you are a worm. (Chinese proverb)

Hang your knapsack where you can reach it.

(Haitian proverb)

There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog and ready money.

(American proverb)

An elephant is not burdened by his tusks. (African proverb)

The art is not in making money but in keeping it.

(Dutch proverb)

Dirty hands make clean money. (English proverb)

He could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.

(Chinese proverb)

Gold buys silver but silver does not purchase gold.

(Hebrew proverb)