To a starving man bread is sweeter than honey.
Cold teaches a man how to steal charcoal.
The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow.
The bigger a man's head, the worse his headache.
The larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.
Take a man at his word, an ox by the horns.
No man can perfectly empty a pot with a ladle.
The living who is absent is like a dead man.
A man without money is like a boat without sails.
A man without a fatherland is like a nightingale without a garden.
A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.
A good wife and health is a mans best wealth.
As soon as man is born he begins to die.
Find a cruel man and you see a coward.
Medicine cures the man who is fated not to die.
Never tell your story to a deaf man.
Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
A man too good for the world is no good for his wife.
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