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insatiable greed leads to disappointment

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: Aqu

Aquilina, J.: A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs 1972 Malta: The Royal University of Malta.. MALTESE/ENG*,ARAB,ENG,GER,ITA,FR,SPA,PERS,AFR>ENG*,>FR*

Proverb on page: 278. Proverb number(s) on page: 5.

He who grasps too much, does not hold anything (translation Maltese) /Chi troppo abbraccia, nulla stringe / Qui trop embrasse, nul étreint

Abbreviation: BNm

Ikonomov, N.I.: Balkanska narodna madrost 1968 Sofia: Balgarskata akademija na naukite.. BULG,ALB,GRE,RUM,RUS,SERB,TURK

Proverb number(s): 1030, 1080.

Abbreviation: Bud I

Budaev,T.B.: Adekvatnye poslovitsy i pogovorki raznyh narodov, I 1962 Ulan-Ude: Burjatskoe kni noe izdatel'stvo.. diff.>RUS*

Proverb on page: 205. Proverb on page: 206.

Abbreviation: DesR

DesRuisseaux,P.: Le Livre des Proverbes Quebecois 1974 Montreal: L'Aurore.. FR

Proverb on page: 400. Additional number(s) and notes: (399).

Abbreviation: DS IV

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon IV 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 1635.

Abbreviation: Dür II

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen II 1875 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 553, 552.

Wer zu viel haben will, dem wird zu wenig

Abbreviation: Hai

Haim, S.: Persian-English Proverbs 1956 Teheran: Beroukhim Booksellers.. PERS/ENG*,ENG

Proverb on page: 12.

In trying to pluck her eyebrows, he blinded her (translation Persian) / Striving to better, oft we mar what is well

Abbreviation: Haku2

Hakulinen, Lauri: Inkerin Venjoen sananparsia. Virittäjä 1945 1945 Helsinki: Kotikielen seura.. INKERI/FIN*

Proverb on page: 70. Proverb number(s) on page: 40.

Abbreviation: Ilg

Ilg, G.: Proverbes français suivis des équivalents. 1960 Amsterdam / London / New York / Princeton: Elsevier.. FR,DUT,ENG,GER,IT,LAT,SPA

Proverb number(s): 131, 133.

Abbreviation: Laut

Lautenbach,Ja.I.: Ocherki iz istorii litovsko - latyshskago narodnago tvortsestva. 3rd edition 1915 Jur'ev.. ENG,DAN,DUT,FR,GER,LAT,LETT,LITH,POL,RUS,SLOVE,TZHE

Proverb on page: 37. Proverb number(s) on page: 11.

Abbreviation: PC

Jente,R.: Proverbia Communia. A Fifteenth Century Collection of Dutch Proverbs together with the Low German version. Folklore series 4. 1947 Bloomington: Indiana University publications.. DUT/ENG*,ENG,GER,GRE,LAT

Proverb number(s): 270.

Abbreviation: Per

Permâkov, Grigorij Lvovic: Izbrannye poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov Vostoka. 1968 Moskva: Nauka.. varia EAST-EUR>RUS*

Proverb on page: 277.

Abbreviation: Pol II

Polites, N.: Meletai peri tou biou kai tes glosses tou hellenikou laou II 1965 [1899-1902] Athenai: Ergane.. GRE,(GER,FR,ITA)

Proverb on page: 198.

Abbreviation: Rob

Roberts, W.: The Proverb. In Sebeok, Thomas A. : Studies in Cheremis Folklore vol 1. 1952 Bloomington (IN): Indiana University.. ENG*, GER*

Additional number(s) and notes: 2.4.22-25.

Abbreviation: Set

Setälä, E.N.: Näytteitä liivin kielestä. Suomalais-ugrilaisen Seuran toimituksia 106. 1953 Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura.. LIV/FIN*

Proverb number(s): 18.

Abbreviation: Sin II

Singer, S.: Sprichwörter des Mittelalters II 1944-1947 Bern: Herbert Lang & Cie.. GER,(LAT,FR etc.)

Proverb on page: 37. Proverb on page: 39. Proverb on page: 143.

Literature references of neighbouring proverb types:

D3h 22

Abbreviation: Bud II

Budaev,T.B.: Adekvatnye poslovitsy i pogovorki raznyh narodov, II 1969 Ulan-Ude: Burjatskoe kni noe izdatel'stvo.. diff.>RUS*

Proverb on page: 110.

Abbreviation: DesR

DesRuisseaux,P.: Le Livre des Proverbes Quebecois 1974 Montreal: L'Aurore.. FR

Proverb on page: 30.

Abbreviation: Kuu3

Kuusi, Matti: Suomalaista, karjalaista vaiko savokarjalaista? - Suomi 122:2 1978 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. KAREL/FIN*

Proverb number(s): 118.

Abbreviation: Kuu4

Kuusi, M. (in cooper. with) M. Joalaid, E. Kokare, A. Krikmann, K. Laukkanen, P.Leino,V.Mälk, I.Sarv: Proverbia septentrionalia. FF communications No. 236. 1985 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 379.

The bone is left for him who chooses the meat (translation, Finnish)

Abbreviation: SuiS

Sarala, A.: Suistamolaisia sananparsia. Second edition by Helmi Virtaranta. 1982 [1968] Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. KAREL

Proverb number(s): 1058.

Abbreviation: VKs

Kuusi, Matti (ed.): Vanhan kansan sananlaskuviisaus. 1990 [1953] Helsinki: WSOY.. FIN

Proverb on page: 65.

Abbreviation: Wie

Wiedemann, F.J.: Aus dem inneren und äusseren Leben der Ehsten 1876 St. Petersburg. EST/GER*

Proverb on page: 108.

D3h 22b

Abbreviation: Mie

Mieder, Wolfgang: The Prentice-Hall encyclopedia of World Proverbs. A treasury of wit and wisdom through the ages. 1986 New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall.. glob>ENG*,ENG

Proverb number(s): 9041.

If you cone for the legacy, you often have to pay for the funeral (Yiddish)

D3h 23

Abbreviation: Hai

Haim, S.: Persian-English Proverbs 1956 Teheran: Beroukhim Booksellers.. PERS/ENG*,ENG

Proverb on page: 293. Proverb on page: 528.

Don't demand too much, lest the giver regret his generous gesture (translation Persian)

Abbreviation: Stra

Strauss, Emanuel: Dictionary of European Proverbs 1994 New York: Routledge /Questia.com. ENG,GER,FR,SPA,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 75.

All covet, all lose / Wer zuviel erhofft, fängt nichts / Nusquam est, qui ubique est (Latin) / den Geizhals und ein fettes Schwein sieht man im Tod erst nützlich sein

Abbreviation: Swi

Swierczynska, Dobrosl#awa -- Swierczynski, Andrzej: Patarliu z#odynas. 9 kalbom. (Lietuvishkosios dalies sudarytoja Rasa Kashetiene) 2000 Vilnius: Tyto Alba.. LITH, POL, ENG, FR, SPA, GER, RUS, ITA, LAT

Proverb number(s): 366.

Abbreviation: Vid

Vide, S.-B.: Ordspråk, ordstäv och talesätt från sydvästra Småland. 1957 Lund: Gleerupska universitetsbokhandelns förlag.. SWE

Proverb number(s): 479.

D3h 23b

Abbreviation: Oos

Oost, Joseph van: Dictons et proverbes chinois. Habitant la Mongolie sud-ouest. Variétés sinologiques 50. 1918 Zi-ka-wei près Chang-hai: Imprimerie de l'Orphelinat de T'ou-sè-wè.. CHIN/FR*

Proverb number(s): 745.

Le porc se souvient de la nourriture mais ne se souvient pas des coups (Chinese)

Abbreviation: SL

Laukkanen, Kari — Hakamies, Pekka (eds.): Sananlaskut. 1978 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. FIN

Proverb number(s): 11026.

D3h 24

Abbreviation: Bud I

Budaev,T.B.: Adekvatnye poslovitsy i pogovorki raznyh narodov, I 1962 Ulan-Ude: Burjatskoe kni noe izdatel'stvo.. diff.>RUS*

Proverb on page: 205. Proverb on page: 206.

Abbreviation: DS IV

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon IV 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 1635. Proverb number(s) on page: 71.

Wer viel verlangt, bekommt gar nichts

Abbreviation: Hla

Hla Pe: Burmese Proverbs 1962 London: John Murray.. BURMESE/ENG*

Proverb number(s): 466.

Great desire obtains little (translation Burmese)

Abbreviation: Kos

Koskimies, A.V.: Kokoelma Suomen kansan sananlaskuja. 1906 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. FIN

Proverb on page: 90.

Abbreviation: Kuu4

Kuusi, M. (in cooper. with) M. Joalaid, E. Kokare, A. Krikmann, K. Laukkanen, P.Leino,V.Mälk, I.Sarv: Proverbia septentrionalia. FF communications No. 236. 1985 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 589.

Who wants much gets little (translation, Finnish) / Mnogo zhelal, da nichego ne pojmal (Russian)

Abbreviation: Per

Permâkov, Grigorij Lvovic: Izbrannye poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov Vostoka. 1968 Moskva: Nauka.. varia EAST-EUR>RUS*

Proverb on page: 326. Proverb on page: 244.

Abbreviation: Pol IV

Polites, N.: Meletai peri tou biou kai tes glosses tou hellenikou laou IV 1965 [1899-1902] Athenai: Ergane.. GRE,(GER,FR,ITA)

Proverb on page: 253.

Abbreviation: Qvi

Qvigstad, J.: Lappische Sprichwörter und Rätsel. 1922 Kristiania: A.W. Brøggers boktrykkeri.. SAMI/GER*

Proverb number(s): 291.

Abbreviation: Reit

Reitsak, A.: Valimik vene vanasõnu eesti vastetega. 1969 Tallinn: Kirjastus 'Valgus'. RUS,EST

Additional number(s) and notes: (Z 2).

Abbreviation: Rob

Roberts, W.: The Proverb. In Sebeok, Thomas A. : Studies in Cheremis Folklore vol 1. 1952 Bloomington (IN): Indiana University.. ENG*, GER*

Additional number(s) and notes: 2.4.22-25.

Abbreviation: Seim II

Seim, E.: Ordtøkje og herme II. Norsk Folkeminnelag 89. 1962 Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.. NORW

Proverb on page: 64.