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insatiable greed leads to disappointment

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: BNm

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

Proverb number(s): 1941.

Abbreviation: Dal

Dalj,V.: Poslovitsy russkogo naroda 1862/1957 Moskva: M.O. Wolf. RUS,RUS*

Proverb on page: 730.

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): 438.

Wenn man den Teufel in die Kirche lässt, so will er gar auf den Altar /Let the devil get into the church, and he will mount the altar

Abbreviation: Dür3

Düringsfeld, Ida von: Das Sprichwort als Humorist im Sprichwort als Kosmopolit 1863 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. glob>GER*

Proverb on page: 95.

Abbreviation: Gri

Grigas, Kazys: Patarli#u paralelés. Lietuvi#u patarlés su latvi#u, baltarusi#u, rus#u, lenk#u, etc. 1987 Vilnius: Vaga.. LITH,LETT,BELORUS,ENG,FR,GER,GRE,ITA,LAT,POL,RUS,SPA

Proverb on page: 523. Proverb number(s) on page: 553.

Abbreviation: Hak

Hakamies, Pekka: Venäläisten sananparsien vaikutus karjalaiseen ja suomalaiseen sananparsistoon 1986 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. RUS/FIN*,FIN,KAREL

Proverb number(s): 109.

Svin'ja tol'ko rylo prosunet - i vsja prolezet (Russian)

Abbreviation: Kok

Kokare,Elza: Divu tautu dzives gudriba. (!) 1967 Riga: Zinãtne.. LETT, RUS

Proverb on page: 131.

Abbreviation: Kosj1

Koskenjaakko,A.: Koira suomalaisissa ynnä virolaisissa sananlaskuissa 1909 Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.. FIN

Proverb number(s): 66.

Abbreviation: KPp

Plesovskij,F.V.: Komi poslovitsy i pogovorki 1973, 1983 Syktyvkar: Komi kniz#noe izdatel'stvo.. KOMI,RUS*

Proverb on page: 174.

Abbreviation: Kuu2

Kuusi, Matti: Ovambo Proverbs with African Parallels. FF communications no. 208. 1970 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. OVAMBO/ENG*,varia AFR>GER*FR*

Additional number(s) and notes: (374).

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): 45.

Let a beggar into the sauna and he'll want to get on the bench (translation, Estonian)

Abbreviation: Lai

Lai,T.C.: Selected Chinese Sayings 1960 Hong Kong: University Book Store.. CHIN,ENG*

Proverb on page: 123. Proverb number(s) on page: 1.

Having captured Shensi to hanker after Szechwan (Chinese)

Abbreviation: Mal

Maloux, M.: Dictionnaire des Proverbes, Sentences et Maximes. 1960 Paris: Larousse.. FR,varia GLOB>FR*

Proverb on page: 2. Proverb on page: 3.

Abbreviation: OSs

Landgren,G.A.: Ordspråk, sanna språk. (G.A.L.-n Facsimileuppl.) 1979 [1889] Stockholm: Rediviva.. SWE

Proverb on page: 96.

Abbreviation: Per

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

Proverb on page: 296.

Abbreviation: Reit

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

Additional number(s) and notes: (P 98).

Abbreviation: RP

Champion, Selwyn Gurney: Racial Proverbs. 2nd ed. 1950 London. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 224. Proverb number(s) on page: 42.

Abbreviation: Set

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

Proverb number(s): 107.

Abbreviation: Sin I

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

Additional number(s) and notes: (127).

Abbreviation: Str

Ström, F.: Svenska ordstäv. 1939 Stockholm: Bonniers.. SWE

Proverb on page: 285.

Abbreviation: Stra

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

Proverb number(s): 48.

No pride like that of an enriched beggar / Gut macht Übermut, Übermut tut selten gut / Ubi uber, ibi tuber (Latin)

Abbreviation: Vid

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

Proverb number(s): 1790.

Abbreviation: VKs

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

Proverb on page: 330.

Abbreviation: Wie

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

Additional number(s) and notes: (6).