Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Do as you would be done by.
- An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
- Fight fire with fire.
- Bad news travels fast.
- He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.
- As the call, so the echo.
- When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war.
- He's met his match.
- Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
- Better an open enemy than a false friend.
- Two of a trade never agree.
- Hard words break no bones.
- God stays long, but strikes at last.
- Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
- Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
- Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
- A constant guest is never welcome.
- Words hurt more than swords.
- The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
- He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.
- Better an egg in peace than an ox in war.
- He that all men will please shall never find ease.
- Tongue breaks bone, and herself has none.
- An unbidden guest knows not where to sit.
- He who will stop every man's mouth must have a great deal of meal.
- Quarrelling dogs come halting home.
- Call me cousin but cozen me not.
- Breed up a crow and he will tear out your eyes.
- The mad dog bites his master.
- The Wise head gives in.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Save a thief from the gallows and he will hate you.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Acerbum est, pro benefactis cum mali messem metas.
It is bitter, for good things, when the harvest of bad goals.
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Perit, quod facis ingrato.
It perishes, what you do is disagreeable.
French
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Qui oblige fait des ingrats.
Who obliges makes ingrates.
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Fais du bien à un cochon et il viendra chier sur ton balcon.
Do a pig a kindness and he'll come and shit on your balcony.
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Mets un rustre en selle et il partira au galop.
Put a lout in the saddle and he'll go galloping.
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Otez un vilain du gibet, il vous y mettra.
Take a villain off the gallows, he'll put you there.
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Dépends le pendard, il te pendra.
Hang the hanged man, he'll hang you.
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De bien faire grand mal vient.
To do great harm comes.
German
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Undank ist der Welt Lohn.
Ingratitude is the world's reward.
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Einer mit Gut, der Andere mit Blut.
One with good, the other with blood.
Czech
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Za dobrotu na žebrotu.
For goodness sake on the ribs.
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Pro dobrotu na žebrotu.
For goodness sake, to the ribs.
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Nevděk světem vládne.
Ingratitude rules the world.
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Chceš-li nepřítele míti, učiň někomu dobře.
If you would have an enemy, do good to someone.
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Za dobro svět zlým odplácí.
The world repays good with evil.