hyvä antaa vähästään, paha ei anna paljostakaan
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== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Attested in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Anda hywaͤ waͤhaͤſtaͤkin; eipaͤ paha paljoſtacan.
=== Proverb ===
hyvä antaa vähästään, paha ei anna paljostakaan (literally, “a good person gives some of the little they have, a bad person won't give even if they have much”)
some people are generous, some people are greedy