~ List of Proverbs, Quotes, Sayings, and Expressions from Across the Globe ~
~ List of Proverbs, Quotes, Sayings, and Expressions from Across the Globe ~
“A proverb is to speech what salt is to food.”
– Arabic Proverb
“The best speech is little and indicative.”
– Arabic Proverb
“A fool by chance may say a wise thing.”
- Dutch Proverb
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“The one whose hand is in fire is not like the one whose hand is in water.”
– Arabic Proverb
“A paradise without people is not worth stepping foot in.”
– Arabic Proverb
“He who digs a pit for his brother falls into it.”
– Arabic Proverb
“You will know your friend in time of need.”
– Arabic Proverb
“The best answer will come from the person who is not angry.”
– Arabic Proverb (#Twitter)
“If you’re unable to reward, then make sure to thank.”
– Arabic Proverb
“If speaking was of silver, then silence is of gold.”
– Arabic Proverb
“Money brings more money.”
– Arabic Proverb
“Time is gold.”
– Arabic Proverb
“A pebble can support a barrel.”
– Arabic Proverb
“A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.”
– Arabic Proverb
“I may curse my own child, but I hate whoever agrees.”
– Arabic Proverb
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“Send a wise man; don’t advise him.”
– Islamic Proverbs
“Ask the experienced rather than the learned.”
– Islamic Proverbs
“Every sun has to set.”
– Islamic Proverbs
“Beware the levelheaded person if they’re angry.”
– Islamic Proverbs
“Beware the levelheaded person if they’re angry.”
– Islamic Proverbs
“Visit rarely, and you will be more loved.”
– Islamic Proverbs
“If the wind blows, ride it.”
– Islamic Proverbs
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“What may be done at any time will be done at no time.”
– Scottish Proverb
“A fool may earn money, but it takes a wise man to keep it.”
– Scottish Proverb
“Better keep the devil at the door than have to turn him out of the house.”
– Scottish Proverb
“A good tale never tires in the telling.”
– Scottish Proverb
“Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.”
– Scottish Proverb
“A liar should have a good memory.”
– Scottish Proverb
“Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.”
– Scottish Proverb
“All that’s said in the kitchen should not be told in the hall.”
– Scottish Proverb
“Common sense hides shame.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
“Better be the lucky man than the lucky man’s son.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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Dutch Proverbs / quotes / sayings
“Hasty questions require slow answers.”
“No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it.”
“No better masters than poverty and want.”
“Trust arrives on foot and departs on horseback.”
“You never know how a cow catches a rabbit.”
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
“Better once in heaven than ten times at the gate.
“Patience surpasses learning.”
“When the tree falls everyone runs to cut the branches. “
“There are more thieves than are hanged.”
“What is wrong today won’t be right tomorrow.”
“What has horns will gore.”
“When two quarrel both are in the wrong.”
“Laughing like a farmer with a toothache.”
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Irish Proverbs
“There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you’ll be looking for it all day.”
“Pity him who makes an opinion a certainty.”
“A questioning man is halfway to being wise.”
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“A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.
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“Who keeps his tongue keeps his friends.”
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” The well-fed person doesn’t understand the hungry one.”
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“A wren in hand is better than a crane to be caught.”
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“A good word never broke a tooth.”
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“Sense does not come before age.”
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“The light heart lives long.”
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“There’s not a wise man without fault.”
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“Many a time, a man’s mouth broke his nose.”
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“Hindsight is the best insight to foresight.”
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“Every eye forms its own fancy.”
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“When a twig grows hard, it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.”
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“Every person is sociable until a cow invades their garden.”
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“The work praises the man.”
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“A good retreat is better than a bad stand.”
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“Better to be fortunate than rich.”
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“Hunger is a good sauce.”
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“Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.”
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“Lose an hour in the morning and you’ll be looking for it all day.”
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“Pity him who makes an opinion a certainty.”
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“Who keeps his tongue keeps his friends.”
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” Here’s health to your enemies’ enemies!”
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“May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.”
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“May the roof above us never fall in.
And may the friends gathered below it never fall out.”
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‘Tis better to buy a small bouquet
And give to your friend this very day,
Than a bushel of roses white and red
To lay on his coffin after he’s dead.”
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Irish Sayings
“May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live.”
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“May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.”
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“May the wind always be at your back.”
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“God made time, but man made haste.”
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“May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you’re dead!”
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“The longest road out is the shortest road home.”
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“If your messenger is slow, go to meet him.”
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“No time for health today, no health for your time tomorrow.”
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“Say a little and say it well.”
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German Proverbs
“All beginnings are hard.”
– German Proverbs
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“He who chases two rabbits at once will catch none.”
– German Proverbs
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“Starting is easy, persistence is an art.”
– German Proverbs
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“Adversity is the mother of wisdom.”
– German Proverbs
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“Gluttony kills more than the sword.”
– German Proverbs
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“Experience is the mother of wisdom.”
– German Proverbs
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“Give neither salt nor counsel till you are asked for it.”
– German Proverbs
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“Divide and rule.”
– German Proverbs
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“Among the blind, the one-eyed is king.”
– German Proverbs
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“You only see what you know.”
– German Proverbs
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“It is better to be alone than to be in bad company.”
– German Proverbs
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Greek Proverbs
“The tongue has no bones, but bones it crashes.”
– Greek Proverb
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“Wine and children speak the truth.”
– Greek Proverb
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“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
– Greek Proverb
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“Win by persuasion, not by force.”
– Greek Proverb
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“One swallow does not make a summer.”
– Greek Proverb
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“It’s sweet to view the sea when standing on the shore.”
– Greek Proverb
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“Unripe grape gets sweet as honey, at a slow pace.”
– Greek Proverb
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“It is not possible to step twice into the same river.”
– Greek Proverb
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“Too many opinions sink the boat.”
– Greek Proverb
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“It is difficult to argue with the belly, as it has no ears.”
– Greek Proverb
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“The excess of a virtue is a vice.”
– Greek Proverb
(Read: Honest to a fault.)
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“It is not what they profess but what they practice that makes them good.”
– Greek Proverb
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“You can’t hide behind your finger..”
– Greek Proverb
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“You can tell who the good seamen are during a storm.”
– Greek Proverb
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“The sins we often regret are the sins we never commit.”
– Greek Proverb
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“A drop of wisdom is better than a sea of gold.”
– Greek Proverb
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“All receive advice. Only the wise profit from it.”
– Greek Proverb
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“The donkey called the rooster big-headed.”
– Greek Proverb
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” The camel can’t see her own hump.”
– Greek Proverb
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Greek Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings
Ancient Greek Philosopher Quotes
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“One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.”
– Socrates
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“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
– Plato
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“It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.”
– Hippocrates
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“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”
– Antisthenes
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”
– Aristotle
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
– Hippocrates.
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“Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time.”
– Pericles
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“Life is short, the art long.”
– Hippocrates
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French Proverbs
“The bird loves her own nest.”
– French Proverb
(IKEA)
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“Wine has drowned more than the sea.”
– French Proverb
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“Early ripe, early rotten.”
– French Proverb
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“He that will not endure the bitter, will not live to see the sweet.”
– French Proverb
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“The shoemaker goes barefoot.”
– French Proverb
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“In wine there is truth.”
– French Proverb
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“A liar should have a good memory.”
– French Proverb
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“Envy takes no holiday.”
– French Proverb
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“Everyone sees noon at his own door.”
– French Proverb
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“One does not change a winning team.”
– French Proverb
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“Chase away the natural and it returns at a gallop.”
– French Proverb
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” It’s the exception that proves the rule.”
– French Proverb
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“One must eat to live, and not live to eat.”
– French Proverb
(ironic? The gourmand people?)
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“One must not trust appearances.”
– French Proverb
( TikTok, 2023 :P )
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“It is better to prevent than to heal.”
– French Proverb
(Read: Healthcare For All)
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Famous French Quotes
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“I think, therefore, I am.”
– Rene Descartes
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“In a great mind, everything is great.”
– Blaise Pascal
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“Proving that I am right would be admitting that I could be wrong.”
– Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
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“There are no half-truths.”
– Georges Bernanos
(yes, there are)
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“To be an adult is to be alone.”
– Jean Rostand
(sad AF)
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“To win without risk is a triumph without glory.”
– Pierre Corneille
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“A lone man is always in poor company.”
– Paul Valéry
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“We say that time is a great teacher. It’s too bad that it kills all its students.”
– Hector Berlioz
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“Being a fool sometimes does not make one a fool all the time.”
– Denis Diderot
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“For a valiant heart, nothing is impossible.”
– Jacques Cœur
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French Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings
French Quotes, and Sayings
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“You need to break the shell to have the almond.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“One nail drives out another.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“When the wine is drawn, one must drink it.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“Little by little, the bird makes its nest.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“All comes in time to the one who knows how to wait.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“Everybody to whom much is given, much is expected.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
(LUKE)
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“Heaven helps those who help themselves.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
(Bible bitches)
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“After rain comes sunshine.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
(rainbows?)
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“Truth gives a short answer, lies go roundabout.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“Wine has drowned more than the sea.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“Ill-gotten goods never prosper.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“It’s not what you do it’s the way that you do it.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“Practice makes perfect..”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“Do not think that one enemy is insignificant, or that a thousand friends are too many.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“It is not the hen who cackles the loudest who hatches the most eggs.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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“Joy shared, joy doubled: sorrow shared, sorrow halved.”
– French Quotes, and Sayings
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Italian Proverbs
“A meal without wine is a day without sunshine.”
(AA)
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” Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.”
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” A guilty conscience needs no accuser.”
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“He who works by himself does the work of three people.”
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“Those who too soon retire, soon get old.”
(true)
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“Experience is the mother of wisdom.”
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“The best defense is to attack.”
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“Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off.”
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“Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.”
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Welsh Proverbs
“The guilty flee with no one chasing them.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Adversity brings knowledge and knowledge of wisdom.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“I was wise once: when I was born, I cried.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“There’s a black sheep in every flock.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Everything you have in this world is just borrowed for a short time.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Advice most needed are the least heeded.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Starting the work is two-thirds of it.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“The best knowledge is knowledge of oneself.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Everything that glitters is not gold.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“If you want to be a leader, be a bridge.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“A nation without a language is a nation without a heart.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Every bird relishes his own song.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Repay evil with good, and hell will not claim you.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Better my own cottage than the palace of another.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Memory slips, letters remain.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Better a good shilling than a dud sovereign.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“The best shortage is a shortage of words.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Better educated than wealthy.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Speak well of your friend; of your enemy say nothing.”
– Welsh Proverb
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“Starting the work is two-thirds of it.”
– Welsh Proverb
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” I was wise once: when I was born I cried.”
– Welsh Proverb
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” A word to the wise, a stick to the unwise.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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“Let not your tongue cut your throat.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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” A sword’s honor is its idleness.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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” Better a friend at court than gold on the finger.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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” Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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” The guilty flee with no one chasing them.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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” Every flock has its black sheep.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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” The old feel the blows suffered when young.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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” The child will grow, his clothes will not.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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” All waiting is long.”
– Welsh Quotes, and Sayings
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“Best Welshman, Welshman from Home.”
– Welsh Expressions
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“The seed of all evil is laziness.”
– Welsh Expressions
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“Everything that is yellow is not gold.”
– Welsh Expressions
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“A great sin can enter through a small door.”
– Welsh Expressions
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” The old know and the young suspect.”
– Welsh Expressions
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“Everything you have in this world is just borrowed for a short time.”
– Welsh Expressions
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“Three comforts of old age: fire, tea, and tobacco.”
– Welsh Expressions
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“The best knowledge is to know yourself.”
– Welsh Expressions
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Japanese Proverbs
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“People judge things by their own experience, not knowing of the wide world outside.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“Wherever you live, you come to love it.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“Fall down seven times, get up eight times.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“Even monkeys fall from trees.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“Even a fool has at least one talent.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“Ten people, ten colors.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“Experience nature, and in doing so learn about yourself.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“To overcome a desperate situation, make a complete turn in one sudden burst.”
– Japanese Proverb
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” Everyone makes mistakes.
Nobody’s perfect.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“There’s no accounting for taste.
To each his own.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“One stone, two birds.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“A bee to a crying face.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“Overturned water doesn’t return to the tray.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“A frog in a well does not know the great ocean.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“Who chases two rabbits catches neither.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“To continue and preserve is power.”
– Japanese Proverb
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“There are hardships and there are delights..”
– Japanese Proverb
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“The smart hawk hides its talons..”
– Japanese Proverb
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“Luck exists in the leftovers.”
– Japanese Expression
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“Even sea bream is not delicious when eaten in loneliness.”
– Japanese Expression
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“Spilt water will not return to the tray.”
– Japanese Expression
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“A samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses his toothpick.”
– Japanese Expression
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“A kite breeding a hawk.”
– Japanese Expression
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“An apprentice near a temple will recite the scriptures untaught.”
– Japanese Expression
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“Clear sky, cultivate, rainy, read.”
– Japanese Expression
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“Country is in ruins, and there are still mountains and rivers.”
– Japanese Expression
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“The presence of fools, makes wise people stand out.”
– Japanese Expression
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“Entering the village, obey the village.”
– Japanese Expression
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“Even a fool has one talent.”
– Japanese Expression
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“One cannot quarrel without an opponent.”
– Japanese Expression
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“The eyes are the mirror of the soul.”
– Japanese Expression
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Korean Proverbs
“At the end of hardship comes happiness.”
– Korean Proverb
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“It’s dark under the lamp.”
– Korean Proverb
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“A widower knows a widow’s sorrow.”
– Korean Proverb
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“Clothes are wings.”
– Korean Proverb
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“It’s better to get beaten by the whip first.”
– Korean Proverb
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” Even monkeys fall from trees.”
– Korean Proverb
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
– Korean Proverb
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“What looks good tastes good.”
– Korean Proverb
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“Birds hear the words spoken in the day, and mice hear the words spoken at night.”
– Korean Proverb
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“If it is distant from your eyes, it also becomes distant from your mind and heart”
– Korean Proverb
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” If you lift together, it’s better – even if it’s a sheet of paper.”
– Korean Proverb
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“There is always a way out, look for it.”
– Korean Proverb
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“The cornered rat will bite the cat.”
– Korean Proverb
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“You’ll lose the one in your hand, trying to catch the one on the run.”
– Korean Proverb
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“A family of talkers makes bitter sauces.”
– Korean Proverb
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“It takes two hands to clap.”
– Korean Proverb
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“Dawn will come even if the rooster is strangled.”
– Korean Proverb
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“It is like a blind man touching an elephant.”
– Korean Expression
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“Laughter is the best healer.”
– Korean Expression
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“You can know a promising tree from when it’s a baby tree.”
– Korean Expression
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“The frog can’t remember the times when he was a tadpole.”
– Korean Expression
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“Ask first then go, even if it’s a road you know.”
– Korean Expression
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“Mountains after mountains.”
– Korean Expression
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“When whales fight a shrimp’s back breaks.”
– Korean Expression
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“It’s like spitting while lying down.”
– Korean Expression
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“Say pretty things to hear pretty things.”
– Korean Expression
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“What you say turns into seeds.”
– Korean Expression
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Vietnamese Proverbs
“Eat one, pay one. Tit for tat.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“Adversity is the mother of wisdom.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“Like father, like son.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“Rats desert a sinking ship.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“Nine people, ten ideas.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“Barking dogs seldom bite.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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” Fortune favors the brave.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
(ok, Crypto.com)
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“Practice makes perfect.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“Catch the bear before you sell his skin.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“To carry wood back into the forest.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“Slowly but surely.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“Careful attention prevents misfortune.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“You catch fish with both hands.”
– Vietnamese Proverb
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“Eating as in the North; clothing as in the South.”
– Vietnamese Expression
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“He that knows nothing doubts nothing.”
– Vietnamese Expression
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“Young bamboo trees are easy to bend.”
– Vietnamese Expression
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“People say that time goes by; time says that the people go by.”
– Vietnamese Expression
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“It’s better to sleep on the floor in an incense shop than in a bed in a fish market.”
– Vietnamese Expression
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“Sun is for cucumbers, rain for rice.”
– Vietnamese Expression
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“Water flows, rock erodes.”
– Vietnamese Expression
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“Victory makes you into an emperor, defeat into a rebel.”
– Vietnamese Expression
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“Misfortunes never come singly.”
– Vietnamese Expression
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“The higher you climb, the heavier you fall.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“A day of traveling will bring a basketful of learning.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“No rain without clouds.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“Because the caterpillar exists, there exists also a bird to eat it.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“When the pain has passed one forgets the medicine.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“When eating chew well, think before speaking.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“Silence gives consent.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
(this is a quote that appears across cultures and seems problematic)
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“Better a lean peace than a fat victory.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“The educated man precedes the farmer. But when the rice begins to run short, it’s the farmer who comes first.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“You can’t kill someone’s habit.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“Life is a temporary stop, death is the journey home.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“The chained buffalo doesn’t enjoy grazing.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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“The rich become deaf and the mighty blind.”
– Vietnam Quotes and Expression
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Israeli Proverbs
“When you’re hungry, sing; when you’re hurt, laugh.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“A slave shows his true character, not while he is enslaved but when he becomes a master.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“He who puts up with insult invites injury.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“If you can’t go over, you must go under.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“In choosing a friend, go up a step.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“Time heals old pain, while it creates new ones.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“People make plans and God laughs.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“Where two Jews, three opinions.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“You can’t force anyone to love you or lend you money.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“Loneliness breaks the spirit.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones..”
– Israeli Proverb
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“Worries go down better with soup.”
– Israeli Proverb
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“A basic rule of caution: Don’t be overly cautious.”
– Jewish Proverb / Saying
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“A broken nail cannot be straightened.”
– Jewish Proverb / Saying
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“A fault-finder complains even that the bride is too pretty.”
– Jewish Proverb / Saying
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“A good wife and health are a man’s best wealth.”
– Jewish Proverb / Saying
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“A leader is not necessarily one who knows the way but one who thinks he knows the way.”
– Jewish Proverb / Saying
(CLEARLY PROBLEMATIC)
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“A person should stay alive if only out of curiosity.”
– Jewish Proverb / Saying
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“A time to keep silent and a time to speak.”
– Jewish Proverb / Saying
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“A wolf loses his hair, but not his nature.”
– Jewish Proverb / Saying
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“A nation’s future lies in its past.”
– Hebrew Proverb / Saying
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“A heavy purse makes a light heart.”
– Hebrew Proverb / Saying
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“A fool believes everything he hears.”
– Hebrew Proverb / Saying
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“A drowning man will grab even for the point of a sword.”
– Hebrew Proverb / Saying
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“A bird that you set free may be caught again.”
– Hebrew Proverb / Saying
(sounds problematic…)
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Pakistan Proverbs
“A rich house makes its foolish inhabitants wise.”
– Pakistan Proverb
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“Don’t look down on anyone unless you are helping them up.”
– Pakistan Proverb
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“Money doesn’t change people, it mainly exposes them.”
– Pakistan Proverb
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“You can dress a monkey in a suit, but it is still a monkey.”
– Pakistan Proverb
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“Be yourself beautiful, and you will find the world full of beauty.”
– Pakistan Proverb
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“Look at a man’s deeds, not whether he is tall or short.”
– Pakistan Proverb
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“Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.”
– Pakistan Proverb
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“A great sound is given forth from the empty vessel.”
– Pakistan Proverb
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” If you and I agree, what is the lawyer wanted for?”
– Pakistan Proverb
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“Water overflows where the banks are weak.”
– Pakistani Proverb
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“Division is the main reason for the damage.”
–
Pakistani Proverb
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” People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.”
– Pakistani Proverb
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“One who is free to sin, sins less; the very power weakens the seeds of sin.”
– Pakistani Proverb
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“Stretch your feet according to the length of your sheet.”
- Pakistani Expressions and Sayings
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“The donkey does not know how to laugh.”
- Pakistani Expressions and Sayings
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“The bird sees the grain, but not the snare.”
- Pakistani Expressions and Sayings
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“Destiny is a saddled donkey, he goes wherever you lead him.”
- Pakistani Expressions and Sayings
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“Something is better than nothing.”
- Pakistani Expressions and Sayings
(pre-Elliott Smith)
“The friend appears in hard times, not at big dinners.”
- Pakistani Expressions and Sayings
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“Sowing is easy, keeping is difficult.”
- Pakistani Expressions and Sayings
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“When a man grows old, every illness is ready for him.”
- Pakistani Expressions and Sayings
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“The road is open for the moneyed man.”
- Pakistani Expressions and Sayings
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Danish Proverbs
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“Sail while the breeze blows, wind and tide wait for no man.”
– Danish Proverb
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“Love is one-eyed, hate is blind.”
– Danish Proverb
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“No one gets into trouble without their own help.”
– Danish Proverb
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“Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.”
– Danish Proverb
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“Laws, like the spider’s webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free.”
– Danish Proverb
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“A bird never flew on one wing.”
– Danish Proverb
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“Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.”
– Danish Proverb
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“If you would live healthily, be old early.”
– Danish Proverb
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“You have either to suffer a lot or die young.”
– Danish Proverb
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“If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see...”
– Danish Proverb
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“A chain is as strong as its weakest link.”
– Danish Proverb
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“The road to a friend’s house is never long.”
– Danish Proverb
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“Eggs and oaths are easily broken.”
– Danish Proverb
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“A good example is like a bell that calls many to church…”
– Danish Proverb
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“What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips.”
– Danish Proverb
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“No man is so tall that he need never stretch, and none so small that he need never stoop.”
– Danish Expression
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“Life without a friend is death without a witness.”
– Danish Expression
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“Bad is never good until worse happens.”
– Danish Expression
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“Better a friend’s bite than an enemy’s caress.”
– Danish Expression
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“Better ask twice than lose your way once.”
– Danish Expression
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“He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.”
– Danish Expression
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“A good beginning makes a good ending.”
– Danish Expression
(read: Facebook, Zuck, Hot or Not)
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“Take off your hat quickly but slowly take hold of your purse.”
– Danish Expression
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“Ambition and revenge are always hungry.”
– Danish Expression
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“One drink is just right, two is too many and three are too few.”
– Danish Expression
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“Happiness does not give, it only lends.”
– Danish Expression
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“Don’t sail out farther than you can row back.”
– Danish Expression
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“He is afraid of his own shadow..”
– Danish Expression
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“One should choose the lesser of two evils.”
– Danish Expression
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“Presents make women affable, priests indulgent, and the law crooked.”
– Danish Expression
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“Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.”
– Danish Expression
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“We must sow even after a bad harvest.”
– Danish Expression
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“Many small streams make a large river.”
– Danish Expression
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Indonesian Proverbs:
“An empty drum makes the loudest sound.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Calm water does not mean there are no crocodiles.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Diligence is the beginning of brilliance.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Goodness shouts. Evil whispers.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Head can be heated, but the heart must stay cool.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Once the rice is pudding, it’s too late to reclaim the rice.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Playing with water, wet. Playing with fire, burned.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“The laughter of someone pining for his beloved is like that of someone who is always crying.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Different fields have different insects; different ponds have different fish.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“No matter how good a squirrel can jump, it will fall eventually.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“The firm tree does not fear the storm.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Better one bird in the hand than 10 birds on the tree.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Rippling water shows a lack of depth.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“People seek out big shots as flies seek out the elephant’s tail.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Once a person cheats, forever, people will distrust him.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“It can be, because of regular training and practice.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Expecting something bigger, and we let go of what we already have.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Death is the bride of life.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Beware, the enemy lies under your blanket.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“Before you let your voice be heard, first lick your lips.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“With willingness, there is a possibility.”
– Indonesian Proverb
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“One thing or the other is basically the same.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“Neighbor’s grass is always greener.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“There is a shrimp behind a rock.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“There is a snake under the grass.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“Life is what you make of it.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“Barking dogs never bite.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“A good marksman may miss.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“A bad workman blames his tools.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“Like a peanut who forgets its shell.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“Because one dot of indigo (color), the milk is ruined.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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“One clap two flies.”
– Indonesian Expression and Saying
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Malaysian Proverbs:
“If you are too shy to ask, you might lose your way.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“One can pay back the loan of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“The body pays for a slip of the foot, and gold pays for a slip of the tongue.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“The deep-sea can be fathomed, but who knows the hearts of men?”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“Do not measure another man’s coat on your body.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“You don’t need to teach a young crocodile to swim.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“To truly love your wife, leave her alone every once in a while.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“The junk capsizes, and the shark has its bellyful.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“If you plant grass, you won’t get rice.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“It is better to suffer in the beginning for the pleasure that comes later.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“To bend a bamboo, start when it is a shoot.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“When you go away, the conversation changes.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“He who has learned how to steal must learn how to hang.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“An ox with long horns, even if he does not butt, will be accused of butting.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“The sky may seem near, but you cannot touch it.”
– Malaysian Proverb
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“Where there is sugar, there are bound to be ants.”
– Malaysian Expression
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“Where there are no eagles, the grasshopper will say I am an eagle.”
– Malaysian Expression
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“The poison loses its sting after a while.”
– Malaysian Expression
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“Fear to let fall a drop, and you will spill a lot.”
– Malaysian Expression
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“Prepare the umbrella before it rains.”
– Malaysian Expression
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“When two great powers fight, the small and powerless will fall victim.”
– Malaysian Expression
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“To depend on a stranger, blindness in both eyes.”
– Malaysian Expression
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“The snake that crawls among the roots would not lose its venom.”
– Malaysian Expression
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“Where there’s a carcass, there will be vultures.”
– Malaysian Expression
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“If you have, give; if you lack, seek.”
– Malay Proverb
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“Though a tree grows ever so high, the falling leaves return to its roots.”
– Malay Proverb
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“Anything with scales counts as fish.”
– Malay Proverb
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“A frog beneath a coconut shell believes there is no other world.”
– Malay Proverb
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“Wherever there is a field, there are grasshoppers.”
– Malay Proverb
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“Don’t use an axe to embroider.”
– Malay Proverb
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“Sun for a year is wiped out by rain for a day.”
– Malay Proverb
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“If you chop water, it won’t separate.”
– Malay Proverb
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“An unasked excuse infers transgression.”
– Malay Proverb
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“The more sorrow one encounters, the more joy one can contain.”
– Malay Proverb
Armenian Proverbs:
“If there was wisdom in beards, all goats would be prophets.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“A drowning man will clutch at straws.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“Spring will not come with one flower.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“The wound of a dagger heals, but that of the tongue, never.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“Far from the eye, far from the heart.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“If you speak too much, you will learn too little.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“I know many songs, but I cannot sing.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“Measure seven times, cut once.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“The world agrees, time is golden.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“Thunder clouds do not always give rain.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“Whatever you sow,
that’s what you’ll reap.”
– Armenian Proverb
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“Always tell the truth in the form of a joke.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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“Birds are caught with seed, men with money.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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“Dine with a friend but do not do business with him.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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“Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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“The sun won’t stay behind the cloud.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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“One idiot throws a stone in the well, and it takes a hundred wise men to get it out.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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“Men have three ears: one on the left of the head, one on the right of the head, and one in the heart.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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“Even if the nightingale is in a gold cage, she still dreams of returning to the forest.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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“He who speaks a lot learns little.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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“He that asks knows one shame; he that doesn’t know two.”
– Armenian Quotes, and Sayings
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Scottish Proverbs:
“Be happy while you’re living, For you’re a long time dead.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“What may be done at any time will be done at no time.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Time and tide wait for no man.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Money is flat and was meant to be piled up.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Never marry for money. You can borrow it cheaper.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“A penny saved is a penny gained.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“A fool may earn money, but it takes a wise man to keep it.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“A day to come seems longer than a year that’s gone.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“You will never know a man until you do business with him.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“A proud mind and an empty purse grow ill together.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Understand the boat and the boat will understand you.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Better keep the devil at the door than have to turn him out of the house.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“A good tale never tires in the telling.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“A penny saved is a penny gained.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Be slow in choosing a friend but slower in changing him.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“He goes long barefoot that waits for dead men’s shoes.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“A liar should have a good memory.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Better bend than break.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.”
– Scottish Proverb
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“All that’s said in the kitchen should not be told in the hall.”
– Scottish Proverb
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Scottish Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings
Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“Wink at small faults, for you have great ones yourself.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“They that smell least, smell best.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“Never marry for money. You can borrow it cheaper.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“Get what you can and keep what you have; that’s the way to get rich.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“Willful waste makes woeful want.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“When the heart is full the tongue will speak.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“Luck never gives; it only lends..”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“They that will not be counseled cannot be helped..”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“Common sense hides shame.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“Better be the lucky man than the lucky man’s son.”
– Scottish Quotes Sayings
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“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
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“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.”
– Sir Walter Scott
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English Proverbs:
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“The pen is mightier than the sword.”
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“When in Rome, do as the Romans.”
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“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
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“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”
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“A bad workman always blames his tools.”
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“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”
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“Discretion is the greater part of valor.”
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“People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”
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“No man is an island.”
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“A stumble may prevent a fall.”
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“A fool and his money are soon parted.”
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“If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.”
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“Death is a shadow that always follows the body.”
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“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
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“A cat has nine lives.”
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“Actions speak louder than words.”
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“A drowning man will clutch at a straw.”
American Proverbs:
“Variety is the spice of life.”
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“Close, but no cigar.”
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“A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
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“Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
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“Every dog has its day.”
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“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
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“Practice makes perfect.”
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“To kill two birds with one stone.”
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“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”
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Turkish Proverbs:
“Not knowing is not shameful, not asking is.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“A fool dreams of wealth; a wise man, of happiness.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“Fruit of a tree falls near its roots.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“A cup of coffee commits one to 40 years of friendship.”
– Turkish Proverb
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” If one is far away, one also gets far from the heart.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“Ability has no school.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“He that falls by himself never cries.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“The devil tempts all men, but idle men tempt the devil.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“He who has no food has no authority.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“Beauty Passes, Wisdom remains.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“You harvest what you sow.”
– Turkish Proverb
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” Look at the mother before marrying the daughter.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“Keep the tongue in your mouth a prisoner.”
– Turkish Proverb
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“Who gossips to you, will gossip of you.”
– Turkish Expression
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“What flares up fast, extinguishes soon.”
– Turkish Expression
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“The fly is small, but it is big enough to make one sick.”
– Turkish Expression
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“He who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.”
– Turkish Expression
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“Profit is the brother of loss.”
– Turkish Expression
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“One eats, another watches; that’s how revolutions are born.”
– Turkish Expression
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“In the company of the blind, close your eyes.”
– Turkish Expression
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“Measure a thousand times, cut once.”
– Turkish Expression
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“A heart in love with beauty never grows old.”
– Turkish Expression
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“What a man suffers is the punishment of his tongue.”
– Turkish Expression
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Austrian Quotes + Quotes by famous Austrians:
“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
– Austrian Proverb
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“History is constantly teaching, but it does not find many pupils.”
– Austrian Proverb
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“Success has more than one father.”
– Austrian Proverb
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“Imitate the sundial’s ways, count only the pleasant days.”
– Austrian Proverb
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“History is constantly teaching, but it does not find many pupils.”
– Austrian Proverb
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“First bake the strudel, then sit down and ponder.”
– Austrian Proverb
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“A lazy man is the devil’s handyman.”
– Austrian Proverb
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“There’s only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.”
– Austrian Quote
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“The hunt is like a dance for men; for the women, the dance is the hunt.”
– Austrian Quote
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“The earth does not shake when the flea coughs.”
– Austrian Quote
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“If you shoot your arrows at stones, you will damage them.”
– Austrian Quote
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“What I do not know will not keep me warm.”
– Austrian Saying
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“The situation is hopeless but not serious.”
– Austrian Saying
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“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
– Austrian Saying
(Scared money don’t make money.)
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“If you owe 10,000 dollars, you are a customer of the bank. If you owe 100 million dollars, the bank is a customer of yours.”
– Austrian Proverb
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Quotes by Famous Austrians
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“The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance.”
– Viktor Frankl
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“What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.”
– Sigmund Freud
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“Those who have a ‘why’ to live can bear with almost any ‘how.'”
– Viktor Frankl
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes
“Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.”
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“One must not make oneself cheap here – that is a cardinal point – or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.”
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“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love that is the soul of genius.”
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.”
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“I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.”
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Viktor Frankl Quotes
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
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“Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.”
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“Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.”
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“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
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“What is to give light must endure burning.”
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“I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.”
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“Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.”
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“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
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“Evermore people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.”
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“Each man is questioned by life, and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life, he can only respond by being responsible.”
Argentine Proverbs:
“A good friend is better than a near relation.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“One door is shut, but a thousand are open.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“A man who develops himself is born twice.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“The tongue that belongs to a fake friend is sharper than a knife.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“A dog that always barks gets little attention.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“The voice of the people is the will of God.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“Abundance breeds arrogance.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“Dress the monkey in silk and it is still a monkey.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“If a man lends an ear, it’s because he, too, wants to speak.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“No woman can make a wise man out of a fool, but every woman can change a wise man into a fool.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“What is greatly desired is not believed when it comes.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“Two in harmony are in god’s company.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“The person that learns well also defends himself well.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“He who loves you will make you weep.”
– Argentine Proverb
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“It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.”
– Expressions and Sayings of Argentina
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“Bread and cheese, eat, and dance.”
– Expressions and Sayings of Argentina
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“If you have a tail of straw, then keep away from the fire.”
– Expressions and Sayings of Argentina
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Chilean Proverbs:
“One has done good who has not suffered disillusionment.”
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“As life is so short, shouldn’t we meet again?”
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“Anguish is our worst adviser.”
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“Speak with a true heart, holding back your evil passions.”
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“He who divides and shares, always takes the best part.”
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“Get up! The sun rises for everybody.”
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“My life is about ups and downs, great joys and great losses.”
- Isabel Allende
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“Everybody has losses – it’s unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing.”
- Isabel Allende
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“God hears the person who speaks.”
Maori New Zealand Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings:
“Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.”
– Maori Proverb
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“As man disappears from sight, the land remains.”
– Maori Proverb
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“As an old net withers, another is remade.”
– Maori Proverb
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“There is food at the end of my hands.”
– Maori Proverb
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“Don’t die like an octopus, die like a hammerhead shark.”
– Maori Proverb
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“Have two strings to your bow.”
– Maori Proverb
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“An active person will remain healthy while a lazy one will become sick.”
– Maori Proverb
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“One canoe which we are all in with no exception.”
– Maori Proverb
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“Early arrivals have the pick.”
– Maori Proverb
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“When one chief disappears another is ready to appear. No one is indispensable.”
– Maori Proverb
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“It would be better to let others praise.”
– Maori Proverb
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“To rest on human support is unreliable, to rest on the earth is sure.”
– Maori Proverb
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“For a woman and land, men perish.”
– Maori Proverb
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“He who stands lives; he who sits perishes.”
– Maori Proverb
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“Kia Ora”
– Maori Saying for “Hello”
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“Haere Mai.”
– Maori Saying for “Welcome”
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“Tēnā Koutou”
– Maori Saying for “Hello,” to a group of people
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“Haere Ra”
– Maori Saying for “Goodby”
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“Ka Kite Ano”
– Maori Saying for “See you tomorrow”
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“Kia kaha”
– Maori Saying for “Be strong”
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“Kei te pēhea koe?”
– Maori Saying for “How are you?”
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Singaporean Proverbs:
“Better poverty before wealth than poverty after wealth.”
– Singaporean Proverb
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“On a big tree, there are dead branches; in a big clan, there are beggars.”
– Singaporean Proverb
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“Not all stones are blessed to become diamonds.”
– Singaporean Proverb
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“If there are no fish, prawns are just as good.”
– Singaporean Proverb
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“A given excuse that was not asked for implies guilt.”
– Singaporean Proverb
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“Smart people put forth their mouth, dumb people put forth their hand.”
– Singaporean Proverb
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“Clapping with only the right hand will not make a noise.”
– Singaporean Proverb
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“Incremental efforts have an impact as benefits accumulate.”
– Singaporean Proverb
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“Never take a quiet person for granted. He might have great qualities underneath his quiet nature.”
– Singaporean Saying
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“Where there is a sea, there are pirates.”
– Singaporean Proverb
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“The person who can see a house in China is unaware of an elephant on his nose.”
– Singaporean Saying
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“If you plant grass, you won’t get rice.”
– Singaporean Quote
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“Those who speak aloud are boastful. Those who speak softly are unsure. Those who don’t speak are dangerous.”
– Singaporean Quote
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“Keep a snake, and the snake will eat your chicken.”
– Singapore Proverb
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“You don’t need to teach a young crocodile to swim.”
– Singapore Proverb
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Singaporean Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings
Singlish
Colloquial Singaporean English, better known as Singlish, is a blend of Singaporean slang and English.
Singlish also consists of words originating from Malay, Cantonese, Japanese, Hokkien, Teochew, and Tamil.
American and Australian slang has also come into Singlish through imported television series and films.
As English is one of Singapore’s official languages, Singlish is regarded as having low prestige.
The Singaporean government discourages the use of Singlish in favor of Standard English. Singlish is also heavily discouraged in the mass media and schools.
However, such official discouragement and censorship are countered by routine usage by ordinary people.
The Oxford English Dictionary announced that it had added new “Singapore English” items.
Singlish Phrases
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“Can or not?”
– Singlish Meaning – “Can you do this?”
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“Can”
– Singlish Meaning – “Yes I can.” or “Yes, of course.”
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“Can lah!”
– Singlish Meaning – “Yes, of course!”
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“Can meh?”
– Singlish Meaning – “Are you sure?”
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“Catch No Ball”
– Singlish Meaning – used by the listener to indicate that they did not understand what is being said
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“Die Die Must Try”
– Singlish Meaning – expression that something is so unique that the other person must try it
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“Ang Moh”
– Singlish Meaning – originating in Hokkien, it translates to ‘red hair’
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“Lah”
– Singlish Meaning – used to emphasize the sentence or word before
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“Come, I clap for you.”
– Singlish Meaning – a sarcastic way of praising someone.
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“Arrow”
– Singaporean Expression – To order someone to do a task
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“Chop-chop”
– Singaporean Expression – Hurry up
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“Eat Snake”
– Singaporean Expression – refers to the act of skiving
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“Kiwi”
– Singaporean Expression – to polish
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“Lobo”
– Singaporean Expression – without assignment or lazy person
Brazilian Proverbs:
“A timely ‘no’ beats a hasty ‘yes.'”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“Never poke a jaguar with a short stick.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“Others will measure you with the same rod you use to measure them.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“The devil takes what you’ve earned undeservedly.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“One should not eat meat where one earns his bread.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“If it were ever to rain soup, the poor would only have forks.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“The earth is not thirsty for the blood of the warriors but for the sweat of man’s labor.”
– Brazilian Quote
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” A bent stick will never be straight.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“Too much alms, the saint will be suspicious.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“You can only take out of a bag what was already in it.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“A dog bitten by a snake is afraid of sausages.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“Poverty is not a crime, but it’s better not to show it.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“If marriage were a good thing, there would be no witnesses.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“Much laughter, short wisdom.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“Each monkey on its own branch.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“She who knows, knows. She who doesn’t know, claps her hands.”
– Brazilian Quote
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“A scalded cat is afraid of water.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“There’s no good that lasts forever nor evil that never ends.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“Water can break the hardest stone.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“They who want everything lose everything..”
– Brazilian Proverb
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“God helps those who wake up early.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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” If you don’t have a dog, you hunt with a cat.”
– Brazilian Proverb
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” Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.”
– Brazilian Saying
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“Hope is the last one to die.”
– Brazilian Saying
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” Friends are friends, business is business.”
– Brazilian Saying
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” Hunger is the best seasoning.”
– Brazilian Saying
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Colombian Proverbs:
“Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“All fear has much imagination and little talent.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“To love and be wise is impossible.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“The old dog barks while he is sitting down.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“He who shows a passion tells his enemy where he may hit him.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“The person who recognizes his major mistakes is on the road to wisdom.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“He who overcomes his passions overcomes his greatest enemies.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“When force is imposed, the law is a joke.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“The fish dies from the head.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“Poverty does not destroy virtue nor wealth bestow it.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“There is no better friend than a burden.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“Better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“Who is always sad, does not even have fun when drunk.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“Even the candle seller dies in the dark.”
– Colombian Proverb
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“It’s better to be the pot than the lid.”
– Colombian Saying
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“The behavior should suit the occasion.”
– Colombian Saying
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“See and believe, and in order not to make a mistake, touch.”
– Colombian quote
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“Clean hands offend no one.”
– Colombian quote
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Mexican Proverbs:
“God helps those who rise early.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“Everyone looks for their own onion to cry.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“We are as small as our joy and as big as our pain.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“Who does not live to serve does not serve to live.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“Tell me who you are with and I will tell you who you are”
– Mexican Proverb
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Corpses and annoying guests stink by the third day”
– Mexican Proverb
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“If you see your neighbor has shaved his beard, you should start lathering yours.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“After the child drowns they close the well.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“You don’t have yet wings and already want to fly.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“He who runs with wolves will learn to howl.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“To bad times, a good face.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“No flies enter a closed mouth.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“When the river sounds, water is running.”
– Mexican Proverb
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” The devil knows more because he is old rather than because he is a devil.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“A bird in the hand is worth more than one hundred in flight.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“Cheap is expensive.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“If you search you will find.”
– Mexican Proverb
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” Little by little one goes far.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“The road to hell is strewn with roses.”
– Mexican Proverb
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“The envious never give praise, they only take it in.”
– Mexican Proverb
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Mexican Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings
Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“One timely shout is better than constant talk.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“Necessity is a great teacher.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“One only visits the cactus when it bears fruit.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“It’s like spending more on the wrapping than on the present itself.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“Everything in moderation.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seed.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“You are sure to find another cross if you flee the one you bear.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“There’s a time and a place for everything.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“Judge others as you would be judged.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“Tell me what you want to buy and I will tell you what you are.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“They who don’t speak will get no help from God.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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“We are all made of the same clay, but not from the same mold.”
– Mexican Quotes, and Sayings
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Mexican Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings
Mexican Expressions
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“If you don’t show, you don’t sell.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“A steady step is better than a run that tires.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“Love grows from sight.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“God helps those who rise early.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“No matter how early you get up, you can’t make the sunrise any sooner.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“To want to is to be able to.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“One finds what one looks for.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“The trees connect us.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“Who gets angry, loses.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“The fishing’s good in stormy waters.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“The dead to the grave, the living to pleasure.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“A dog that does not go out does not find the bone.”
– Mexican Expressions
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“There is no competition among lighthouses.”
– Mexican Expressions
Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes:
“Traveler, there are no paths. Paths are made by walking.”
– Australian Aboriginal Proverb
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“Those who lose dreaming are lost.”
– Australian Aboriginal Proverb
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“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home.”
– Australian Aboriginal Proverb
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“The more you know, the less you need.”
– Australian Aboriginal Saying
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“May as well be here, we are as where we are.”
– Australian Aboriginal Saying
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“Keep your eyes on the sun, and you will not see the shadows.”
– Australian Aboriginal Saying
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“The land owns us.”
– Australian Aboriginal Saying
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Australian Aboriginal Quotes
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“Here in Australia, we’re fortunate enough to have one of the richest and oldest continuing cultures in the world. This is something we should all be proud of and celebrate.”
– Tom Calma
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“Our spirituality is oneness and an interconnectedness with all that lives and breathes, even with all that does not live or breathe.”
– Mudrooroo
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“We cultivated our land, but in a way different from the white man. We endeavored to live with the land; they seemed to live off it. I was taught to preserve, never to destroy.”
– Tom Dystra
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“The land is my backbone… I only stand straight, happy, proud, and not ashamed about my color because I still have land… I think of land as the history of my nation.”
– Galarrwuy Yunipingu
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“We have our eye on the same destination – a sustainable future where Indigenous people are recognized for their wisdom and honored for their culture – there is no problem taking a different path to reach that place.”
– Kirstie Parker
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“The land is my mother. Like a human mother, the land gives us protection, enjoyment, and provides our needs – economic, social, and religious. We have a human relationship with the land: Mother, daughter, son. When the land is taken from us or destroyed, we feel hurt because we belong to the land, and we are part of it.”
– Djinyini Gondarra
Austalian Proverbs:
“Half a loaf is better than none.”
– Australian Proverb
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“The bigger the hat, the smaller the property.”
– Australian Proverb
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“Don’t blow your own trumpet.”
– Australian Proverb
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“A Platypus is a duck designed by a committee.”
– Australian Saying
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“A bad worker blames his tools.”
– Australian Proverb
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“A fair go for all, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, except for Poms, Seppos (Yanks) and Kiwis.”
– Australian Quote
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“A good conscience is a soft pillow.”
– Australian Proverb
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“Tears are words the heart can’t express.”
– Australian Proverb
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“The clash of ideas brings forth the spark of truth.”
– Australian Proverb
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“The cricket bat is mightier than the pen and the sword combined.”
– Australian Quote
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“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
– Australian Proverb
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“The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence.”
– Australian Proverb
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“There is a thin line between love and hate.”
– Australian Proverb
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“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”
– Australian Proverb
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“You might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.”
– Australian Saying
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“Help the poor by not becoming poor.”
– Australian Proverb
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“He who laughs last, laughs longest.”
– Australian Proverb
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“Half a loaf is better than none.”
– Australian Proverb
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“Faint heart never won fair lady.”
– Australian Proverb
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Australian Slang
Australian Quotes
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“Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi”
– Greg Baum.
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“All our best heroes are losers,”
– Richard Glover
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“Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It’ll be the only one trying.”
– Jack Lang
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“A champion team will always beat a team of champions.”
– Collingwood
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“A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.”
– Robert Hughes
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“The most intense hatreds are not between political parties but within them.”
– Phillip Adams
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“I’ve never seen anyone rehabilitated by punishment.”
– Henry Lawson
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“It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.”
– Arthur Calwell
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Australian Sayings
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“Have a good one”
Meaning: Have a nice day.
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“No worries”
Meaning: No problem or you’re welcome.
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“Bloody oath”
Meaning: Declare honesty and truth
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“A few roos loose in the top paddock”
Meaning: Intellectually compromised or incompetent
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“Flat out like a lizard drinking”
Meaning: Extremely busy or working very hard
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“Flaming galah”
Meaning: A fool or idiot
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“Chuck a U-ey”
Meaning: Make a U-turn or reverse course
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“Fair shake of the sauce bottle”
Meaning: An opportunity to have a fair attempt
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“My shout”
Meaning: My turn to pay.
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“Your shout”
Meaning: Your turn to pay.
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“Can’t be bothered”
Meaning: Not in the mood
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“Lower than a snake’s belly”
Meaning: Describing someone with low morals
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“She’ll be apples”
Meaning: It will be alright or OK
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“You little ripper”
Meaning: An express delight
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Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes
Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes
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Out Early Australian Convict Sayings and Slang
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“Dog must not steal from dog.”
– Australian Convict Saying
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“His bad”
He cooperates with police and officials
– Australian Convict “Flash” Language
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“His floor’d”
He is so drunk he can not standing
– Australian Convict “Flash” Language
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“His nibb’d”
He is taken into custody
– Australian Convict “Flash” Language
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His boned
taken into custody
– Australian Convict “Flash” Language
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Chinese Proverbs:
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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.”
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“Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet.”
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“Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.”
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“There are two kinds of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who have not been born yet.”
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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
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“If you bow at all, bow low.”
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“A smile will gain you ten more years of life.”
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“Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”
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“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.”
Russian Proverbs:
“God keeps those safe who keep themselves safe.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Visiting is good, but home is better.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Time makes the best healer.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Every vegetable has its time.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Ride slower — get further.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“The snail is coming, who knows when it arrives.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Morning is wiser than the evening.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Quality goods advertise themselves.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“When you rush, you make people laugh.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Don‘t go to another monastery with your own rules.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Every joke has a grain of truth.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Visiting as a guest is good but it’s better at home.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Without effort, you won’t even pull a fish out of a pond.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Beauty requires sacrifice.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Don’t dig a hole for someone else or you will fall into it yourself.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“The best offense is a good defense.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“It’s better to have 100 friends than 100 rubles.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Nothing will happen in your life unless you try something.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Silence gives consent.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“An old friend is better than two new friends.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Those who wake up early are served by God.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“If you like to sled, you have to like to drag the sled.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Live with wolves, howl like a wolf.”
– Russian Proverbs
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Russian Proverbs and Quotes
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“Fear‘s eyes are large.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Love until you’re in the coffin.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Everything is good in its time.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“A Russian harnesses slowly but rides fast.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“What’s on one’s mind is on one’s tongue.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Live for a century, learn for a century.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Always live, always learn (and die being a fool.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“Measure seven times, cut once.”
– Russian Proverbs
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“A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can’t catch it.”
– Russian Proverbs
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Norwegian Proverbs:
“The best remedy against getting drunk is keeping sober.”
– Norwegian Proverb
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“Behind the clouds, the sky is always blue.”
– Norwegian Proverb
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“The fair wind blows even if the sailor does not see it.”
– Norwegian Proverb
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“It is the law that judges, not the judge.”
– Norwegian Proverb
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“The best friends are fewest.”
– Norwegian Quote
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“Either conform to the customs or flee the country.”
– Norwegian Quote
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“Good fortune is loaned, not owned.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“The pardon may be more severe than the penalty.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“Out on a trip, never sulky.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“Don’t sell the hide until you’ve shot the bear.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“Old habit, hard to turn.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“No fish without bones.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“The more cooks, the more mess.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“When the cat is gone, the mice dance on the table.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“Do not count a person’s years, until he has nothing else to count.”
– Norwegian Saying
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” You might as well try to hold an eel by the tail.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“A good anvil does not fear the hammer.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“Better to have one bird in the hand than ten on the roof.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“Even a blind hen may occasionally pick up a grain.”
– Norwegian Saying
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“He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.”
– Norwegian Saying
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Czech Proverbs:
“When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.”
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“He who looks, finds.”
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“Anger is a bad advisor.”
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“It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.”
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“The fish does not go after the hook, but after the bait.”
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“If you buy things you don’t need, you are stealing from yourself.”
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“May the Lord grant me a sword and no need to use it.”
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“Learn a new language and get a new soul.”
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“Do not protect yourself with a fence, but rather by your friends.”
Polish Proverbs:
“What one thinks when sober, one says when drunk”
– Polish Proverb
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“You become whom you befriend.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Those who argue, like each other.”
– Polish Proverb
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“My home is my castle.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Watch the faces of those who bow low.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Poverty does not lose its virtue.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Fortune favors the bold.”
– Polish Proverb
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“There where a man is in a hurry, the devil has a ball.”
– Polish Proverb
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“History repeats itself.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Not my circus, not my monkeys.”
– Polish Proverb
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Funny Polish Sayings
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“Don’t divide the skin while it’s still on the bear.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Don’t teach a father how to make children.”
– Polish Proverb
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“To drill a hole in someone’s belly.”
– Polish Proverb
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“To throw peas onto a wall.”
– Polish Proverb
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“As necessary as a hole in the bridge.”
– Polish Proverb
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“If the goat didn’t jump, she’d have a miserable life.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Everyone judges according to themselves.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Hand washes hand, leg supports leg.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Watch the faces of those who bow low.”
– Polish Proverb
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“The violin doesn’t play for everybody.”
– Polish Proverb
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“Don’t call the wolf from the forest.”
– Polish Proverb
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Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“A good appetite needs no sauce.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“What reaches the mother’s heart will only reach the father’s knees.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“You can’t heal stubbornness.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“Old habits die hard.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“Delayed is preferable to never.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“Swift help is worth more.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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POLISH SAYINGS
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“Better discretion than courage.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“He who gives quickly gives twice.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“Don’t praise the day before sunset.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad one must.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“Speak well of the dead or not at all.“
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“Where two people fight against each other, the third one wins.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“The worst devil is the one who prays.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“When the master has a cold the servants sneeze.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
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“A good bargain is a pick-purse.”
– Polish Quotes and Sayings
Serbian Proverbs:
“Trust but verify.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“Build the barn before you buy the cow.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“To know the path ahead, ask those returning.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“Three times measure, one-time cut.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“The wound heals, the scar remains.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“A good deed is the best form of prayer.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“A man without enemies is worthless.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“An empty knapsack is heavier to carry than a full one.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“Everyone is worth more than his neighbor and less than his son.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“A thorn pierces young skin more quickly than old.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“A greedy father has thieves for children.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“A good reputation is better than golden clothes.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“A dead man pays no debts.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.”
– Serbian Saying
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” An empty knapsack is heavier to carry than a full one.”
– Serbian Saying
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“Everyone is worth more than his neighbor and less than his son.”
– Serbian Saying
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“After a trial one party is naked and the other without a shirt.”
– Serbian Saying
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“Believing is easier than investigating.”
– Serbian Saying
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“Jealousy and fear have big eyes.”
– Serbian Quote
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“It is not at the table but in prison that you learn who your true friends are.”
– Serbian Quote
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“It is easier to believe than to go and ask.”
– Serbian Quote
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“If you humble yourself too much, you will get trampled on.”
– Serbian Quote
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“He who drinks on credit gets drunk twice.”
– Serbian Quote
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“Better retreat in honor than advance in disgrace.”
– Serbian Quote
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“Quick to believe is quickly deceived.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“The wound heals, the scar remains.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“It is supposed that if there is a rumor, there must be some truth behind it.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“The morning is wiser than the evening.”
– Serbian Proverb
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“Where they promise too much, bring a small purse.”
– Serbian Proverb
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Belgian Proverbs:
“If you don’t use your head, you’ll use your pocketbook.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“It is no use waiting for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“Honour is better than honors.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“God is with those who persevere; Persevere and never fear.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“He who does not wish for little things does not deserve big things.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“Sell not the bear’s skin before you have caught him.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“Happy nations have no history.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“United we stand, divided we fall; Union is a strength.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“He who arrives too late finds the plate turned over.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“The horse must graze where it is tethered.”
– Belgium Proverb
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“The money lender is a brother to the tax collector.”
– Belgium Quote
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“The bee, from her industry in the summer, eats honey all the winter.”
– Belgium Quote
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“Proverbs are the library of history.”
– Belgium Quote
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“The beautiful is less what one sees than what one dreams.”
– Belgium Quote
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“It is no use waiting for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out.”
– Belgium Quote
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“One spot stains the whole dress.”
– Belgium Quote
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“The beggar may sing before the thief.”
– Belgium Quote
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“Experience is the father of wisdom.”
– Belgium Saying
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“God heals, but the doctor gets paid.”
– Belgium Saying
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“In the end, a needle weighs heavy.”
– Belgium Saying
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Spanish Proverbs:
“The poor writer blames the pen.”
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“Of two evils choose the least.”
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“How nice it is to see the rain without getting wet.”
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“We all have a little bit of musician, poet and crazy person in ourselves.”
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“Don’t leave for tomorrow that which you can do today.”
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“If you tell your secret to your friend, you will make him your master.”
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“Whom God will destroy, he first makes mad.”
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“Man proposes, God disposes.”
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“Fear the man of one book.”
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