| To teach is also to learn. -Japanese |
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| Tell the truth and run. -Yugoslavian |
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It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life. -Irish |
| The reverse side also has a reverse side. -Japanese |
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Too clever is dumb. -German |
| If God lived on earth, people would break his windows. -Jewish |
| No tree reaches the sky. -German
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It is nothing, |
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| Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river. -Haitian |
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish |
| A calamity that affects everyone is only half a calamity. -Italian |
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He who would leap high must take a long run. -Danish |
| When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of
bread with
one, and a lily with the other. -Chinese |
| Those who wish to sing always find a song. -Swedish | |
| A bit of perfume always clings to the hand that gives the rose.
-Chinese
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| One stick cannot cook a meal or build a fence. -Hmong | |
| The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected
without
trials. -Chinese |
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Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. -Lebanese |
| A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. -Miguel de
Cervantes |
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Wise men make proverbs but fools repeat them. - Samuel Palmer |