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Listen to what they say of others and you will know what they say of you.    

• Cuban Proverb   

Man proposes, God disposes.

• Chinese Proverb

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.    

• Maori Proverb       

Break the leg of a bad habit.

• Puerto Rican Proverb       

A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.    

• American Proverb       

A silent mouth is sweet to hear.

• Irish Proverb

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

• Nigerian Proverb

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.

• Native American Proverb

A person who doesn't know but knows he doesn't know is a student; teach him.
A person who knows but who doesn't know that he knows is asleep; awaken him.
But a person who knows and knows that he knows is wise; follow him.

• Asian Proverb

Who does nothing can do nothing wrong.

• German Proverb

Time is like a river - it flows by and doesn't return.

• Chinese Proverb

Choose your friends like your books, few but choice.

• American Proverb

May the Lord grant me a sword and no need to use it.

• Czech Proverb

Listen to what they say of others and you will know what they say of you.

• Cuban Proverb

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

• French Proverb

For the concert of life, no one receives a program.

• Dutch Proverb

Life is a candle before the wind.

• Japanese Proverb

If you live in my heart, you live rent free.

• Irish Proverb

All dreams spin out from the same web.

• Native American Proverb

Sweet is war to those who have never experienced it.

• Latin Proverb

Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.

• Japanese Proverb

Alcohol will preserve anything but a secret.

• American Proverb

If you can't bite, don't show your teeth.

• Yiddish Proverb

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