Flowers leave their fragrance on the hand that bestows them.
—Chinese Proverb
A woman can hide her love for 40 years, but her disgust and anger not for one day.
—Arabic Proverb
Worrying never did anyone any good.
—Common Proverb
It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children.
—African Proverb
Making the beginning is one third of the work.
—Irish Proverb
A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.
—Arabic Proverb
When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are only halfway there.
—Japanese Proverb
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.
—Italian Proverb
However long the night, the dawn will break.
—African Proverb
Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man’s fingers.
—Chinese Proverb
Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
—Spanish Proverb
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
—Chinese Proverb
It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise.
—Latin Proverb
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who has entrusted it.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
A girls heart is like a dark wood.
—Russian Proverb
Trouble is to man what rust is to iron.
—Yiddish Proverb
What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.
—Chinese Proverb
It is a blessing in disguise.
—Common Proverb
If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all.
—Japanese Proverb
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
—French Proverb
Don’t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
—Yiddish Proverb
Hypocrites kick with their hind feet while licking with their tongues.
—Russian Proverb
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
—Chinese Proverb
All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of yesterday.
—Common Proverb
The best soldiers are not warlike.
—Chinese Proverb
One step at a time is good walking.
—Chinese Proverb
In a fiddler’s house all are dancers.
—Common Proverb
Youth lives on hope, old age on memories.
—French Proverb
If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us.
—Common Proverb
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
—Latin Proverb
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