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There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. - Gaelic Proverb

If triangles had a God, He'd have three sides. - Yiddish Proverb

At home one relies on parents; away from home one relies on friends. - Chinese Proverb

One cannot speak of ice to summer insects nor talk about the sky to frogs in a well. - Chinese proverb

God gave burdens, also shoulders. - Yiddish Proverb

Help yourself and God will help you. - Dutch Proverb

Call on God, but row away from the rocks. - Indian Proverb

God will listen to you whatever cloak you wear. - Spanish Proverb

Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. - Arab Proverb

If you believe everything you read, better not read. - Japanese proverb

Against change of fortune set a brave heart. - French proverb

First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. - Greek Proverb

When one must, one can. - Yiddish Proverb

Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. - African Proverb

Knowledge comes through practice. - Celtic proverb

To be fond of learning is to be at the gate of knowledge. - Chinese Proverb

The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. - Russian proverb

Whenever there is profit to be made then think of honesty. - Chinese Proverb

Where there's a will to condemn there is also evidence. - Chinese Proverb

Which cat does not gorge a mouse? - Chinese Proverb

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. - Irish headstone

Pearls lie not on the seashore. If thou desirest one thou must dive for it. - Chinese Proverb

Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty. - Sicilian Proverb


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