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A boat doesn’t go forward if each is rowing his own way.
~ African (Swahi) Proverb

 

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones, and little ones into none at all.
~ Chinese Proverb

 

A fool is busy in everyone’s business, but his own.
~ English Proverb

 

A good character is the real beauty that never fades.
~ Philippine Proverb

 

A good reputation is worth every sacrifice.
~ Kurdish Proverb

 

A good seaman is known in bad weather.
~ Italian Proverb

 

A liar’s punishment: he is not believed when telling the truth.
~ Italian Proverb

 

A wise man changes his mind; a fool, never.
~ Spanish Proverb

 

Aim high in your career, but stay humble in your heart.
~ Korean Proverb

 

An old error has more friends than a new truth.
~ German Proverb

 

Anger makes a fool out of the wise.
~ Yiddish Proverb

 

Beware of him who regards not his reputation.
~ English Proverb

 

Common sense is not so common.
~ French Proverb

 

Don’t be too sweet or you’ll be spat out.
~ Yiddish Proverb

 

Don’t think these are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
~ Malaysian Proverb

 

Failure teaches you more than success.
~ Russian Proverb

 

For the diligent, the week has seven days; for the lazy, seven tomorrows
~ German Proverb

 

From small beginnings come great things.
~ Dutch Proverb

 

Habits are at first cobwebs; at last, chains
~ English Proverb

 

He labors in vain who tries to please everybody.
~ Latin Proverb

 

He who begin much, finishes little.
~ German Proverb

 

He who is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
~ American Proverb

 

He who likes things to be easy will have difficulties. He who likes problems will succeed.
~ Laotian Proverb

 

He who won’t be advised can’t be helped.
~ German Proverb

 

If thine enemy falls beneath thy foot, crush him.
~ Kurdish Proverb

 

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
~ Chinese Proverb

 

If you understand everything, you must be misinformed.
~ Japanese

 

In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.
~ Spanish Proverb

 

Insult begets insult.
~ Greek Proverb

 

It is harder to lift that arm than the tongue.
~ Russian

 

Lose an hour in the morning and you’ll be running after it all day.
~ English Proverb

 

Luck is the idol of the idle.
~ English Proverb

 

Old praise dies unless you feed it.
~ English Proverb

 

Open not your sail to every wind.
~ Chinese Proverb

 

Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.
~ English Proverb

 

Seek counsel from him who makes you weep, and not from him who makes you laugh.
~ Arabian Proverb

 

Spread a rumor and someone else’s lie may become your own.
~ Japanese Proverb

 

Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember, involve me and I’ll understand.
~ Chinese Proverb

 

The man who moved a mountain was he who began carrying away the small stones.
~ Chinese Proverb

 

The real fault is not abandoning a fault.
~ Chinese Proverb

 

The tree of wisdom is watered by tears.
~ Swiss Proverb

 

The wise seek wisdom; the fool has found it.
~ Russian Proverb

 

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.
~ English Proverb

 

We confess small faults in order to insinuate that we don’t have great ones.
~ French Proverb

 

When the ship is sunk, everyone knows how she could have been saved.
~ Italian Proverb

 

Who is once found to be bad is presumed to be so forever.
~ Latin Proverb

 

Who serves two kings deceives one of them.
~ Yiddish Proverb

 

Without customers your good are as worthless as grass.
~ Chinese Proverb

 

Woe to him who waits until the last day.
~ Irish Proverb

 

You don’t know who is your friend or enemy until the ice breaks.
~ Icelandic Proverb

 

You never graduate from the school of patience.
~ Russian Proverb

 

Your enemy makes you wise.
~ Italian Proverb

 

Your good will towards other returns to yourself in the end.
~ Japanese Proverb