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"Ecstacy begets tragedy, from misery good fortune springs."

"If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily."

"Be not afraid of growing slowly. Be afraid only of standing still."

"If thy enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum."

"Talk doesn't cook rice."

"The palest ink is better than the best memory."

~Chinese proverb

"Do not climb the hill until you get to it."

~English proverb

"What a man says drunk he has thought sober."

~Flemish proverb

"A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs."

~German proverb

"Contention is better than loneliness."

~Irish proverb

"Great trees are envied by the wind."

"One kind word can warm three winter months."

~Japanese proverb

"Spira, Spera"
Live, Hope

~Latin saying

"A man can't get rich if he takes proper care of his family."

~Navaho saying

"He who wants a rose must respect the thorn."

~Persian proverb

"It is unpleasant to go alone, even to be drowned."

~Russian proverb

"It takes two to make a quarrel but only one to end it."

~Spanish proverb

"Shared joy is doubled joy, and shared sorrow is half-sorrow."

~Swedish proverb

"Life is the greatest of all bargains; you get it for nothing."

~Yiddish saying

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