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+Shrouds are made without pockets. (Yiddish)
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+You can't see the whole sky through a bamboo tube. (Japanese)
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+Agreements should be clearly expressed, and chocolate should be served thick. (Mexican)
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+Wherever you go, you can't get rid of yourself. (Polish)
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+A crown is no cure for a headache. (English)
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+All the treasures of the earth can't bring back one lost moment. (French)
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+The baby who doesn't cry isn't nursed. (Latin American)
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+Memory is life's clock. (Spanish)
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+Where is there a tree not shaken by the wind? (Armenian)
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+The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. (Swedish)
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+If you are ugly, be winsome. (Tunisian)
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+One cannot make soup out of beauty. (Estonian)
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+Beauty is a good letter of introduction. (German)
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+Even the fall of a dancer is a somersault. (Singhalese)
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+Butterflies come to pretty flowers. (Korean)
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+Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume. (French)
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+Desire beautifies even what is ugly. (Spanish)
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+A beautiful thing is never perfect. (Egyptian)
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+The face of water is beautiful, but it is not good to sleep on. (Ashanti)
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+Handsome is as handsome does. (English)
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+Even the best writer has to erase. (Spanish)
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+If you believe everything you read, better not read. (Japanese)
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+There is no worse robber than a bad book. (Italian)
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+A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw. (English)
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+Every age has its book. (Arabic)
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+The sight of books removes sorrows from the heart. (Moroccan)
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+A library is a repository of medicine for the mind. (Greek)
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+The walking-stick reaches many lands, the word many more. (Finnish)
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+A good book praises itself. (German)
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+Beware the person of one book. (Latin)
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+The gods sell all things to hard labor. (Greek)
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+If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months. (Italian)
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+If you give orders and leave, the work won't get done. (Portuguese)
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+When the tiger kills, the jackal profits. (Afghan)
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+A person without a smiling face should not open a shop. (Chinese)
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+A work ill done must be twice done. (Welsh)
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+If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything. (Yiddish)
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+Creditors have better memories than debtors. (English)
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+Be quick to folow up an advantage. (Maori)
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+If you bathe, get thoroughly wet. (Malay)
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+They are most cheated who cheat themselves. (Danish)
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+Little is spent with difficulty, much with ease. (Thai)
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+Do not expect speed from a cheap horse - it will only neigh. (Hausa)
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+Buying on credit is robbing next year's crop. (African-American)
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+Better to sell with regret than to keep with regret. (Swiss)
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+Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk. (Egyptian)
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+Venture a small fish to catch a great one. (English)
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+The spider and the fly can't make a bargain. (Jamaican)
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+If you buy things you don't need, you'll soon be selling things you do. (Pampango)
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+Don't buy someone else's problems. (Chinese)
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+Measure a thousand times, cut once. (Turkish)
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+If you call one wolf, you invite the pack. (Bulgarian)
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+Sleeping people can't fall down. (Japanese)
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+Fish don't get caught in deep water. (Malay)
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+Though honey is sweet, don't lick it off a briar. (Irish)
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+Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion. (Egyptian)
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+Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind. (Italian)
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+Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog, and a quarrelsome person. (Iranian)
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+Whoever has a tail of straw should not get close to the fire. (Latin American)
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+The crab that walks too far falls into the pot. (Haitian)
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+Character is habit long continued. (Greek)
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+The eagle does not catch flies. (Latin)
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+Virtue is not knowing but doing. (Japanese)
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+Where you were born is less important than how you live. (Turkish)
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+People show their character by what they laugh at. (German)
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+That which is a sin in others is a virtue in ourselves. (Chilean)
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+You can't stop a pig from wallowing in the mud. (Yoruba)
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+Character is easier kept than recovered. (English)
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+If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you. (Belizean)
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+If you are not good for yourself, how can you be good for others? (Spanish)
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+It's a foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor. (Italian)
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+Don't do all you can, spend all you have, believe all you hear, or tell all you know. (English)
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+Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. (Korean)
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+Don't jump high in a low-ceilinged room. (Czech)
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+Common sense is not so common. (French)
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+Medicine left in the container can't help. (Yoruba)
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+It takes a heap of licks to strike a nail in the dark. (African-American)
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+It is better to prevent than to cure. (Peruvian)
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+If you can't bite, better not show your teeth. (Yiddish)
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+If you are hiding, don't light a fire. (Ghanaian)
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+That which is mine makes other people's things seem strange. (Sumerian)
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+Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. (Chinese)
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+It is beter to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood. (Danish)
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+Better is better. (German)
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+If you think your bundle of dirty clothes too heavy, try picking up your neighbor's. (Virgin Islander)
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+Being happy is better than being king. (Hausa)
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+Better a good hope than a bad possession. (Spanish)
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+If you turn into a dog, be sure to choose a rich family. (Japanese)
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+A clock that stands still is better than one that goes wrong. (Yiddish)
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+It's better to sleep on the floor in an incense shop than in a bed in a fishmarket. (Vietnamese)
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+Do good and then do it again. (Welsh)
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+One should speak little with others and much with oneself. (Danish)
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+Honor is better than honors. (Flemish)
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+One should learn to sail in all winds. (Italian)
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+Do not allow sins to get beyond creeping. (Hawaiian)
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+A day is lost if one has not laughed. (French)
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+Hurry is good only for catching flies. (Russian)
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+As long as you live, keep learning how to live. (Latin)
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+Promise little and do much. (Hebrew)
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+It is better to return a borrowed pot with a little something you last cooked in it. (Omaha)
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		You can't see the whole sky through a bamboo tube. (Japanese)
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		Agreements should be clearly expressed, and chocolate should be served thick. (Mexican)
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		Wherever you go, you can't get rid of yourself. (Polish)
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		All the treasures of the earth can't bring back one lost moment. (French)
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		The baby who doesn't cry isn't nursed. (Latin American)
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		Where is there a tree not shaken by the wind? (Armenian)
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		The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. (Swedish)
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		Beauty is a good letter of introduction. (German)
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		Even the fall of a dancer is a somersault. (Singhalese)
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		Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume. (French)