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Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
Arabic proverb
Bad is never good until worse happens.
Danish Proverb
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese Proverb
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
Chinese Proverb
By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn.
Latin Proverb
Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
English Proverb
Every path has its puddle.
English Proverb
The eyes are the window of the soul.
English Proverb
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
Japanese Proverb
Get what you can and keep what you have; that's the way to get rich.
Scottish Proverb
A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.
Polish Proverb
He who is not impatient is not in love.
Italian Proverb
If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
Haitian proverb
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Chinese Proverb
Love rules without rules.
Italian Proverb
Man has responsibility, not power.
Native American Proverb (Tuscarora)
No need to teach an eagle to fly.
Greek Proverb
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
Native American Proverb
Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are.
Russian proverb
To know and to act are one and the same.
Samurai Proverb
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
Maori proverb
Use soft words and hard arguments.
English Proverb
Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.
Japanese Proverb
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
Spanish Proverb
The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
German Proverb
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Irish Proverb