Best Proverb Quotes Ever

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February 10, 2013 12:11am UTC

You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom.

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February 14, 2013 8:42pm UTC

Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.
— Swedish Proverb

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Steve
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February 5, 2013 12:00am UTC

'Tis better to slip with foot than tongue.

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Steve
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February 6, 2013 11:50pm UTC

Don't stretch your arms more than your sleeves can reach.

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May 11, 2013 10:27am UTC

May your charity increase as much as your wealth.

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Steve
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March 14, 2013 12:53am UTC

A child who is carried on the back will not know how far the journey is.
— Nigerian Proverb

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Steve
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February 5, 2013 11:54pm UTC

Honesty is like an icicle;
if once it melts that is the end of it.

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Steve
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February 7, 2013 11:57pm UTC

Do not wait until you're thirsty to dig a well

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Steve
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February 22, 2013 11:19pm UTC

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

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Steve
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May 23, 2013 9:56pm UTC

If I listen, I have the advantage.
If I speak, others have it.
— Peruvian Proverb

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Steve
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February 10, 2013 10:32pm UTC

“Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.”
— Lebanese proverb

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Steve
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February 9, 2013 12:22am UTC

Beauty fades, good deeds are permanent.

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Steve
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March 11, 2013 11:10pm UTC

A book is like a garden in the pocket.

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Steve
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February 21, 2013 10:29pm UTC

Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
— Marcel Proust

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Steve
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March 24, 2013 7:33pm UTC

If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you.
If you are stupid, be stupid enough they pity you.
— Cambodian Proverb

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Steve
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December 11, 2013 4:32pm UTC

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
— Swedish Proverb

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Steve
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February 11, 2013 11:08pm UTC

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.

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Steve
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February 27, 2013 3:25pm UTC

Constantly a man should reflect and ask himself, "What good thing have I done this day? The setting sun will carry with it a portion of my life."
— Sarngadhara Paddhati

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Steve
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February 14, 2013 8:40pm UTC

Love makes a man both blind and deaf.
Arabian proverb

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Steve
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October 5, 2013 1:19pm UTC

If you've got time to lean,
you've got time to clean.

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