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Everybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before.

African proverb


I will master something, then the creativity will come.

Japanese Proverb


Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Chinese proverb


No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.

African proverb


The goat eats the grass there where it is tied

Bamoun proverb


There is no evil without goodness.

Costarican proverb


The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.

Japanese Proverb


He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.

Chinese proverb


It is better to be kind to our neighbors than to cross the world to offer incense to our ancestors

African proverb


Tell me what you brag about and I will tell you what you lack.

Spanish Proverb


Even if a baby seems unpleasant to look at, his mother never refuses him

Bamoun proverb


A fool and water will go the way they are diverted.

African proverb


Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

African proverb


When a bonsai stops growing, you know its dead.

Japanese Proverb


A friend when in need is a faithful friend.

Vietnamese proverb


The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water; but to walk on the earth.

Chinese proverb


The last to breathe is the first to drown

Costarican proverb


However long the night, the dawn will break.

African proverb


Fall down seven times, stand up eight

Japanese Proverb


When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

Chinese proverb


The river swells from the little streams

Bateke proverb


Deep doubts, deep wisdom... small doubts, little wisdom...

Chinese proverb


The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.

Japanese Proverb


Strong souls have willpower, weak ones only desires.

Chinese proverb


Take no notice of the stupid things people say.

Spanish Proverb


Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown

Chinese proverb


Fix the problem, not the blame.

Japanese Proverb


Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still

Chinese proverb


Wisdom can be found traveling.

Sri Lankan proverb


A mind can make a heaven out of hell, or a hell out of heaven.

Costarican proverb


I hear, I forget I see, I remember I do, I understand.

Chinese proverb


You learn how to cut down trees cutting them down.

Bateke proverb


All people have their friend and their enemy within themselves.

Costarican proverb


Every word has three definitions and three interpretations

Costarican proverb


One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.

Chinese proverb


A stolen object brings no joy to ones heart.

Uruguayan proverb


Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week

Spanish Proverb


A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

Chinese proverb


The river swells with the contribution of the small streams.

Bateke proverb


Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Japanese Proverb


A person who never travels, believes his mothers cooking is the best in the world.

African proverb


Do good, reap good... do evil, reap evil...

Chinese proverb


Once the game is over, the king and pawn go back into the same box.

Italian proverb


Home is where the heart is.

Spanish Proverb


A childs life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.

Chinese proverb


A wise man is able to adapt to the surprises of life as water to the decanter it is poured in.

Chinese proverb


He who knows nothing doubts nothing.

Italian proverb


Sickness is a thing of the spirit.

Japanese Proverb


He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Chinese proverb


After the storm the sun comes out.

Vietnamese proverb


I pointed out to you the stars (the moon) and all you saw was the tip of my finger.

African proverb


Nothing is ever difficult once you get use to it.

Tibetan proverb


A constant guest is never welcome.

Spanish Proverb


A fool judges people by the presents they give him

Chinese proverb


Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you

Bamoun proverb


The nail that stands out will be hammered down.

Japanese Proverb