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Proverbs-1476-To-1500

# Proverbs
1476 Under a ragged coat lies wisdom. -Romanian Proverb
1477 Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker. -Spanish Proverb
1478 Unwilling service earns no thanks. -Danish Proverb
1479 Use power to curb power. -Chinese Proverb
1480 Use soft words and hard arguments. -English Proverb
1481 Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake. -Persian Proverb
1482 Velvet paws hide sharp claws.
1483 Virtue is its own reward.
1484 Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare. -Japanese Proverb
1485 Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. -Portuguese Proverb
1486 Vulnerant omnia, ultima necat. (All the [hours] wound you, the last one kills) -Latin Proverb
1487 Wait for the cat to jump.
1488 Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day. -French Proverb
1489 Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow. -Spanish Proverb
1490 Walls have ears.
1491 Wash your dirty linen at home.
1492 Waste not, want not.
1493 We are usually the best men when in the worst health. -English Proverb
1494 We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. -Haida Proverb
1495 We know not what is good until we have lost it.
1496 We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it. -French Proverb
1497 We never know the value of water till the well is dry.
1498 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. -French Proverb
1499 We shall see what we shall see.
1500 We soon believe what we desire.
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