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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. |