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# Proverbs
776 If you dance you must pay the fiddler.
777 If you do not have patience you cannot make beer. -African(Ovambo) Proverb
778 If you do not strike back at him who hits you, there is no way for him to find out whether you also have hands. -Russian Proverb
779 If you forsake a certainty for an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty. -Sanskrit Proverb
780 If you laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper.
781 If you let everyone walk over you, you become a carpet. -Bulgarian Proverb
782 If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time. -Chinese proverb
783 If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. -Khalil Gibran
784 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
785 If you saw what the river carried, you would never drink the water. -Jamaican Proverb
786 If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot. -Italian Proverb
787 If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it. -Chinese Proverb
788 If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. -Native American Proverb (Minquass)
789 If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
790 If you share your friend's crime you make it your own. -Roman Proverb
791 If you speak the truth, keep a foot in the stirrup. -Turkish Proverb
792 If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow. -Chinese Proverb
793 If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end. -Arab Proverb
794 If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if ypu employ him, don't suspect him. -Chinese Proverb
795 If you throw mud enough, some of it will stick.
796 If you try to please all you will please none.
797 If you want a crop for one year, grow grain; if you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree; if you want a crop for a hundred years, grow men. -Chinese Proverb
798 If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
799 If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. -Spanish Proverb
800 If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep. -Yiddish Proverb
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