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Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.
Japanese Proverb
The person who does not listen to an elder's advice gets his or her leg broken.
Somali Proverb
Honorable is the person who is aware of his power, yet refrains from inflicting bad things onto others.
Egyptian Proverb
A person stands next to a shade not next to words.
Somali Proverb
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch -- both cannot be saved.
Hindi Proverb
One should rise to a person who sees you sitting.
Somali Proverb
When a man sleeps, it is the same person when he wakes up.
Somali Proverb
There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.
Persian Proverb
A lonely person is at home everywhere.
Russian Proverb
A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith, even so is he.
Hindi Proverb
The dying person cannot wait for the shroud to be woven.
Madagascan Proverb
The person that learns well also defends himself well.
Argentinean Proverb
The person who has been a slave from birth does not value rebellion.
Yoruba Proverb
Never promise a poor person, and never owe a rich one.
Brazilian Proverb
In a quarrel, the higher voiced person will win.
Japanese Proverb
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Chinese Proverb
You are as many a person as languages you know.
Armenian Proverb
A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot.
German Proverb
The covetous person is always in want.
Irish Proverb
The well fed person doesn't understand the hungry one.
Irish Proverb
A thousand people cannot undress a naked person.
Greek Proverb
A lucky person is someone who plants pebbles and harvests potatoes.
Greek Proverb
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