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Tell your own story first.
Spanish Proverb
I do not tell thee what thou art, thou wilt tell it thyself.
Spanish Proverb
To friend and foe alike I tell them how bad she is, so that I don't have to share her with anyone.
Spanish Proverb
Mother earth promised to tell her secrets to heaven.
Serbian Proverb
Tell me whom you frequent, and I will tell you who you are.
French Proverb
Tell the truth and run.
Yugoslav Proverb
Tell me the company you keep, and I will tell you who you are.
Dutch Proverb
Do not bear ill will toward those who tell you the truth.
Guatemalan Proverb
You know what to say, but you do not know what you might be told.
Maasai Proverb
If you want to live in peace, you must not tell everything that you know, nor judge everything that you see.
Mexican Proverb
Those who tell the stories, rule the people.
Native American Proverb
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
Native American Proverb
He is not honest who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company the soup is hot.
Yugoslav Proverb
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Yugoslav Proverb
Do not argue with a fool, for people will not be able to tell between the two of you.
Ibo Proverb
A palm tree climber is not expected to tell everything he sees from up above.
Ibo Proverb
She is as undecided as an orphan: if she does not wash her hands, she will be told that she is a dirty child; if she washes her hands she will be told that she is wasting water.
Madagascan Proverb
If a man told you that a dog had run off with your ear, would you go after the dog or search first for your ear?
Moroccan Proverb
Tell not ever an evil man if misfortunes thee befall.
Norse Proverb
The bush fowl saw the chicken being carved up and laughed. The chicken told the bush fowl to stop laughing. For the same hands now carving up the chicken would be used to carve up the bush fowl.
Sudanese Proverb
If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential.
Traditional Proverb
Never tell your story to a deaf man.
Traditional Proverb
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