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An ill tongue may do much.
English Proverb
No word is ill spoken, that is not ill taken.
Portuguese Proverb
There are some who see ill, and would like to see worse.
Italian Proverb
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
Scottish Proverb
Take counsel before it goes ill, lest it go worse.
Dutch Proverb
It's ill jesting with edged tools.
Dutch Proverb
He who loiters hears ill spoken of himself.
Mexican Proverb
Only the soil knows when a young mouse is ill.
Palestinian Proverb
It is the soil that knows that the mouse's baby is ill.
Zimbabwe Proverb
It is ill done to chain a dragon for roasting your meat.
Darkovan Proverb
That land fares ill where the king's but a babe.
Darkovan Proverb
He who spekes ill of someone close to you in your presence sends you to tell him so.
Swahili Proverb
If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.
African Proverb
It is an ill thing to be deceived, but worse to deceive.
American Proverb
Better untaught than ill taught.
English Proverb
Ill comes often on the back of worse.
English Proverb
It's an ill wind that blows no good.
English Proverb
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
English Proverb
He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.
English Proverb
He that enquires all opinions, comes ill speed.
English Proverb
He is an ill husband who is not missed.
English Proverb
It is no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure.
English Proverb
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