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A thousand friends are few; one enemy is too many.
Russian Proverb
A lie can annihilate a thousand truths.
African Proverb
The strong will defeat one, the knowledgeable a thousand.
Bashkir proverb
If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens.
Persian Proverb
One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.
Japanese Proverb
A thousand assignations, one marriage.
Somali Proverb
The radiant and well-understood speech of one person is better than the speech of a thousand people that is not.
African Proverb
Measure a thousand times and cut once.
Turkish Proverb
One door is shut, but a thousand are open.
Argentinean Proverb
A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once.
English Proverb
He is bad that will not take advice, but he is a thousand times worse that takes every advice.
Irish Proverb
A thousand people cannot undress a naked person.
Greek Proverb
The eyes can do a thousand things that the fingers can't.
Persian Proverb
There are a thousand paths to every wrong.
Polish Proverb
In a tree that you can't climb, there are always a thousand fruits.
Hindi Proverb
The thousand brilliant accomplishments of the past cannot serve today's purpose.
Tibetan Proverb
One moment is worth more than a thousand gold pieces.
Korean Proverb
A day in prison is longer than a thousand years at large.
Vietnamese Proverb
A thousand regrets do not pay one debt.
Turkish Proverb
A single advantage is worth a thousand sorceries.
Turkish Proverb
Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy inside it.
Lebanese Proverb
A good tree can lodge ten thousand birds.
Myanmar Proverb
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