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No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death.
African Proverb
Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.
Nigerian Proverb
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
Swedish Proverb
Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.
African Proverb
Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
Welsh Proverb
Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
English Proverb
Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin.
Italian Proverb
The wish is father to the thought.
Tibetan Proverb
A person's worst enemy can't wish on him what he can think up himself.
Yiddish Proverb
He who does not wish for little things does not deserve big things.
Belgian Proverb
If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.
Yugoslav Proverb
If every day was a sunny day, who would not wish for rain?
Japanese Proverb
The wish is the father of the deed.
American Proverb
When a snake gets warm on ice, then a German will wish well to a Czech.
English Proverb
If you wish/ask, wish/ask for more.
Arabic Proverb
A shrew gets her wish but suffers in the getting.
Irish Proverb
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
Greek Proverb
If you wish to know what a man is, make him king.
Icelandic Proverb
I wish that he would sink as deep in the ground as a hare can run in ten years.
Dutch Proverb
A person who wish for something impossible.
Indonesian Proverb
Someone who wish something impossible.
Indonesian Proverb
If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.
Oriental Proverb
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