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Think globally, act locally.
English Proverb
You cannot make people honest by an act of parliament.
English Proverb
Act like you are an idiot and everyone will respect you.
Arabic Proverb
Don't neglect the consequence of your act.
Arabic Proverb
The best act of generosity is that which is quickly done.
Arabic Proverb
Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.
Danish Proverb
To act in anger is like tying up a ship in a storm.
German Proverb
Act quickly, think slowly.
Greek Proverb
Give the wise man a hint and leave him to act.
Italian Proverb
An accuser may not act as a defender.
Jewish Proverb
One should act as he may, not as he would like to.
Hungarian Proverb
Children act in the village as they have learned at home.
Swedish Proverb
Act aggressive and you will be feared.
Sicilian Proverb
Ask advice from everyone, but act with your own mind.
Yiddish Proverb
Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition.
French Proverb
After the act wishing is in vain.
French Proverb
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Latin Proverb
In the very act of committing an offence.
Latin Proverb
What I do against my will cannot be said to be my own act.
Latin Proverb
To be in love and act wisely is scarcely granted to a god.
Latin Proverb
Whatever you do, act wisely, and consider the end. (Strauss, 1994 p. 600)
English Proverb
Think before (you act).
Swedish Proverb
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