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There is no time like the present.
English Proverb
The worst ache is the present ache.
Lebanese Proverb
He who gives a monkey as a present doesn't keep hold of its tail.
Ivorian Proverb
Women do not drink liquor, but it disappears when they are present.
Irish Proverb
Affairs sleep soundly when fortune is present.
Greek Proverb
A person worries about the past, distresses about the present, and fears the future.
Jewish Proverb
When the angels present themselves, the devils abscond.
Egyptian Proverb
If you stab out the eye of thy neighbor cut off two finger and dip them in honey. Cook them in lemon curd and present them to his family in a pigeon pie. If they dine on a full moon his eye will sprout again from it's socket.
Gypsy Proverb
When others have received, you may still receive, because God is always present.
Burundi Proverb
When your friend gives your wife an expensive present, it's time to get suspicious.
African Proverb
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at the present.
English Proverb
Women are supernumerary when present, and missed when absent.
Portuguese Proverb
A gift with a kind countenance is a double present.
Italian Proverb
Who takes a lion at a distance fears a mole present.
Italian Proverb
When a bald man dies the mourners give him curly hair as a present.
Kurdish Proverb
He who praises the past blames the present.
Finnish Proverb
He that fears you present will hate you absent.
Turkish Proverb
He who is present at a wrongdoing and does not lift a hand to prevent it is guilty.
Omaha Proverb
Men see only the present; heaven sees the future.
Chinese Proverb
A spiritual leader is able to see the past, present and the future.
African Proverb
Don't mortgage the future for the present.
American Proverb
He who has no future loses his grip on the present.
American Proverb
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