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What good is giving sugar to the dead?
Hindi Proverb
Often the best way of giving oneself what one lacks is to take from oneself what one has.
Persian Proverb
Giving advice to the ignorant is like the rain falling on muddy ground.
Persian Proverb
To promise much means giving little.
Portuguese Proverb
True happiness lies in giving it to others.
Hindi Proverb
To give jewels to a donkey is as stupid as giving a eunuch to a woman.
Hindi Proverb
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
Native American Proverb
For the ugly vice of begging, there's the virtue of not giving.
Venezuelan Proverb
Giving gold coins to a cat.
Japanese Proverb
Promising is not giving, but serves to content fools.
Portuguese Proverb
Not much can be done when everyone is giving orders.
Portuguese Proverb
No one ever became poor through giving alms.
Italian Proverb
Giving is fishing.
Italian Proverb
Set aside emergencies and help a woman giving birth.
Corsican Proverb
Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth more than giving lunch to the satisfied.
Vietnamese Proverb
He that's long a giving, knows not how to give.
Dutch Proverb
The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor.
Dutch Proverb
One does not regret giving one's own ear-ring to one's dear friend.
Russian Proverb
Giving alms never lessens the purse.
Spanish Proverb
Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not giving it wings.
Ethiopian Proverb
Sharing and giving are the ways of God.
Native American Proverb
Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel.
Kashmir Proverb
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