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Even a sheet of paper is lighter when two people lift it.
Korean Proverb
A sheet of paper is lighter if two of you don't try to carry it.
Korean Proverb
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
Chinese Proverb
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark.
Chinese Proverb
To have five drachmas in the hand is better than ten drachmas on paper.
Greek Proverb
Paper does not blush.
Italian Proverb
A white wall is the fool's paper.
French Proverb
It was smooth on paper, but we've forgotten about ravines.
Russian Proverb
A lawsuit for a maravedi consumes a real's worth of paper.
Spanish Proverb
One day a student asked Taiga, "What is the most difficult part of painting?" Taiga answered, "The part of the paper where nothing is painted is the most difficult."
Zen Proverb
Don't use oiled paper to wrap up fire.
Chinese Proverb
Paper can't wrap up a fire.
Chinese Proverb
A fire cannot be wrapped with paper.
Chinese Proverb
Ink on paper.
Arabic Proverb
Youth and white paper take any impression.
German Proverb
Paper is patient.
German Proverb
A white wall is the fool's paper.
Italian Proverb
Paper is patient.
Hungarian Proverb
Love came in a paper bag, said the maiden when she got a letter from her sweetheart.
Finnish Proverb
Paper is patient - you can put anything on it.
Russian Proverb
Paper and ink and little justice.
Spanish Proverb
It worked on paper, but [we've] forgotten about ravines (and we'll have to march [them]).
Russian Proverb
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