A REAL FRIEND IS ONE WHO TAKES THE HAND OF HIS FRIEND IN TIMES OF DISTRESS AND HELPLESSNESS.
MEANING: A friend in need is a friend indeed.
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THE FIRST DAY YOU MEET, YOU ARE FRIENDS. THE NEXT DAY YOU MEET, YOU ARE BROTHERS.
MEANING: Friendship grows into brotherhood.
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THERE IS A WAY FROM HEART TO HEART.
MEANING: Love finds a way to another's heart.
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DON'T STOP A DONKEY THAT IS NOT YOURS.
MEANING: Mind your own business.
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COMMUNITY IS NOT CREATED BY FORCE.
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HASTY WORK DOESN'T SUCCEED.
MEANING: Haste makes waste or a watch pot never boils.
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LITTLE TALK, MORE ACTION.
MEANING: Actions speak louder than words.
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THAT WHICH THUNDERS DOES NOT RAIN.
MEANING: Barking dogs seldom bite.
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HE WHO CAN BE KILLED BY SUGAR SHOULD NOT BE KILLED BY POISON.
MEANING: Subtlety is better than force.
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HE WHO IS CORNERED WILL FIGHT.
MEANING: Tread on worm and it will turn; or a cornered rat will fight.
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I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE GO ASTRAY WHO FOLLOWED ALONG THE RIGHT.
MEANING: You'll never go wrong by doing right.
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A LIAR IS FORGETFUL.
MEANING: A dishonest person can't remember to be consistent.
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ONE WHO CALLS HIMSELF KHAN IS NOT A KHAN.
MEANING: Self-praise is no praise.
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WHAT YOU SEE IN YOURSELF IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE WORLD.
MEANING: The soul is the mirror of the world.
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WHAT IS A TRUMPETERS JOB? TO BLOW.
MEANING: An adviser, teacher or preacher can only instruct, it is up to the listener to act.
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BLOOD CANNOT BE WASHED OUT WITH BLOOD.
MEANING: Two wrongs do not make a right.
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EVEN THE FIVE FINGERS OF THE HAND ARE NOT ALIKE.
MEANING: All people differ: usually greatly.
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THERE IS BLESSING IN ACTION.
MEANING: Nothing venture, nothing won. Help yourself, and heaven will help you.
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WHEN MAN IS PERPLEXED GOD IS BENEFICENT.
MEANING: God comes at last when we think he is furthest off.
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HE HAS SOAKED A HUNDRED HEADS (PREPARING THEM FOR SHAVING), BUT HASN'T SHAVED ONE.
MEANING: Used of a person who starts a lot but does not finish and so has many monuments to unfinished business.
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A CHEAP THING DOESN'T LACK DEFECT, NOR AN EXPENSIVE THING QUALITY.
MEANING: You get what you pay for.
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VINEGAR THAT IS FREE, IS SWEETER THAN HONEY.
MEANING: People love getting something for nothing.
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DEBT SEVERS (IS THE SCISSORS OF) LOVE.
MEANING: Lend money to a friend, and he'll become an enemy.
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WHERE YOUR HEART GOES THERE YOUR FEET WILL GO.
MEANING: Home is where the heart is.
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NO ONE SAYS HIS OWN BUTTERMILK IS SOUR.
MEANING: No one advertises his own faults.
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GOOD PERFUME IS KNOWN BY ITS OWN SCENT RATHER THAN BY THE PERFUMER'S ADVERTISEMENT.
MEANING: A good tree is known by its fruit; or, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
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POOR IRON WON'T MAKE A SHARP SWORD.
MEANING: You can't get quality out of inferior raw material.
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WHERE THERE IS DISCIPLINE THERE IS SOCIAL ORDER.
MEANING: Spare the rod and spoil the child; or, a pet lamb makes a cross ram.
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DON'T DIG WELLS FOR OTHERS FOR YOU WILL FALL INTO ONE YOURSELF.
MEANING: Evil begets evil.
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WITHOUT INVESTIGATING THE WATER, DON'T TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES (TO WALK THROUGH IT).
MEANING: Look before you leap.
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HE RAN OUT FROM UNDER A LEAKING ROOF AND SAT IN THE RAIN.
MEANING: Out of the frying pan into the fire.
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FIVE FINGERS ARE BROTHERS BUT ARE NOT EQUALS.
MEANING: Although people may be related by family or nationality each person nevertheless is different.
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