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Man is the flower of the earth.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about garden, earth, man

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about intelligence, problems, people

Your pot broken seems better than my whole one.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Tell a lie and the truth will come to light.

Proverbs and old sayings about light, lie, truth

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A mother was asked:
"Which of your children do you love the most?"
She replied:
"The sick one until they are well, the absent one until they return, the small one until they grow up, and all of them until I die."

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about love

Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about happiness

There are 3 simple rules in life:
- don't promise when you're happy,
- don't answer when you're nervous,
- don't decide when you're angry.

Proverbs and old sayings British about life, rules, promise, happiness, contentment

Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about spirit, law, man