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Ill-timed laughter is a dangerous evil.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about laughter

Thinking evil is much the same as doing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about thinking

A witch-wife and an evil is three-halfpence worse than the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, wife, devil

Put another way, satan is a person's wish to do evil.

Proverbs and old sayings about devil, wish, people

A stupidly devout man, the slyly evil, and the sanctimonious woman - these will destroy the world.

Proverbs and old sayings about destruction, world, woman, man

There is no thing wickeder than a woman of evil temper.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about things, woman

Do no evil and have no fear.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fear

Break the legs of an evil custom.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Never do evil that good may come of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck

Out of a great evil often comes a great good.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck

No good thing is failure and no evil thing success.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about failure, things, success, good, good luck

A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about conduct, pleasure, wisdom, man

The mouth is the door of evil.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

An evil act runs a thousand miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about conduct, family, good, good luck

People are consumed by evil because of keeping close to it, but not because of keeping away from it.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

Of evil grain no good seed can come.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

Pleasure is the bait of evil.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about pleasure

An evil gain is equal to a loss.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

No day is wholly productive of evil.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about day