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A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

There is no greater beauty than that of logic.

Proverbs and old sayings about logic, beauty

How great man would be were he not so arrogant.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

He who gives charity anonymously is greater than moses.

Proverbs and old sayings about charity

The greatest and rarest talent is to love everything good.

Proverbs and old sayings about talent, love, good, good luck

The greatest charity is to enable the poor to earn a living.

Proverbs and old sayings about charity

If you don't aspire to great things, you won't attain small things.

Proverbs and old sayings about things, contentment

He who instigates good deeds is greater than the one who performs them.

Proverbs and old sayings about deeds, good, good luck

Honor is greater than wealth; wealth is only an instrument to attain honor.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth

The loftier and more distant the ideal, the greater its power to lift up the soul.

Proverbs and old sayings about ideal, power, soul

A person slow to anger has great understanding; one with a quick temper exalts foolishness.

Proverbs and old sayings about anger, people

To give quickly is a great virtue.

Proverbs and old sayings about virtue

The supreme law of the land is the Great Spirit's law, not man's law.

Proverbs and old sayings about law, spirit, man

Where need is great, help is nearby.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about help, need

He who climbs high, has a great fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about fall

A great stone fell down from his heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about heart

The great thief escapes, the small one hangs.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about thieves

Where there is no bridge the smallest plank is of great value.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about value

We do not care for the little and the great is of no importance.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about mediocrity