A great boaster is rarely a great performer.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
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For the man a great sweat, for the woman a great physical pain.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about pain, woman, man
A great leap gives a great shake.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
A great position entails great responsibility.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Before the time, great courage; when at the point, great fear.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about courage, fear, time
The greatness of man's male organ don't call it an hydro cell.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about greatness, man
Service is greatness.
Proverbs and old sayings about greatness
Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man
In the midst of great joy do not promise a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about promise, joy, anger, man
In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about promise, joy, anger, man
Happy the generation where the great listen to the small, for it follows that in such a generation the small will listen to the great.
Proverbs and old sayings about happiness
Let no man glory in the greatness of his mind, but rather keep watch o'er his wits.
Proverbs and old sayings about greatness, glory, mind, man
The first step toward greatness is to be honest.
Proverbs and old sayings about greatness
You must be fully prepared to lose a great deal in order to make a great deal.
Proverbs and old sayings about order, contentment
A great affair covers up a small matter.
Proverbs and old sayings about affair
Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about nature, patience, time
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
The greatest love is a mother's, then a dog's, then a sweetheart's.
Proverbs and old sayings Polish about mother, love
You are not great just because you say you are.
Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about contentment
Death is the great leveler.
Proverbs and old sayings British about death
