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Venture a small fish to catch a much greater one.

Proverbs and old sayings English about trap, fishing

Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight, enemies

Vanity has no greater foe than vanity.

Proverbs and old sayings French about proudness, vanity

The higher the rise the greater the fall.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fall

One fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

Proverbs and old sayings French

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

Proverbs and old sayings about promise

Saving is a greater art than gaining.

Proverbs and old sayings German about art, magic

Affectation is a greater injury to the face than small-pox.

Proverbs and old sayings German about face

There is no greater beauty than that of logic.

Proverbs and old sayings about logic, beauty

He who gives charity anonymously is greater than moses.

Proverbs and old sayings about charity

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

It is a greater gift to give than to receive.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about gifts

There is no pain greater than the pain of rejection.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about pain

There are some who despise pride with a greater pride.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about proudness

The smaller the margin, the greater the turnover.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

We succeed together in a greater whole.

Proverbs and old sayings

The riskier the road, the greater the profit.

Proverbs and old sayings

Respect is greater from a distance.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about respect