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Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about destruction, rocks, man

Do not trust a person who claims to be honest, and never trust exaggerated friendliness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

Act honestly, and answer boldly.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

If thoughts were legal witnesses, many an honest man would be proved a rogue.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

An honest man's word is his bond.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about word, man

When thieves fall out, honest men come to their goods.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves, fall, man

When thieves fall out, honest men get their goods back.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves, fall, man

You cannot make people honest by an act of parliament.

Proverbs and old sayings English about people, contentment

A dog who is called for, an honest man goes himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about man

An honest man would rather sell his land than tell a lie.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about commerce, lie, man

Nothing is more like an honest man than a rogue.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing, man

Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing, man

Nothing looks more like an honest man than a villain.

Proverbs and old sayings French about criminals, nothing, man

But for all that the honest man has not got his purse.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

Touch not another man's money, for the most honest never added to it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about money, man

Better an honest enemy than a false friend.

Proverbs and old sayings German about enemies

Locks and keys are not made for honest fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings German

That miller is honest who has hair on his teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings German