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Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about career, heart

Boast during the day; be humble at night.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about night, day

The more wisdom you acquires, the more humble you becomes.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about wisdom, contentment

A slave must be humble.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Be humble in making demands even when making your demands.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The voice that comes to borrow is more humble than the voice that comes to sake payment.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about voice

The humble pay for the mistakes of their betters.

Proverbs and old sayings

Three humble shoemakers brainstorming make a great statesman.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The poor ones give their alms in a humble way, the rich man throws them down with contempt.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contempt, wealth, man

Let a saint be ever so humble, he will have his wax taper.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about saints

Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman, or an humble enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enemies

No office so humble but it is better than nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about nothing

The more noble, the more humble.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Meekness is the pride of the humble.

Proverbs and old sayings German about proudness

The person who is too humble becomes a scoundrel.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

If a man from humble beginnings gets rich, he will carry his umbrella at midnight.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about wealth, man

A smart man is usually humble.

Proverbs and old sayings about intelligence, man

To be a smart man you need to be humble.

Proverbs and old sayings about intelligence, need, man, contentment

Home is home, be it ever so humble.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about home

A wife should be as humble as a lamb, busy as a bee, as beautiful as a bird of paradise and faithful as a turtle dove.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about paradise, wife