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Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

Two of a kind, whate'er they be.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Ingratitude is a kind of weakness; the clever are never ungrateful.

Proverbs and old sayings French about weakness, ingratitude, intelligence

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Proverbs and old sayings

Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

Better the first of its kind than the last.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about word

The kind man feeds his cat before sitting down to dinner.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

The worst kind of person is one whose power of speech is greater than his power of thought.

Proverbs and old sayings about power, thinking, people

He who does kind deeds becomes rich.

Proverbs and old sayings about deeds, wealth

There are seven different kind of weather in one autumn night.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about autumn, weather, night

The worst kind of poverty is to have many debts.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about poverty

A kind word never broke anyone's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about word

There is no fool who has not his own kind of sense.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about common sense, sense

Big men are not the only kind that can reap a harvest.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

Be kind to those that meet you as you rise, you may pass them again as you fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fall, contentment

Extravagant offers are a kind of denial.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

So kind and so honest my lady appears to be.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A gift with a kind countenance is a double present.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about present, gifts

All kind of fish eat man, only shark get blame.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about fishing, man