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Don't try to make predictions -- especially those concerning the future.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about future

You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily offend one in an hour.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can't even keep the deaf quiet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about quiet, money, contentment

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

A single merit cannot make a hundred demerits fade; a hundred merits cannot hide a single demerit.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about merit

A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about civilization, flowers, country

To make good conversation there are a thousand subjects, but there are still those who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, talking, good, good luck

See and believe, and in order not to make a mistake, touch.

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about mistake, order, faith

A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about character, clothes, face

When storms roll in, dogs make beds.

Proverbs and old sayings

Get advice, then make your own decision.

Proverbs and old sayings about advice

A crazy father and mother make sensible children.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, mother

Everyone tries to make the water flow to his mill.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

When it rains and the sun comes out, foxes make love.

Proverbs and old sayings about sun, love

Lord, make us shepherds in spring and swineherds in winter.

Proverbs and old sayings about spring

To make your neighbor jealous, go to bed early and get up early.

Proverbs and old sayings

A mind can make a heaven out of hell, or a hell out of heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings about hell, mind

Cutting off a mule's ears doesn't make it a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings

Jovial companions make this dull life tolerable.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about life

Gifts make friendship lasting.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about gifts, friendship