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Making a thousand decisions, even the wise will make a mistake.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mistake

Making a long nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Making money on manure is better than losing money on musk.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about money

Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about money

Making a rod for your own back.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Making the beginning is one third of the work.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about beginning, work

Making money is like digging with a needle.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about money

Be humble in making demands even when making your demands.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about tact, art, magic, enemies, americans

Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.

Proverbs and old sayings about purpose

When a cow is crying, a dog is making a party.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

All the art lies in making the best of a bad market.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about art, magic, stores, bad luck, bad, americans

One at a time is good fishing; two at a time is making a hog of yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fishing, time, americans, good, good luck

Conversation is like making love; the man is the question, the woman the answer, and the union of both will bear fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings about union, conversation, question, woman, love, man

You will never be punished for making people die of laughter.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about laughter, death, people, contentment

It is of no use making shoes for geese.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about use

Love is the art of making exceptions.

Proverbs and old sayings about art, magic, love

There's no making a silk purse of a sow's ear.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

There's no making a donkey drink against his will.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about drinking

The art is not in making money, but in keeping it.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about art, magic, money