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It is better to sit with a wise man in prison than with a fool in paradise.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about prison, paradise, americans, man

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfect without trials.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about perfection, americans, man

The more responsibilities a man assumes, the more likely he is to meet them.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never her age.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about birthday, age, olderness, woman, americans, man

A fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man can answer in an hour.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about air, americans, man

The man who flatters you is a liar: the greater the flattery, the bigger the liar.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about flattering, americans, man, contentment

What a man can be is born with him; what he becomes is a result of his environment.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

The outward forms the inward man reveal - we guess the pulp before we cut the peel.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

If a man is right, he cannot be too radical; if wrong, he cannot be too conservative.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about bad, rightness, americans, man

Ability will enable a man to get to the top, but character will keep him from falling.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about ability, character, americans, man

A physician is also a man who pours special drugs into lots of bodies he rarely loves.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about drugs, americans, man

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself to keeps his friends in countenance.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

In spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to what the woman has been thinking all winter.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about thinking, spring, woman, americans, man

The poor man pleads, the judge listens.

Proverbs and old sayings about judges, man

A man who will go mad next year starts to roll up his sleeves this year.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

The man who claims to be the boss in his own home will lie about other things as well.

Proverbs and old sayings Amish about heads, lie, home, things, man

A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.

Proverbs and old sayings about sun, old, work, mother, man

The mysterious road beckons the young man.

Proverbs and old sayings Angolan about man

The wise man speaks of what he sees, the idiot of what he hears.

Proverbs and old sayings Arab about man