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Do you hear what I hear

Said the night wind to the little lamb,
Do you see what I see, way up in the sky, little lamb?
Do you see what I see? A star, a star, dancing in the night,
With a tail as big as a kite,
With a tail as big as a...

Carols

One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about language, people

The sun shines on those who are standing before it shines on the people kneeling under them.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun, people

The radiant and well-understood speech of one person is better than the speech of a thousand people that is not.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

If your vision is for a year plant wheat, if you vision is for a decade plant trees, and if your vision is for a lifetime plant people.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about vision, people, contentment

It is not right to ask a man with elephantiasis of the scrotum to take on small pox as well, when thousands of other people have not had even their share of small diseases.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rightness, people, man

If horses neigh to one another, they become acquainted, if people talk to one another, they become acquainted.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

It takes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on the job.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about people, americans, contentment

A rather sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more clever than other people.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about intelligence, self-control, people, americans

The mistake of the scientist leads to mistakes by many people.

Proverbs and old sayings about mistake, people

An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, man

I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent.

Proverbs and old sayings about fear, attack, need, enemies, people

When you need to make an important decision, never do it alone, choose the right people.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness, need, people, contentment

You can have your nose broken easily if you put it in other people’s business.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about affair, people, contentment

The land where the stones know you is worth more than the land where the people know you.

Proverbs and old sayings Berber about people, contentment

Do not look where the harvest is plentiful, but where the people are kind.