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A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about food, people

A lucky person is someone who plants pebbles and harvests potatoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about people

I would rather be deceived by an intelligent person than by a jackass.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about people

The awkward person always breaks the board in riding on the surf.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

No one is so poor as an ignorant person.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

One person's candle furnishes light for many.

Proverbs and old sayings about light, people

All kinds of hellish devils rule an angry person.

Proverbs and old sayings about devil, rules, people

Put another way, satan is a person's wish to do evil.

Proverbs and old sayings about devil, wish, people

A change of name or place may sometimes save a person.

Proverbs and old sayings about change, name, people

A person can understand things deeply through proverbs.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, things

It's not the sin that maddens a person but the desire to do it.

Proverbs and old sayings about sin, people

Slander slays three persons: the speaker, the spoken to, and the spoken of.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

A slanderer kills three: himself, his listener, and the person who was slandered.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

A person worries about the past, is upset about the present, and fears the future.

Proverbs and old sayings about present, future, past, people

Equality of man is an empty phrase so long as it does not exist among the world's peoples.

Proverbs and old sayings about equality, world, man

Respect flies away for the one who pursues it and hunts the person who is fleeing from it.

Proverbs and old sayings about respect, people

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

A person slow to anger has great understanding; one with a quick temper exalts foolishness.

Proverbs and old sayings about anger, people

A person is always responsible: if his act was accidental or intentional, whether he was awake or asleep.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

If you do a person a favor, you'll be his superior; if he does one for you, his inferior; and if neither, you'll be his friend.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment, people