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The person who offends writes as if it was written on sand, and the person who is offended reads it as if it were written on marble.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about people

An accomplishment sticks to a person.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about people

Inquire seven times then doubt a person.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about doubt, people

The boaster and the proud person are fools.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about proudness, people

A smooth talker is a good-for-nothing person.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about people, nothing, good, good luck

In a quarrel, the higher voiced person will win.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about people

Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about gossip, shadow, people

It's hard to know the quality of a person, or a watermelon.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about quality, people

As to flowers, when half open; as to sake, when a person is half tipsy.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about flowers, people

A faultless person has seven faults, a faulty person forty-eight faults.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about people

The person who admits ignorance shows it once; the one who tries to hide it shows it often.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about ignorance, people

Poor is the person who does not know when he has had enough. He who talks to a silent listener will soon stand naked.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about people

If there is a lid that doesn't fit, then there is a lid that does. To a person that does not wander, there is not enlightenment. Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about wanderer, fall, people

Beware of the person who gives you advice according to his own interests.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about advice, people, contentment

The person who only accepts friends without faults will never have any real friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about real estate, people

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

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

One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about angels, people

The person who has not traveled thinks his or her mother is the best cook.

Proverbs and old sayings about kitchen, mother, people

A truly educated person is a gem.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

To serve a mean person, is to beat the earth.

Proverbs and old sayings about earth, people