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Speaking French is no proof of intelligence.

Proverbs and old sayings about intelligence

Speaking silence is better than senseless speech.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about silence

Speaking is silver, silence is gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about silence

Speaking is silver, being silent is gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about being

Speaking of the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings English about devil

Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.

Proverbs and old sayings German about nature, silence

Speaking, though speechless, it exercises dominion over the mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mind

Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about thinking

A porcupine speaking to its baby says, O my child of velvet.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about children

Examine what is said, not who is speaking.

Proverbs and old sayings

You can stop speaking to someone, but you cannot stop being related.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, contentment

It is good speaking that improves good silence.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about silence, good, good luck

It's ill speaking between a full man and a fasting.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fasting, man

Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Eating little and speaking little can hurt no man.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wisdom

Not-speaking is the flower.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about garden

Men learn oratory by practice. [Practice in speaking makes us eloquent. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about oratory, man

I'm speaking o' hay and you o' horse corn.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about contentment

When you're speaking about the trolls, they're standing in the entrance hall listening.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about contentment