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Every tear has a smile behind it.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about smile

By the time the thick gets thin, the thin will tear.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about time

A wide garment does not tear, a proverb does not spoil.

Proverbs and old sayings

More pure than a tear.

Proverbs and old sayings about purity

Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The elephant that is stuck in the mud will tear down the tree with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Cambodian

Do not tear down the east wall to repair the west.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Do not tear down the east wall to repair the west wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you cannot heal the wound, do not tear it open.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment

It is a base thing to tear a dead lion's beard off.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about things

Breed up a crowand he will tear out your eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings English about eyes

Love your neighbor, but don't tear down your fence.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

A tear bedews my Delia's eye, From morn till dewy eve; But if you ask the reason why, She can't tell, I believe.

Proverbs and old sayings German about reason, faith, contentment

A tear in the eye is a wound in the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, heart

A tear in the eye is the wound of the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, heart

Nothing dries up more quickly than a tear.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about nothing

Better an ache than a tear.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about nothing

A tear at the right moment is better than a misplaced smile.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about moment, smile, rightness

A small tear relieves a great sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about sadness