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World Proverbs

·	You can't spit on my back and make me think it's rain. (Yiddish)

·	Do not look for apples under a poplar tree. (Slovakian)

·	He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns. (English)

.       Every kind of animal can be tamed, but not the tongue of man.
         (Philippine) 

·	Mistrust is an axe at the tree of love. (Russian) 

.	A crooked branch has a crooked shadow. (Japanese) 

·	Every hill has its valley. (Italian)

·	It takes a village to raise a child. (Africa)

·	Anger is a bad adviser. (Hungary)
 
·	Eggs must not quarrel with stones. (Jamaican)

·	A needle wrapped in a rag will be found in the end. (Vietnamese) 

·	Do not seek to escape from the flood by clinging to a tiger's tail. 
(Chinese) 

.	If you chase two hares, you will not catch either. (Russian)

.       One finger cannot lift a pebble. (Iranian) 

·	Little brooks make great rivers. (French

.	To hide one lie, a thousand lies are needed. (India)

.	Step by step one ascends the staircase. (Turkey) 

.       Those who are afraid to ask are afraid to learn. (Greek)

.       A good heart always gives a little extra.  (Chinese)

.	Eyes can see everything except themselves. (Serbo-Croatian)
 
.	Every hill has its valley. (Italian)

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