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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Congolese)
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A priest sees people at their best, a lawyer at their worst, but
a doctor sees them as they really are.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Congolese)
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A priest's belly is made up of several sheepskins.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Russian)
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A priest's pocket is not easily filled.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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A princely mind will undo a private family.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Arab)
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A promise is a debt.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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A prospering man should remain at home.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a
failure does not prick its pride.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (African)
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A proud pauper and a rich miser are contemptible beings.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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A proverb can't be judged.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Russian)
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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A proverb is the child of experience.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (English)
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A proverb never lies, it is only its meaning which deceives.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Hungarian)
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A puff of wind and popular praise weigh alike.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Hungarian)
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A quarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the
more you shake it, the more sour it grows.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Irish)
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A quiet tongue shows a wise head.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Irish)
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A rabbithorn cannot be a war-horse and will only become a
laughingstock if he should try.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Darkovan)
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A ragged coat finds little credit.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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A ragged colt may make a good horse.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (English, French)
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A ragged colt may make a handsome horse.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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A ragged sack holds no grain, a poor man is not taken into
counsel.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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A rainy morn oft brings a pleasant day.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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A rash man, a skin of good wine, and a glass vessel, do not last
long.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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A rat is not born a rabbit.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Nigerian)
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A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (African Annang)
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A reconciled friend is a double enemy.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to
believe it.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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A resolute heart endures no counsel.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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A restive morsel needs a spur of wine.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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A rich man has no need of character.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Hebrew)
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A rich man is either a rogue or a rogue's heir.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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A rich man is never ugly in the eyes of a girl.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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A rich man who is stingy is the worst pauper.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Yiddish)
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A rich man's foolish sayings pass for wise ones.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Yiddish)
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A rich mouthful, a heavy groan.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Yiddish)
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A rich widow weeps with one eye and laughs with the other.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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A rich wife is a source of quarrel.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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A rickety chair will not long serve as a seat.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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A ridiculous accident has often been the making of many.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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A ring of gold in a sow's nostril.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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A rising tide lifts all boats.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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A river is not contaminated by having a dog drink from it.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Afghan)
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A roan horse and a black can travel equally far in a day's
journey.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Darkovan)
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