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Being warned, let us pursue a better course.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Believe a boaster as you would a liar.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Believe him who speaks from experience.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Believe no man more than yourself when you are spoken of. [Let
your own conscience be a check against the effect of the flattery
of others.]
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Believe not that all that shines is gold.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Believe not that the stream is shallow because its surface is
smooth.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Believe that you have it, and it is yours.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Believe that, and drink some water (to wash it down.)
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Believe what you see and lay aside what you hear.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Arabic)
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Belles are not for the beaux.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Bells call to church but do not enter.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Below the navel there is neither religion nor truth.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Bend the tree while it is young.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Bend the willow while it is young.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin, Danish)
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Benefits grow old betimes, but injuries are long livers.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin, Danish)
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Benefits please like flowers, when they are fresh.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin, Danish)
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Benefits, like flowers, please most when they are fresh.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin, Danish)
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Better a bird in the hand than ten in the air.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better a blind horse than an empty halter.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better a blush in the face than a spot in the heart.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Better a distant good than a near evil.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better a dog fawn on you than bite you.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Russian)
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Better a fair pair of heels than a halter.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Russian)
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Better a friend than money to spend.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better a friend's bite than an enemy's caress.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better a good dinner than a fine coat.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Better a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better a lean agreement than a fat sentence.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better a leg broken than the neck.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Better a lie that soothes than a truth that hurts.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Czech)
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Better a little furniture than an empty house.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better a little in peace and with right, than much with anxiety
and strife.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better a living dog than a dead lion.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Romanian)
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Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Better a patch than a hole.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Better a poor horse than an empty stall.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better a red face than a black heart.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Better a ruined than a lost land.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch, French)
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Better a salt herring on your own table, than a fresh pike on
another man's.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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