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The kingdom of heaven is within you; and whosoever shall know himself shall find it.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian
Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it. Often attributed to French author Jules Renard (1864–1910)
Proverbs and old sayings British about truth, old, olderness
Occasionally a man with a right smart education can't find his knife when it gets in the wrong pocket.
Proverbs and old sayings about education, intelligence, bad, rightness, americans, man
The very fact that we are looking for something usually stands in the way of our finding it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about work
A weapon that you don't have in your hand will not kill a snake. Looking for something can get in the way of finding it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A poor man would like to have some fun, but he cannot find the right place.
Proverbs and old sayings about rightness, man
There are two kinds of men: those who could be happy and are not, and those who search for happiness and find it not.
Proverbs and old sayings about happiness, man
If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look.
Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about woman
Everybody regrets not what he leaves but what he does not find.
Proverbs and old sayings
You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are, and you will not find that person anywhere.
Proverbs and old sayings Buddhist about affection, people, love
They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who find pleasure in it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about pleasure, love, truth
You must walk a long while behind a wild goose before you find an ostrich feather.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Flies' legs, like the tongue of critics, land on whatever they find.
Proverbs and old sayings
There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.
Proverbs and old sayings English about happiness, life, man
Never judge a reindeer from close by when you got it from a rich man because you may find that some of the antlers are missing.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about judges, wealth, man
There is no law but has a hole in it, for those who can find it out.
Proverbs and old sayings German about law
When a deceiving man tells you to climb a tree, tell him to climb it first. If he finds a comfortable spot you can follow him.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about man
