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Who has not done any evil act, his or her heart may be found right.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about rightness, heart

Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald, yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

There are only two good women in the world; the one is dead, the other not to be found.

Proverbs and old sayings German about world, good, good luck

Unfolded by the water are faces of the flowers. Flowers thrive where there is water, as thriving people are found where living conditions are good.

Proverbs and old sayings about flowers, water, people, good, good luck

The riverside monkey is apt to be blamed for every twig found in the river.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

Only through suffering and sorrow do we acquire the wisdom not found in books.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about suffering, books, sadness, wisdom

Your soul to God, your body to dust, your property to your relatives, because thus it has been found written.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about body, soul, god

I have been to the end of the earth. I have been to the end of the water. I have been to the end of the sky. I have been to the end of the mountains. I have found none that are not my friends.

Proverbs and old sayings about end, earth, sky, water, americans

The wise man says I am looking for truth; and the fool, I have found truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about truth, man

Who leaves the old way for the new, the trouble not looked for, will be found there.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about old, olderness

I know they are all honest men, but my cloak is nowhere to be found.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

To be like the tailor of Campillo, who worked for nothing, and found thread.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing