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Bones and flesh of the martyrs lie buried in earth, but their revolutionary spirit and single-hearted fidelity remain alive.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fidelity, spirit, earth, lie

The evil is dreaded by men but not heaven; the kind-hearted is cheated by mortals but not God.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, god

I would rather see smoke from my own chimney than the fire on another's hearth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about smoke, fire, fire brigade

Six things have no business in the world: a fighting priest, a coward knight, a covetous judge, a stinking barber, a soft-hearted mother, and an itchy baker.

Proverbs and old sayings French about affair, judges, world, mother, things

Work hard, keep the ceremonies, live peaceably, and unite your hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings about work

Little children and headaches, great children and heartaches.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about children

In a very old tree, you may be certain that the sapwood is on the outside, while the heartwood is in the middle.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

Do not speak of evil for it creates curiosity in the hearts of the young.

Proverbs and old sayings about curiosity, americans

We speak them fairest when thoughts are falsest and wile the wisest of hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings

The speech of a maiden should no man trust nor the words which a woman says; for their hearts were shaped on a whirling wheel and falsehood fixed in their breasts.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, woman, man

Small children give you headache; big children give you heartache.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children

If charity cost nothing and benevolence caused no heartache, the world would be full of philanthropists.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about charity, world, nothing