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One might as well throw water into the sea as to do a kindness to rogues
Proverbs and old sayings British about water, old, olderness
If you debark a tree don't expect it to live again; you can only plant another of its kind.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
Proverbs and old sayings Arab about heart
Do not look where the harvest is plentiful, but where the people are kind.
Proverbs and old sayings about people
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
The world rests on three things: the bible, religious worship, and deeds of loving kindness.
Proverbs and old sayings about deeds, world, things
Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindnesses.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about revenge, man
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan
No matter how hidden a force is, it will attract some kind of resistance.
Proverbs and old sayings about force, police, americans
The best memory is that which forgets nothing but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about memory, nothing
Who has neither fools nor beggars nor whores among his kindred, was born of a stroke of thunder.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about friendship, love
