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Those who have free tickets to the theater have the most criticism to make.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about criticism

A woman gets thirty percent of her beauty from nature and seventy percent from makeup.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about nature, beauty, woman

The fangs of the green snake and the sting of a wasp don't really make poison -- that is only to be found in a woman's heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart, woman

Treachery darkens the chain of friendship, but truth makes it brighter than ever.

Proverbs and old sayings about friendship, truth

Where money and counsel are wanting, it is best not to make war.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about moral, war, money

Buy him at his own price and sell him at yours and you'll make no bargain.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about eyes, man

When you're at the dealing table, always look for the sucker-- and make sure it isn't you.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

You can take the ox to the river, but begging it won't make it drink.

Proverbs and old sayings about drinking

To rise at five, dine at nine, sup at five, go to bed at nine, makes a man live to ninety-nine.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

To rise at six, eat at ten, sup at six, go to bed at ten, makes a man live years ten times ten.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

When a cow is lost it is something to recover its tail, were it only to make a handle for one's door.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about people

You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.

Proverbs and old sayings German

You have to take life as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about life

It is not what they profess but what they practice that makes them good.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about good, good luck

He who has not yet reached the opposite shore should not make fun of him who is drowning.

Proverbs and old sayings Guinean

You don't kill a gypsy by cutting him in ten pieces -- you only make ten more gypsies.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies

My enemy isn't the one who harms me, but the one who makes me evil.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about enemies

Justice is better than admiration If you are going to kill, then kill an elephant; if you are going to steal make sure it's a treasure.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about admiration, treasure, justice