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Point at the mulberry and abuse the pagoda tree.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you point one accusing finger at others, three fingers will point at you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When you point your finger at someone, look where the other fingers point.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

If anyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese

A man who has one finger pointing at another has three pointing towards himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man

It's pointless to fish if there's no bait on the hook.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about pointless

Someone who is pointing his finger to another person is not always aware that the four remaining fingers are pointing in his direction.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

A good denial, the best point in law.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about law, good, good luck

Smart people get the point from a single hint.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about intelligence, people

There is no need to point out the obvious.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about need

Who walks in the mud, at some point must clean his feet.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

There is no point in living if we cannot take back our culture.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about culture

Death is like a dress that, at some point or another, everyone has to wear.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death

When your neighbour is wrong you point a finger, but when you are wrong you hide.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad

I pointed out the stars and moon to you, but all you saw was the tip of my finger.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about celebrity, stars, moon

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about tact, art, magic, enemies, americans

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip its point in honey.

Proverbs and old sayings about truth

The ideal phrase is that which is short and to the point.

Proverbs and old sayings about ideal

You cannot hit the point of a needle with a fist.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian