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Even the powerful ox has no defense against flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about memory

Over a distance of a thousand miles only humanity works, not power.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about humanity, power

If a man becomes powerful even his chicken and his dog go to heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

Listening well is as powerful as talking well, and is also as essential to true conversation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about essential, conversation, talking

To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well and is as essential to all true conversation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about essential, influence, conversation

Against the beastly human being even the gods are powerless.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about human imperfections, being

No one so hard upon the poor as the pauper who has got into power.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about power

None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.

Proverbs and old sayings French about proudness, common sense, power, people

If I cannot move the powers above, Acheron itself shall be appealed to.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power.

Proverbs and old sayings German about power, secret

A powerful deity is the one to whom sacrifices are offered.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The loftier and more distant the ideal, the greater its power to lift up the soul.

Proverbs and old sayings about ideal, power, soul

Take care when you speak in judgment. Words are powerful weapons.

Proverbs and old sayings about judgment

Three are powerful: the Pope, the king, and the man who has nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing, man

The woman who gives is seldom good; the woman who accepts is in the power of the giver.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman, power, good, good luck

A powerful man has big ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about man

Under a powerful general there are no feeble soldiers.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about wealth

There is no flower that remains red for ten days, and no power that lasts for ten years.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about garden, power, day