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The ink of the scholar is more precious than the blood of martyrs.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about blood

A good name is better than a precious stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about name, good, good luck

You cannot forge a hammer from featherpod fluff, nor spin spidersilk from precious copper.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you call a piece of wood 'child', you can never use it to light fire since it has become so precious.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about use, light, children, fire, fire brigade
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