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Preserve the guns, but destroy the gunners.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about destruction

More than the jewish people preserved the sabbath, the sabbath preserved them.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

From smooth water God preserve me, from rough I will preserve myself.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about water, god

Salt preserves meat, but what can be done with salt if it is bad.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about bad luck, bad

Alcohol will preserve anything but a secret.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about secret, americans

Dignity is one thing that can't be preserved in alcohol.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about dignity, things, americans

So long as the green mountains are preserved, there will be no shortage of firewood supply.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Heaven preserve me from my friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Men make wealth, and women preserve it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth, man

To preserve friendship one must build walls.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about friendship

God preserve you from one who eats without drinking.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about drinking, god

Books are preserved parts of minds.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about books

That is with difficulty preserved which all hanker after.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about difficulties

Fleeing is shameful but it preserves life.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about life

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations, can never effect a reform.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

From a praying young man, and a fasting old man, God preserve my cloak.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fasting, god, man, old, olderness

In studying the way, realizing it is hard; once you have realized it, preserving it is hard. When you can preserve it, putting it into practice is hard.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen