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A fool who knows he is a fool has a little intelligence, but a fool that thinks he is intelligent is really a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings about intelligence

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Proverbs and old sayings about honesty

Who is inferior and is ashamed of it proves that he really is inferior.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about virtue, wealth

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

A priest sees people at their best, a lawyer at their worst, but a doctor sees them as they really are.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about people

A beggar's estate lies in all lands.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about real estate

Know those who are faithful to you when you are in low estate.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about real estate

A great estate is not gotten in a few hours.

Proverbs and old sayings French about real estate

When the brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father's estate.

Proverbs and old sayings about real estate, fight, death

A person who is being carried to the market does not realize that the way is long.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about being, people

A man who shoots his arrows as he makes them does not realize when he has shot a whole sheaf.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about man

When a very short man causes the market to break up in a big fight, bystanders ask him to stand up so that they can see how short he really is.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about fight, man

Frugality is an estate alone.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about real estate

To the white horse the zebra said: 'i am white too, ' and to the black horse: 'i am really black. '

Proverbs and old sayings about magic

Only when the last tree has withered, and the last fish caught, and the last river been poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.

Proverbs and old sayings about money, americans

When the last tree has been cut down, the last river has been polluted and the last fish has been caught -- only then do you realize that money can't buy everything.

Proverbs and old sayings about pollution, commerce, money, americans

An estate inherited is the less valued.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about real estate

The banes of a great estate is worth the piking.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about real estate

The banes o' a great estate are worth the picking.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about real estate