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He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs and old sayings about anger

Eating slowly is good for the stomach; plowing deeply is good for the fields.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about good, good luck

God is an honest payer, but a very slow one.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about god

Let it snow:

Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

It doesn't show signs of stopping,
And I brought some corn for popping;
The...

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Over the river and through the wood

Over the river and through the wood
To Grandmother's house we go.
The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh
Through white and drifted snow.
Over the river and through the woods,
Oh, how the wind...

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Age does not give you good sense, it only makes you go slowly.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about common sense, sense, age, olderness, good, good luck

Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, death

You will reach your destination even though you travel slowly.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Don't be too bold, or you will burn your eyes; but don't be too slow, or you will lose your share.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian about eyes

The horses of hope gallop, but the asses of experience go slowly.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about experience, hope

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