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Why take away something by force which you can obtain by love.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about force, police, love

Use people who have something to gain, not people with nothing to lose.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, use, nothing

A good reputation is something you must pay for, but you can never buy.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about prestige, commerce, good, good luck

He who is first to receive something forgets when his friend will receive their share.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If someone is waiting for something important they wouldn't die until they achieve it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The very fact that we are looking for something usually stands in the way of our finding it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Every time you have something good there is someone who wants you to throw it so as they can pick it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about time, good, good luck

At that particular time a mad person gives you something take it immediately before he changes is mind.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mind, people, time

If you are building something and a nail breaks, should you stop building altogether, or should you change the nail?

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change

If there is something one really wants to achieve, one is willing to go an extra mile and overcome the difficulties to achieve it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about difficulties

Home is not a structure, but something in your heart.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about home, heart, americans

The best way to get something done is to do it yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about failure, americans, man

A man never becomes an orator if he has something to say.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

If you want something done and done well, do it yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

It costs something to be a Christian, but it costs more to be a sinner.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

If you can't say something good about someone, come sit right here by me.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about rightness, americans, good, good luck

Criticism is something you can avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about criticism, nothing, being, americans

If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about woman

When a woman is hungry, she says, Roast something for the children that they might eat.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about children, woman