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To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ancestors

Cover up the good you do -- do like the Nile and conceal your sources.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about good, good luck

He whose mouth was once burned by hot mush, blows even at sour milk.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

A quarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it, the more sour it grows.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish