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Hear twice before you speak once.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Spare to speak and spare to speed.

Proverbs and old sayings British about speed

When money speaks the world is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, money

He that speaks ill of the mare would buy her.

Proverbs and old sayings British about commerce

He must have leave to speak who cannot hold his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings British

You can stop speaking to someone, but you cannot stop being related.

Proverbs and old sayings about being

When men speak of the future, the gods laugh.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about future, man

Everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you are rich, you speak the truth if you are poor, your words are but lies.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about truth, wealth

The one who understands does not speak, the one who speaks does not understand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can't even keep the deaf quiet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about quiet, money

Books speak to the mind, friends to the heart, heaven to the soul, all else to the ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books, soul, mind, heart

A lame man always speaks when it's time to run.

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about time, man

Let him speak who has seen with his eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about eyes

He who speaks much, errs much.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban

Our parents taught us to speak and the world taught us to be silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about parents, world

Lords and fools speak freely.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Children and drunken men speak the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children, truth, man

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heart

Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about silence