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The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes didn't have tears.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, soul, eyes

Those who judge before they know the facts will learn to shed tears.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, judges

A wide garment does not tear, a proverb does not spoil.

Proverbs and old sayings

Candour once went further boldly and in smiles, but it crept home in tatters and tears.

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

More pure than a tear.

Proverbs and old sayings

More tearful than an orphan.

Proverbs and old sayings

Wealth can give legs to the cripple, beauty to the ugly, and sympathy to tears.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about tears, wealth, beauty

Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.

Proverbs and old sayings

The elephant that is stuck in the mud will tear down the tree with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Cambodian

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will spare yourself one hundred days of tears.

Proverbs and old sayings Cambodian about moment, tears, anger, day

Do not tear down the east wall to repair the west.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Do not tear down the east wall to repair the west wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A small cottage wherein laughter lives is worth more than a castle full of tears.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about laughter, tears

If you cannot heal the wound, do not tear it open.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is a base thing to tear a dead lion's beard off.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about things

Breed up a crowand he will tear out your eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings English about eyes

Love your neighbor, but don't tear down your fence.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

Who bathes his hands in blood will have to wash them with tears.

Proverbs and old sayings German about tears, blood

A tear bedews my Delia's eye, From morn till dewy eve; But if you ask the reason why, She can't tell, I believe.

Proverbs and old sayings German about reason

A tear in the eye is a wound in the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, heart
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