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Action without thought is like shooting without aim.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about action, thinking, americans

The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn't get along without them.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about thinking, world, people, americans

What you say when you're drunk should have been thought about beforehand.

Proverbs and old sayings Belgian about thinking

If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, heart

Where the heart is willing it will find a thousand ways, but where it is unwilling it will find a thousand excuses.

Proverbs and old sayings about heart

The desire is the father of the thought.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thinking

Darkness and night are mothers of thought.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thinking, night

The first occasion offered quickly take, lest thou repine at what thou didst forsake.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The wish is father to the thought.

Proverbs and old sayings English about thinking, wish

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Proverbs and old sayings English about thinking

Better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Proverbs and old sayings English about doubt, thinking

As the wound inflames the finger, so the thought inflames the mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about thinking, mind

What is said when drunk has been thought out beforehand.

Proverbs and old sayings about thinking

What is said when the drunk has been thought out beforehand.

Proverbs and old sayings about thinking

Saint Swithun's day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain; Saint Swithun's day, if thou bring rain, for forty days it will remain.

Proverbs and old sayings German about day, saints, rain

A blind man sat behind a pile of stones and thought that nobody could see him.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about thinking, blind, man

The second thought is always the best.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thinking

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thinking

The penalty attaching to evil deeds should be thought of in time.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about thinking, deeds, time

If everyone thought the same way, no goods would ever be sold.

Proverbs and old sayings about thinking