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The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

Proverbs and old sayings English

The weakest must hold the candle.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Where the thread is weakest it breaks.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A woman strong in flounces is weak in the head.

Proverbs and old sayings German about heads, woman

Terrifying are the weaknesses of power.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about power

A weak person goes where he is smiled at.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

The weakest go to the wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Willows are weak but they bind other wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Wisdom is what makes a poor man a king, a weak person powerful, a good generation of a bad one, a foolish man reasonable.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wisdom, people, bad luck, man, bad, good, good luck

In the fray the weak are strong.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Willows are weak, yet serve to bind bigger wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who is born with a weak intellect and a goiter can never be cured.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who cannot revenge himself is weak, he who will not is contemptible.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about revenge

Only he who knows his own weaknesses can endure those of others.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

You can only endure the weaknesses of others by knowing your own. Flattery is the best persuader.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about flattering

There is no honor in attacking the weak.

Proverbs and old sayings

A weak foundation destroys the work.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about work

Despise not the weak: the gnat stings the eyes of the lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about eyes

The weaknesses of old age are no fit cause for laughter, since they must be our own portion at the end.

Proverbs and old sayings about laughter, olderness, age, end, old

The least and weakest man can do some hurt.

Proverbs and old sayings about man