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Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about world

The world is a pot, man but a spoon in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about world, man

Two things rule the world: reward and punishment.

Proverbs and old sayings Bosnian about reward, punishment, rules, world, things

All the world loves a lover

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about world, old, olderness

Love makes the world go round.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about world, love

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

Proverbs and old sayings French about lie, truth, world

The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about world

Men rule the world and women rule the men.

Proverbs and old sayings British about rules, man, world

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), leader of the Indian independence movement

Proverbs and old sayings British about independence, blind, world, old, olderness

He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC)

Proverbs and old sayings British about body, world, old, olderness

It is a small world

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, old, olderness

It takes all sorts to make a world

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, old, olderness

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, old, olderness

Love makes the world go around

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, love, old, olderness

Money makes the world go around

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, money, old, olderness

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, old, olderness