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Proverbs
« on: October 04, 2012, 05:52:15 PM »
"When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." (English proverb)

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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2012, 05:52:54 PM »
"It's impossible to awaken a man who is pretending to be asleep." (Native American proverb, Navajo)

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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2012, 05:53:26 PM »
"Luck in the sky and brains in the ground." (Arabic proverb)

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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2012, 05:53:54 PM »
"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2012, 06:00:40 PM »
A leopard cannot change its spots. (English Proverb)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2012, 06:01:32 PM »
A watched pot never boils. (English Proverb)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2012, 06:02:25 PM »
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. (English Proverb)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2012, 05:04:22 PM »
A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. (Latin Proverb)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2012, 05:05:31 PM »
Where there is love, there is pain. (Spanish Proverb)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2012, 05:08:10 PM »
A penny saved is a penny earned. (English proverb)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2012, 03:20:44 PM »
I really like using proverbs in words.
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2012, 04:25:45 PM »
Thanks Antara Madam  :)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2012, 04:29:24 PM »
"Don't count your chickens before they are hatched." (English Proverb)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2012, 04:31:41 PM »
"If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen." (English Proverb)
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Re: Proverbs
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2012, 04:32:50 PM »
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." (English Proverb)
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