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Ms. Aziz:
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
   
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
 
A book holds a house of gold.
 
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

With money you can buy a clock but not the time

With money you can buy a bed but not the sleep

With money you can buy a book but not the knowledge

With money you can buy food but not the health

With money you can buy a position but not the respect

With money you can buy a house but not the home.

nusrat-diu:
interesting post!

Here I want to quote few Japanese Proverbs:

1. Art is the illusion of spontaneity.

2. Beginning is easy - Continuing is hard.
 
3. Fall down seven times, get up eight.
 
4. Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.

5. If you believe everything you read, better not read.

6. In a quarrel, the higher voiced person will win.

7. Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.

8. One kind word can warm three winter months.
 
9. The reverse side also has a reverse side.

10. When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

Anisur Rahman:
Again I would like to add few  Chinese proverbs:

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A book holds a house of gold.
Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.
A camel standing amidst a flock of sheep.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

Anisur Rahman:
    Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.
    Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.
    Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.
   There's a lot to learn from these proverbs:

    Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.
    Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain.
    A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
    Fight a wolf with a flex stalk.
    A flea on the top of a bald head.
    Flowing water never goes bad; our door hubs never gather termites.
    A frog in a well shaft seeing the sky.
    Flies never visit an egg that has no crack.
    Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
    A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
    A good fortune may forbode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune.
    Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.
    Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

nusrat-diu:
Few Chinese proverbs:

•To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.
•A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off.
•Three humble shoemakers brainstorming will make a great statesman.
•To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
•Vicious as a tigeress can be, she never eats her own cubs.

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