Proverbs

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Proverbs

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A clear conscience is a sure card.

A great position entails great responsibility.

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.

An eye for an eye will make the whole world go blind.

Be smart ! Accept correction -

Death squares all accounts.

Everybody laughs in the same language.

Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

God is in the details.

If ever you should need my life, come and take it.

If you are ready to believe, you are easy to deceive.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It is not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the Bullring.

Meditation is not a means to an end.(It is both the means and the end.)

Old foxes want no tutor.

Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with truth.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.

The child says nothing, but what it heard by the fire.

The cowl does not make the monk.

The more sorrow one encounters, the more joy one can contain.

The more you know, the less you understand.

The nail which sticks out will get hammered (in).

The true Black Belt is the white belt of a beginner, stained by the dried blood and sweat of the owner.

Tomorrow or next life - which comes first, we will never know.

When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

You may know a man by the company he keeps.

You must cut your coat according to your cloth.


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