The right answer to a fool is silence
Afghan Proverb
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AFGHAN PROVERB The person sins, then blames Satan for it
AFGHAN PROVERB If you think you're leading and no one is following you, then you're only taking a walk.
AFGHAN PROVERB Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
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PROVERB There are more fools among buyers than among sellers.
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PROVERB Life is half spent before one knows what it is.
PROVERB Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away.
PROVERB Why kill time when one can employ it.
PROVERB Forever is a long bargain.
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PROVERB Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
PROVERB Time and I against any two.
PROVERB The longest day soon comes to an end.
PROVERB Soon enough is well enough.
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PROVERB Patience is the key to paradise.
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PROVERB Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.
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PROVERB That which is escaped now is pain to come.
PROVERB A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
PROVERB Nothing is more elegant than ready money!
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PROVERB Riches have wings.
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PROVERB You can't take it with you when you go.
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PROVERB Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed.
PROVERB Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.
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PROVERB The gods sell all things at a fair price.
PROVERB Something you don't want is dear at any price.
PROVERB We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.
PROVERB Take what you want, God said to man, and pay for it.
PROVERB Necessity unites.
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PROVERB It is the truth that irritates a person.
PROVERB If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
PROVERB Time tries truth.
PROVERB Tell the truth and then run.
PROVERB Truth is the daughter of time.
PROVERB Truth fears nothing but concealment.
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