Traditional proverbs

Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart.

The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains.

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance.

The old man has his death before his eyes; the young man behind his back.

There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune.

The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.

When we can't find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere.

As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence.

If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us.

When two friends have a common bank account, one sings and the other weeps.

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