• A given excuse that was not asked for implies guilt.
  • The one who asks questions doesn’t lose his way. 
  • Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. 
  • Many stars cannot be concealed by a small cloud. 
  • The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey seems.
  • A sweet word can open even the iron door. One eats while another watches — that is how revolutions are begun.
  • You don’t look at the teeth of a horse given as a present.
  • If begging should unfortunately be your lot, knock at the large gates only.
  • What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
  • Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
  • An intelligent deaf-mute is better than an ignorant person who can speak.
  • What one has, one doesn’t want, and what one wants, one doesn’t have. 
  • Don’t trust a hungry man to watch your rice. 
  • A great river does not refuse any small streams. 
  • Since excuses were invented, no one is ever in the wrong. 
  • Dependence on someone else can cause reoccurring disappointment.

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