337 Proverbs about About / Page 5
81. Ask me what are my virtues, not about the color of my skin.
82. Be sure to have a controversial opinion, and men will talk about you.
83. He who lies for you will lie about you.
84. He who only thinks about what is in his belly is worth less than what comes out of it.
85. It is good to know the truth and to speak the truth. It is even better to know the truth and speak about palm trees.
86. The quarrel that doesn't concern you is pleasant to hear about.
87. When a woman has ten children, there is nothing that happens in the night that she does not know about.
88. It is only the tortoise that moves and carries its shell about, which it calls its house.
89. When a dying man cries, it is not because of where he is going which he knows nothing about, but because of what he wishes he would have done in the world he is leaving behind.
90. If a man is not clean and smooth, there is nothing he can really do about pride.
91. There is no elephant that complains about the weight of its trunk. No elephant is burdened by the weight of its tusks.
92. When the hunter returns and is holding mushrooms, don't ask him about how his hunt went.
93. Gossiping about the enemy can result in a war.
94. If it's not here and now, who cares about what and when?
95. If the moon is with you, you need not care about the stars.
96. If you know his father and grandfather, don't worry about his son.
97. A stream cannot rise about its source.
98. Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.
99. You can learn a lot about someone by observing him when he is hungry.
100. When the cock is drunk, he forgets about the hawk.
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