99 Filipino Proverbs / Page 3
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If you persevere, you'll have stew.42.
If you plant, you harvest.43.
If you sow arrows, you will reap sorrows.44.
If you stash, you have something to withdraw.45.
It is advantageous to follow advice, for you will succeed in life.46.
It is easier to dam a river than to stop the flow of gossip.47.
It is easy to be a man. It is hard to make oneself human.48.
It is easy to be born, it is difficult to be a human being.49.
It is never too late to offer anything that is good.50.
Laziness is the sibling of starvation.51.
Lazy people will eventually lose even their trousers.52.
Life is like a wheel, sometimes at the top, sometimes at the bottom.53.
Loyalty is more valuable than diamonds.54.
Marriage is not just a porridge that you spit out if it's too hot.55.
Mercy resides in God; deeds are in men.56.
No bread is too hard for warm coffee.57.
No child was ever born without having been conceived.58.
No matter how long the procession, it still ends up in church.59.
No undertaking is difficult if pursued with perseverance.60.
Not all goodness brings sweetness.