Famous Proverbs
1118 Proverbs about Self / Page 41
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He who is too sure of himself and acts without thinking is heading for his downfall.402.
Let a wrong-doing repeat itself at least three times: the first may be an accident, the second a mistake, but the third is likely to be intentional.403.
The fuel in the lamp consumes itself but lights others.404.
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.405.
Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you hurt yourself on the thorns.406.
What lowers itself is ready to fall.407.
Without human companions, paradise itself would be an undesirable place.408.
When a father praises his son, he flatters himself.409.
A man cannot be a good physician if he has never been sick himself.410.
Do not ridicule the thin-bearded when you yourself have no beard.