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The one who does not make you happy when he arrives makes you happy when he leaves

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:05 +0000

The one who does not make you happy when he arrives makes you happy when he leaves —Â (This is a rough translation from a Breton proverb)

Dragon, head, snake, tail

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:32:39 +0000

Dragon, head, snake, tail — One of the meanings of this proverb could be… Anticlimax, the beginning is like a dragons head, great and majestic and the ending is like a snakes tail, tiny and pathetic. (This is a Japanese proverb, saying, or idiom)

We will stay longer dead than poor

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:31:49 +0000

We will stay longer dead than poor —Â (This is a rough translation from a Breton proverb)

It is easy to be human. It is hard to be humane.

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:27:21 +0000

It is easy to be human. It is hard to be humane. — This is translated from a Filipino proverb

I leant on a bent wall.

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:25:16 +0000

I leant on a bent wall. — One of the meanings of this proverb could be… I depended on someone who is not depandable. (Translated from an Arabic proverb)