Wise Sayings
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Rage avails less than courage.
Source: French
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Ragged colts make the handsomest stallions.
Source: German
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Rain before seven; clear before eleven.
Source: English Proverb
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Rain comes oft after sunshine, and after a dark cloud a clear sky.
Source: Danish
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Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
Category: Weather Source: Cameroonian Proverb
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Rain wets a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots.
Source: Ghanaian
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Raise no more devils than you can lay.
Source: German
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Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.
Source: Chinese
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Rare commodities are worth more than good.
Source: Chinese
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Rare is agreement between beauty and modesty.
Source: Latin
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Rather a bit correctly than much incorrectly.
Source: Norwegian
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Rather a husband with one eye than with one son.
Source: Portuguese
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Rather a single grape for me than a brace of figs for thee.
Source: French
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Rather an ass that carries than a horse that throws.
Source: Italian
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Rather free in a foreign place than a slave back home.
Source: Norwegian
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Rather go rob with good men than pray with bad.
Source: Portuguese
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Rather go to bed supperless than run in debt for a breakfast.
Author: Ben Franklin
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Rather hat in hand than hand in purse.
Source: Italian
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Rather have a little one for your friend, than a great one for your enemy.
Source: Italian
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Rather lose the wool than the sheep.
Source: Portuguese
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Rather mulberry than almond. (The almond-tree is in blossom earlier than the mulberry.)
Source: Spanish
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Rather once cry your heart out than always sigh.
Source: Chinese
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Rather the egg to-day than the hen to-morrow.
Source: Danish
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Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune.
Source: Danish
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Rats desert a sinking ship.
Source: French
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