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23 Proverbs about Passing



1. Time is a river of passing events -- a rushing torrent.. Greek Proverb. Time is a river of passing events -- a rushing torrent.
Greek Proverb

2. Listen to all, pluck a feather from every passing goose, but follow no one absolutely.. Chinese Proverb. Listen to all, pluck a feather from every passing goose, but follow no one absolutely.
Chinese Proverb

3. A man of high principles is someone who can watch a chess game without passing comment.. Chinese Proverb. A man of high principles is someone who can watch a chess game without passing comment.
Chinese Proverb

4. Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.. Chinese Proverb. Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.
Chinese Proverb

5. You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.. Swedish Proverb. You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.
Swedish Proverb

6. Youth is a kind of illness cured only by the passing years.. Arab Proverb. Youth is a kind of illness cured only by the passing years.
Arab Proverb

7. Where there is a hippopotamus, be careful when passing with a pirogue.. African Proverb. Where there is a hippopotamus, be careful when passing with a pirogue.
African Proverb

8. Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas.. African Proverb. Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas.
African Proverb

9. If you close your eyes because of the bad people around you, you will not see the good people passing by.. African Proverb. If you close your eyes because of the bad people around you, you will not see the good people passing by.
African Proverb

10. In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.. Danish Proverb. In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Danish Proverb

11. Maturity comes from wisdom not in the passing of years.. Persian Proverb. Maturity comes from wisdom not in the passing of years.
Persian Proverb

12. Never give up your own old mat for a better prayer mat which you see passing.. Swahili proverb. Never give up your own old mat for a better prayer mat which you see passing.
Swahili Proverb

13. If summer had a mother, she would weep at summer's passing.. Lebanese Proverb. If summer had a mother, she would weep at summer's passing.
Lebanese Proverb

14. Man is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.. Hebrew Proverb. Man is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.
Hebrew Proverb

15. We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home.. Australian Aboriginal Proverb. We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home.
Australian Aboriginal Proverb

16. Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas.. Congolese Proverb. Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas.
Congolese Proverb

17. Like the seaweed that clings to each other after each passing boat separates them, so too a family will come together with the passing of each crisis.. Indonesian Proverb. Like the seaweed that clings to each other after each passing boat separates them, so too a family will come together with the passing of each crisis.
Indonesian Proverb

18. The hour is passing.. Latin Proverb. The hour is passing.
Latin Proverb

19. The passing hour is sometimes a mother, sometimes a stepmother.. Latin Proverb. The passing hour is sometimes a mother, sometimes a stepmother.
Latin Proverb

20. Little and lasting is better than much and passing.. Moroccan Proverb. Little and lasting is better than much and passing.
Moroccan Proverb

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