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Proverbs
Means different people will find different things beautiful and that the
differences of opinion don't matter greatly.
Means that people who are in great need must accept any help that is
offered, even if it is not a complete solution to their problems
means "birds of the same type". The whole proverb means that people of the
same type or sort stay together. They don't mix with people of another type
We have been your best customers for years. How could you suddenly treat us
so rudely? You should never bite the hand that feeds you.
use this proverb to say that the things other people have or their situations
always look better than your own, even when they are not really so
means that people cannot change basic aspects of their character, especially
negative ones
All things take time to create. And great things like the city of Rome take a very
long time. So we shouldn't expect to accomplish something or achieve
success immediately
Even though we may want to say "No" to temptation (doing something bad),
our body may be unable to resist it."