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Growth Proverbs

Sayings about Growth There is no  growth  without discontent. ~ Saying The grown-up pays attention to what you are doing; the child sees beyond that. ~ Indian Proverb Children grow up , with or without parents. ~ Japanese Proverb You've got to do your own growing , no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~ Irish Proverb He who tells no lies will not grow up . ~ Ugandan Proverb Fools grow without watering. ~ Italian Proverb Who writes love letters grows thin; who carries them, fat. ~ Dutch Proverb If you would live in health, grow old early. ~ Spanish Proverb A palm tree growing in the shade will not bear ripe fruit. ~ Afghan Proverb Mothers raise their daughters and let their sons grow up . ~ African-American Proverb A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~ Greek Proverb A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches. ~ African Proverb One's shadow grows larger ...

Age Proverbs

Sayings about Age The golden age never was the present age. ~ English Proverb Old age and poverty are wounds that can't be healed. ~ Greek Proverb Old age is a hundred disorders. ~ Welsh Proverb Old age is ripeness. ~ United States Proverb If youth knew! If age could! ~ French Proverb Old age is a disease that you die from. ~ German Proverb Age does not give you good sense, it only makes you go slowly. ~ Finnish Proverb Old age devours your youth. ~ Kenyan Proverb The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~ Chinese Proverb Every age has its book. ~ Arabian Proverb An hour may destroy what an ag e was building. ~ English Proverb Old age does not announce itself. ~ South African Proverb Rejoiced in youth, repented in age . ~ German Proverb Everyone is the age of their heart. ~ Guatemalan Proverb Age is a sorry travelling companion. ~ Danish Proverb The old age of an eagle...