Proverb
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Annan once made the point by citing an old Ghanaian
proverb
: “Never hit a man on the head when you have your fingers between his teeth.”Today’s
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There's an old African
proverb
that goes: "When spiderwebs unite, they can halt even the lion."
On the surface, they contained a
proverb
about the Zen Buddhist monastic code - such as living without physical or mental attachments, avoiding binary thinking, and realizing one’s true “Buddha-nature."
There's an old African
proverb
that some of you know that says, "If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together."
Perhaps it all boils down to that old proverb: When arguing with a fool, first make sure the other person isn't doing the same thing.
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