Philippine Proverbs

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

Boldness is the fruit of hope.

For every door that shuts ten will open.

He who errs should be taught and not ridiculed.

If a bamboo tube sounds loudly, it is empty.

If you sow arrows, you will reap sorrows.

It is better to go to bed hungry than to wake up in debt.

No matter how well you clean a goat, it is still smell like a goat.

Nothing destroys iron like its own rust.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

The sea always ebbs after high tide.

To those we love best we say the least.

Juan1996

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Senator Beveridge on Imperialism

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The Unspoken

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