Work, Czech Proverb

Bez práce nejsou koláče.
Literal translation: There are no cakes without a job.

- Czech Proverb

Idiomatic translation: No pain, no gain.
Source: Šedivý, Ivo Bez práce nejsou koláče (1982)

Advice, Chinese Proverb

不要害怕成长地太慢，唯一可怕的是原地不动。

- 中國俗談

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Croatian Proverb

Bog govori: pomozi si sam, pomoci cu ti.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Croatian Proverb

Source: Strauss, Emmanuel (1994). Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1. Routledge. p. 732. ISBN 0415096243.

Friend, Chinese Proverb

交友慢，失友快。

- 中國俗談

You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can lose one in an hour.

- Chinese Proverb

The rape flowers on Jeju Island

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Cheonjiyeon Valley

천지연계곡 (Cheonjiyeon Valley)

Description	English: Cheonjiyeon Valley 한국어: 천지연계곡 日本語: 天地淵渓谷
Date	English: 1 March 2014 日本語: 2014年3月1日
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Author	English: Abasaa 日本語: あばさー
Permission	Public Domain
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Wisdom, Catalan Proverb

Com més vell més poc cervell.'
Idiomatic translation: ”Wisdom goes not always by years.”
Meaning: Age will not refrain people from acting foolish and unprudent.

- Catalan Proverb

Strauss, Emanuel (1998). Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs (Abbreviated ed.). Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 0415160502.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Catalan_proverbs

Advice, Chinese Proverb

想让别人看到自己的优点，就得先承认他人的长处。

- 中國俗談

If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Bulgarian Proverb

Ако сам не си помогнеш, и господ не може да ти помогне
Translation: If you don't help yourself, even God cannot help you.
Idiomatic translation: God helps those who help themselves.

- Bulgarian Proverb

Khileva, Stela (1998). Obrechenata: roman. Zhazhda. p. 40.

Proverbs from all Bulgarian speaking parts of the world.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bulgarian_proverbs

Goodness, Chinese Proverb

真正的善良源自一个人的内心。

- 中國俗談

True goodness springs from a man's own heart.

- Chinese Proverb

Dokdo, AHN Gap-suk

I'd like to join a campaign to raise awareness about Korea's sovereignty over the islets. [amid Japan's dubious colonial claim over Korea's Dokdo]

- AHN Gap-suk

The one millionth visitor, Apr. 19, 2013

100 inch Hooker Telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory

100 inch Hooker Telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory

Description	English: This is the 100 inch (2.5 M.) Hooker Telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles County, California. It was used by Edwin Hubble to determine that some nebulae were actually galaxies outside our own Milky Way. Hubble, assisted by Milton L. Humason, discovered the presence of the redshift that indicated the universe is expanding.
Date	31 October 2005
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Author	Ken Spencer
Camera location	.
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Bird, Bosnian Proverb

Latin: Bolje vrabac u ruci, nego golub na grani.
Cyrillic: Боље врабац у руци, него голуб на грани.
Translation: A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the branch.

- Bosnian Proverb; Kovačević (1991). Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, izraza i izreka. Filip Višnjić. p. 48.

Proverbs from all Bosnian speaking parts of the world.

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English equivalent

¶ A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bosnian_proverbs