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Showing posts with label Western Proverb. Show all posts
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Honesty, Western Proverb
- Western Proverb
References
We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554~1586)
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
- William Shakespeare (1564~1616)
Honest men fear neither light nor dark
- Thomas Fuller (1608~1661)
If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742~1799)
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Cooperation, Western Proverb
- Western Proverb
A common idiomatic expression which suggests something in which more than one person or other entity are paired in an inextricably-related and active manner, occasionally with negative connotations.
The phrase originated in a song, Takes Two to Tango, which was written and composed in 1952 by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning. The lyrics and melody were popularized by singer Pearl Bailey's 1952 recording.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takes_two_to_tango_(idiom)
Monday, April 7, 2014
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