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“Who ever lets themselves be led you the heart will never lose their way. — Egyptian Proverb.

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Un libro è un giardino che puoi custodire in tasca.

(Proverbio arabo)

Illustrazione Max Wilkins

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Heaven has a road,
But no one travels it ;
Hell has no gate,
But men will dig to get there.

Chinese Proverb

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“Count your joys instead of your woes. Count your friends instead of your foes. —Irish Proverb

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“Un cortadito” life is short but a smile only takes a second. — Cuban proverb.

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Illustration to a Bengali proverb 'as like as two pigeons’. Watercolour & tin paint, Calcutta c1830; V & A Museum.

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“kaligayahan” (happiness) It is easy to be born, it is difficult to be a good human being. —-Filipino proverb.

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My collaboration 1/1 artworks with Elfandiary (one of illustrator that I admire) available on

🌺'Bunga Dipetik, Perdu Ditendang' (Flower to be picked, shrubs to be kicked - Indonesian proverb)🌺
https://t.co/Vv7tsoc1fm

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📚 I've got a lovely book coming out 📚

It's called A WORLD OF WISDOM and it's full of illustrated phrases and proverbs from all over 🌍 really hope you like it!

Available September 28th, published by

https://t.co/Nuf6xds6GF

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Obana features in a famous proverb...
幽霊の正体見たり枯れ尾花
(ゆうれいのしょうたいみたりかれおばな)
"The ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass".

In English we might say "fear makes the wolf bigger than he is" or "things are not as scary as they seem".

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Funny Book Philosophy: Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter 001 (1975) Or, as Proverbs puts it, a fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

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Fear makes the wolf seem bigger than he is.

German proverb.

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"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity." - Proverbs 17:17
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Chaos had run rampant, and all heroes had been put on alert.

Metropolis, although home to Superman, was not void of such chaos.

In fact, Superman himself had tirelessly working round the clock to stop the proverbial fire before it spread, yet that was all in--

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