Character and Charity : Proverbs

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Character :



  • Once a knave, always a knave.



  • The fox may grow gray, but never good.



  • Of evil grain, no good seed can come.



  • He that is born a fool is never cured.



  • Cut off a dog's tail and he will be a dog still.



  • The leopard cannot change his spots.



  • You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.



  • You cannot make a crab walk straight.



  • When wealth is lost, nothing is lost. When health is lost, something is lost. When character is lost, all is lost.



  • A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.



  • Character is a diamond which scratches every other stone.



  • Eagles do not breed doves.



    • Charity :



  • Charity begins at home.



  • It is more blessed to give than to receive.



  • Charity in life is more than all ceremonies.



  • With malice towards none, with charity for all.



  • In charity there is no excess.



  • Charity is a double blessing.



  • This only is charity, to do all, all that we can.



  • Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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