A diamond on a dunghill is a precious diamond still.
More Albanian Proverbs:
If he's your flatterer, he can't be your friend.Albanian
A fool has few friends.
Albanian
To do nothing is the way to be nothing.
Albanian
If luck is with you, even your ox will give birth to a calf.
Albanian
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Albanian
Fair words butter no cabbage.
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