Old canoes can be restored, but youth and beauty cannot.
More New Zealander Proverbs:
Never spend time with people who don't respect you.New Zealander
When one chief falls, another rises.
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Who lives in a quiet house has plenty.
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A house full of people is a house full of different points of view.
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Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
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The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey will seem.
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