Делата човекот го прават красен, а неделата го прават гнасен.
“Good deeds make a person beautiful, bad deeds make them ugly.”
A person should be judged by their actions, not their appearance or words.
— Traditional North Macedonia Wisdom, North Macedonia
Source: Traditional North Macedonia proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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Patience and the passage of time can ease even deep pain and conflict.
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