Famous Proverb Quotations

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"A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year."
by Polish proverb
"The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust."
by Persian Proverb
"The best armor is to keep out of range."
by Italian Proverb
"A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion."
by Chinese Proverb
"The Devil finds work for idle hands."
by Proverb
"The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
by Chinese Proverb
"The tree of revenge does not carry fruit"
by Dutch Proverb
"The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish."
by Proverb Proverbs
"There are more gluttons than drunkards in hell"
by Proverb
"There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness."
by Spanish Proverb
"These three are the marks of a Jew - a tender heart, self-respect, and charity"
by Hebrew Proverb
"Those who have free seats at a play hiss first."
by Chinese Proverb
"Those that do you a very ill deed will never forgive you."
by Proverb Proverbs
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare."
by Japanese Proverb
"Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion."
by Scottish Proverb
"Truth fears no trial."
by Proverb Proverbs
"True poverty does not come from God."
by Yiddish Proverb
"To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under."
by Proverb Proverbs
"We are usually the best men when in the worst health."
by English Proverb
"Use soft words and hard arguments."
by English Proverb
"We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry."
by English Proverb
"When a fool has made up his mind the market has gone by"
by Spanish Proverb
"What the young one begs for, the grown-up throws away"
by Russian Proverb
"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you."
by African proverb
"When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you"
by Proverb
"Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him."
by African Proverb
"When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have."
by French Proverb
"With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown."
by Chinese proverb
"Women are as wavering as the wind"
by Proverb
"As long as the sun shines one does not ask for the moon"
by Russian Proverb
"Children and drunks always speak the truth."
by Proverb Proverbs
"Bed is the poor man's opera."
by Italian Proverb
"Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven."
by Yiddish proverb
"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life."
by Chinese Proverb
"He who knows little quickly tells it."
by Italian Proverb
"He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly."
by Proverb Proverbs
"He who is not impatient is not in love."
by Italian Proverb
"He can't see the forest for the trees"
by Proverb
"Hygiene is two thirds of health."
by Lebanese Proverb
"I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet."
by Indian Proverb
"I'd rather have them say There he goes than Here he lies"
by Proverb
"If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water."
by Yiddish Proverb
"Imagination gallops; judgment merely walks"
by Proverb Proverb
"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
by Chinese Proverb
"Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf."
by American Indian Proverb
"Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down."
by Chinese Proverb
"Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins."
by American Indian Proverb
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb."
by Anonymous
"Never repeat old grievances."
by Proverb Proverbs
"Strife is better than loneliness."
by Irish Proverb
"Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind."
by English Proverb
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."
by African Proverb
"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
by Chinese Proverb
"Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing."
by Proverb Proverbs
"Speak of the Devil and he appears."
by Italian Proverb
"Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted."
by Chinese Proverb
"Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as in a looking glass"
by Italian Proverb
"No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor."
by Danish proverb
"Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box."
by Italian Proverb
"Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out"
by French Proverb
"One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him."
by Chinese Proverb
"Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for priests."
by French Proverb
"Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot."
by Sicilian Proverb
"Modesty is the beauty of women."
by Gaelic Proverb
"Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water."
by African Proverb
"Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot."
by American Proverb
"It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it."
by Persian Proverb
"If you can't be good, be careful."
by Proverb
"If you believe everything you read, better not read."
by Japanese proverb
"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow."
by Chinese Proverb
"If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people."
by Chinese Proverb
"Fall seven times, stand up eight."
by Japanese Proverb
"Good poets are like angels of Heaven"
by Persian Proverb
"Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble"
by Yiddish Proverb
"God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now"
by African-American Proverb
"Climb mountains to see lowlands."
by Chinese Proverb
"Choose your wife as you wish your children to be."
by Proverb Proverbs
"Do not employ handsome servants."
by Chinese Proverb
"Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring."
by Chinese Proverb
"Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last."
by Chinese Proverb
"Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom."
by Chinese Proverb
"Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them."
by Japanese Proverb
"Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself."
by American Indian Proverb
"Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water."
by Swedish Proverb
"Beauty is a good letter of introduction"
by German Proverb
"A stumble may prevent a fall."
by English Proverb
"A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner."
by English Proverb
"A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor"
by Latin Proverb
"A full cup must be carried steadily."
by English Proverb
"Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead."
by Scottish Proverb
"An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold."
by Chinese Proverb
"All criminals turn preachers under the gallows."
by Proverb Proverbs
"Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out."
by Italian Proverb
"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
by Chinese Proverb
"Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold."
by Yiddish Proverb
"He that plants trees loves others besides himself."
by English Proverb
"He that jokes confesses."
by Italian Proverb
"The go-between wears out a thousand sandals."
by Japanese Proverb
"This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends."
by English Proverb
"The journey is the reward."
by Taoist Proverb


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