Miscellaneous (continued)
In
our play, we reveal what kind of people we are. ~? (Unaccredited)
A
person who talks about his inferiors hasn't any.
~Hawaiian proverb
He
who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it. ~Seneca
No
man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
harder you fall, the higher you bounce.
~American proverb
Bad
news goes about in clogs, good news in stokinged feet. ~Welsh proverb
A
good neighbour doubles the value of a house.
~German proverb
God
save me from a bad neighbour and a beginner on a fiddle. ~Italian proverb
If
one man praises you, a thousand will repeat the praise. ~Japanese proverb
We
ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But
the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. ~Mother Teresa
Dig
the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese proverb
Ability
is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude
determines how well you do it. ~Lou Holtz
Revenge
has no more a quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.
~Walter Weckler
Keep
a thing seven years, and you'll find a use for it. ~Traditional
True
genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing
it so often near falling, without being ever actually down.
~Oliver Goldsmith, The Bee, 'The Characteristics
of Greatness'.
To
lose a lover or even a husband or two during the course of one's life can
be vexing. But to lose one's teeth is a catastrophe. ~Hugh Wheeler
If
we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing
those of others. ~François, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680),
Maximes
Did anyone notice that he's my favourite???
The
wise make proverbs and fools repeat them.
~Isaac D'Israeli (1766-1848)
HEY! Does that mean...??
Every
man likes the smell of his own farts. ~Icelandic proverb
No, I didn't make this up - must be the cold
up there in Iceland.
With
silence one irritates the devil. ~Bulgarian proverb
Skill
and assurance are an invincible combination.
~Dutch proverb