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--- Romanian Proverb
"Adversity makes a man wise, not rich."
--- Romanian Proverb
"After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box."
--- Italian Proverb
"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again."
--- Biblical Proverb (Eccl. 1: 7)
"All sins cast long shadows."
--- Irish Proverb
"All things good to know are difficult to learn."
--- Greek Proverb
"An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep."
--- Arab Proverb
"An iron rod bends while it is hot."
--- Greek Proverb
"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."
--- Biblical Proverb (Prov. 26: 4)
"Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown."
--- American Proverb
"Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house."
--- Jewish Proverb
"Ask the experienced rather than the learned."
--- Arab Proverb
"Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee."
--- Gaelic Proverb
"The beginning is the half of every action."
--- Greek Proverb
"Behind an able man there are always other able men."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Be Prepared."
--- Boy Scout Motto
"Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him."
--- Scottish Proverb
"The best armor is to keep out of range."
--- Italian Proverb
"Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one."
--- Scottish Proverb
"Better to light a candle than curse the darkness."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Better to be quarreling than lonesome."
--- Irish Proverb
"Beware of the young doctor and the old barber."
--- Benjamin Franklin
"But the salvation of the righteous is the Lord: He is their strength in the time of trouble."
--- Biblical Proverb (Psalms 37:39)
"By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible."
--- Italian Proverb
"By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn."
--- Latin Proverb
"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."
--- Indian Proverb
"Children are a poor man's wealth."
--- Danish Proverb
"A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Confessed faults are half mended."
--- Scottish Proverb
"Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them."
--- Japanese Proverb
"The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath."
--- The Talmud
"Deliberate often--decide once."
--- Latin Proverb
"The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage."
--- Danish Proverb
"Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie."
--- English Proverb
"Do not employ handsome servants."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an opportunity of escaping."
--- Latin Proverb
"Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends."
--- Czech Proverb
"Do not push the river, it will flow by itself."
--- Polish Proverb
"Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself."
--- Native American Proverb (Pima)
"Don't count your chickens before they hatch."
--- American Proverb
"Don�t dig your grave with your own knife and fork."
--- English Proverb
"Don't empty the water jar until the rain falls."
--- Philippine Proverb
"Don't fall before you're pushed."
--- English Proverb
"Don't live in a town where there are no doctors."
--- Jewish Proverb
"Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been leant to you."
--- Belgian Proverb
"Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile."
--- Jewish Proverb
"Don't shake the tree when the pears fall off themselves."
--- Slovakian Proverb
"Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence."
--- Spanish Proverb
"Don't stay long when the husband is not at home."
--- Japanese Proverb
"Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm."
--- Malayan Proverb
"Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water."
--- Sweedish Proverb
"Drink nothing without seeing it; Sign nothing without reading it."
--- Spanish Proverb
"Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire."
--- Arab Proverb
"Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers."
--- Greek Proverb
"Eating and scratching want but a beginning."
--- Romanian Proverb
"Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one strong."
--- Hindu Proverb
"Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure."
--- Benjamin Franklin
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
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"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
--- Arab Proverb
"Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day."
--- Polish Proverb
"Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue."
--- Proverb Origin Unknown
"Everyone thinks his own burden heavy."
--- French Proverb
"Every path has its puddle."
--- English Proverb
"Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village because from it he measures the sea."
--- Russian Proverb
"Every road has two directions."
--- Russian Proverb
"Everything passes, everything wears out, everything breaks."
--- French Proverb
"Examine what is said, not him who speaks."
--- Arab Proverb
"Experience is the comb that nature gives us when we are bald."
--- Belgian Proverb
"The eyes are the window of the soul."
--- English Proverb
"The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people."
--- German Proverb
"Fall seven times, stand up eight."
--- Japanese Proverb
"Fast Ripe, Fast Rotten."
--- Japanese Proverb
"Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more,
whine less, breathe more,
talk less, say more,
hate less, love more,
and all good things will be yours."
--- Swedish Proverb
"Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless you have sore places."
--- Latin Proverb
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
--- Biblical Proverb (Prov. 1: 7)
"First deserve, and then desire."
--- English Proverb
"The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water."
--- Spanish Proverb
"Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child."
--- Danish Proverb
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
--- Jewish Proverb
"God gives the nuts but he does not crack them."
--- German Proverb
"Good fences make good neighbors."
--- American Proverb
"Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names."
--- Spanish Proverb
"Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts."
--- Tibetan Proverb
"Gossip needs no carriage."
--- Russian Proverb
"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."
--- American Proverb
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
--- Biblical Proverb (John 15: 13)
"A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year."
--- Polish Proverb
"A half-truth is a whole lie."
--- Jewish Proverb
"The hammer shatters glass but forges steel."
--- Russian Proverb
"A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains."
--- Dutch Proverb
"A heart in love with beauty never grows old."
--- Turkish Proverb
"The heart that loves is always young."
--- Greek Proverb
"He is rich who owes nothing."
--- French Proverb
"He that does not ask will never get a bargain."
--- French Proverb
"He that troubleth his own ahouse shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart h."
--- Biblical Proverb (Prov. 11: 29)
"He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like."
--- English Proverb
"He who wants a rose must respect the thorn."
--- Persian Proverb
"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever."
--- Chinese Proverb
"He who knows little quickly tells it."
--- Italian Proverb
"Home is where your heart is."
--- American Proverb
"If there is no wind, row."
--- Latin Proverb
"If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one."
--- Russian Proverb
"If you can't lick 'em, join 'em."
--- American Proverb
"If you feed them, they will come."
--- Mormon Proverb
" If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
--- American Proverb
"If you don�t have your health, you don�t have anything."
--- American Proverb
"If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself."
--- Native American Proverb (Minquass Tribe)
"If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot."
--- Italian Proverb
"If you want something done right, do it yourself."
--- American Proverb
"If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself."
--- Spanish Proverb
"If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep."
--- Yiddish Proverb
"If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ him, don't suspect him."
--- Chinese Proverb
"It is better to live well than to live long, but those who live long live better longer."
--- American Proverb
"It is easier to pull down than to build up."
--- Latin Proverb
"It is the great north wind that made the Vikings."
--- Scandanavian Proverb
"It�s not what you eat but what you digest that makes you strong; it�s not what you earn but what you save that brings you wealth; it�s not what you learn but what you remember that makes you wise."
--- Proverb of Unknown Origin
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Judge not the horse by his saddle."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Keep both eyes open before you are married and afterwards close only one."
--- Jamaican Proverb
"Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve."
--- Chinese Proverb
"A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit."
--- German Proverb
"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason."
--- English Proverb
"Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf."
--- Native American Proverb
"Live with wolves, and you learn to howl."
--- Spanish Proverb
"Live your own life, for you will die your own death."
--- Latin Proverb
"Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies."
--- Swedish Proverb
"Love rules without rules."
--- Italian Proverb
"Love tells us many things that are not so."
--- Ukranian Proverb
"Man has responsiblity, not power."
--- Native American Proverb (Tuscarora)
"Never give advice unless asked."
--- German Proverb
"Never squat with your spurs on."
--- American Cowboy Proverb
"Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys."
--- Jewish Proverb
"Never say �woah� in a mud-hole."
--- American Cowboy Proverb
"Never write a letter while you are angry."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you."
--- American Proverb
"No need to teach an eagle to fly."
--- Greek Proverb
"No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor."
--- Danish Proverb
"One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it."
--- French Proverb
"One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it."
--- Persian Proverb
"One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoiding calamities."
--- Chinese Proverb
"People who live in glass houses should not throw stones."
--- American Proverb
"Ready money works great cures."
--- French Proverb
"Set a thief to catch a thief."
--- French Proverb
"Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow."
--- Sweedish Proverb
"Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get."
--- Spanish Proverb
"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."
--- African Proverb
"A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger."
--- Biblical Proverb (Prov. 15:1)
"Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words."
--- Biblical Proverb (Prov. 23:9)
"Speak of the devil and he appears."
--- Italian Proverb
"Spread the table and contention will cease."
--- English Proverb
"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand."
--- Native American Proverb
"Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are."
--- Russian Proverb
"There are no stupid questions except those you already know the answers to."
--- American Proverb
"There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers."
--- American Proverb
"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience."
--- French Proverb
"Those who have free seats at a play hiss first."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Those who mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind."--- American Proverb (Dr. Seuss)
"Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas."
--- Italian Proverb
"To know the road ahead, ask those coming back."
--- Chinese Proverb
"A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense."
--- American Proverb
"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you."
--- Maori Proverb
"Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake."
--- Persian Proverb
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare."
--- Japanese Proverb
"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry."
--- French Proverb
"What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks."
--- Romanian Proverb
"What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth."
--- Jewish Proverb
"What you give you get, ten times over."
--- Yoruba Proverb
"When a blind man carries a lame man, both go forward."
--- Swedish Proverb
"When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him."
--- Hindu Proverb
"When anger rises, think of the consequences."
--- Confucius
"When one shuts one eye, one does not hear everything."
--- Swiss Proverb
"When spiders unite they can tie down a lion."
--- Ethiopian Proverb
"When two quarrel, both are to blame."
--- Dutch Proverb
"When you throw dirt, you lose ground."
--- Texan (American) Proverb
"When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet."
--- Chinese Proverb
"Where there is a sea there are pirates."
--- Greek Proverb
"Where there is love, there is pain."
--- Spanish Proverb
"Wherever you go -- there you are."
--- American Proverb
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
--- Confucius
"Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you."
--- Spanish Proverb
"A wicked man complaineth of his wife�s cooking, but a wise man giveth thanks and washeth the dishes."
--- Non-Biblical Proverb
"The wise man has long ears and a short tongue."
--- German Proverb
"A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother."
--- Biblical Proverb (Prov. 10: 1)
"Words must be weighed, not counted."
--- Polish Proverb
"You can't make a fact of an opinion by raising your voice."
--- American Proverb
"You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep."
--- Navajo Proverb
"You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
--- American Proverb
"You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was."
--- Irish Proverb
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