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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. -- African Proverb When two elephants fight it is the grass that gets trampled. -African proverb Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. -American Indian Proverb Once the last tree is cut and the last river poisoned, you will find you cannot eat your money -American Indian Proverb The man who claims to be the boss in his own home will lie about other things as well -Amish saying
One sure thing about divorce court...The screwing you'll get ain't worth the
screwing you got!! (old Aussie Proverb) Experience is the comb that Nature gives us when we are bald.- Belgium Proverb A warned man is worth two, a warned woman four.- Belgium Proverb Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. - Buddhist adage. Nature, Time and Patience are the three great physicians. -Bulgarian Proverb The big thieves hang the little ones. -Czech proverb He who would leap high must take a long run. -Danish Proverb
When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion. -Ethiopian proverb A fly that lands on a carabao feels itself to be higher that the carabao.-Filipino proverb
Why kill time when one can employ it. -French proverb With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle. -French saying There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. -French proverb Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. -French proverb Charity sees the need not the cause. -German proverb Promises are like the full moon: if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. -German proverb A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. -German proverb The horse is not judged by the saddle. -German proverb Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.-- Greek Proverb Pante rei , ouden menei Everything goes by, nothing stays forever -Greek proverb A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. -Greek proverb We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. -Haida Indian Saying If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself. -Haitian proverb Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience. -Hasidic saying You cannot discover new oceans until you have the courage to lose sight ofthe shore. - Hawai'ian saying. Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another
time. -Hebrew proverb Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence. Hebrew Proverb The believer is happy; the doubter is wise. -Hungarian proverb There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. True nobility comes from being superior to your previous self.- Hindu Proverb No one's head aches when he is comforting another - Indian Proverb You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.-Irish Proverb A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book. -Irish proverb In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations. -Iroquois Nation Maxim After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box. -Italian Proverb Bed is the poor man's opera. -Italian proverb If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity. -Italian proverb A calamity that affects everyone is only half a calamity. -Italian proverb
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he created mothers. -Jewish proverb If the rich could hire someone else to die for them, the poor would make a wonderful living. -Jewish Proverb What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. -Jewish proverb If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. -Latin proverb Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. -Lebanese proverb Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm. - Malayan Proverb One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. -Malayan Proverb Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. -Maori Proverb You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. -Navajo Proverb No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongst themselves. -Ojibwa Indian saying Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true. Polish Proverb Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure. - Portuguese Proverb
You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. -Rwandan Proverb What may be done at any time will be done at no time. Scottish Proverb Speak the truth, then leave quickly. -Serbian Proverb Good deeds are the best prayer. -Serbian proverb If you want good service, then serve yourself. -Spanish Proverb A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. -Spanish proverb Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. -Spanish Proverb An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish proverb Every cask smells of the wine it contains. -Spanish proverb How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. -Spanish proverb If a man points at the moon, an idiot will look at the finger. -Sufi wisdom There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere. -Sufi proverb Those who wish to sing always find a song. Swedish Proverb Luck never gives; it only lends. -Swedish proverb Those who wish to sing always find a song. -Swedish proverb We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are. -Talmudic Saying No matter how far you've gone down the wrong road, turn back. -Turkish proverb Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose. -Turkish proverb He that would be a leader must be a bridge. -Welsh proverb Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
-Yiddish proverb A man is not old until his regrets take the place of dreams. -Yiddish proverb To a worm in horseradish, the whole world is horseradish. -Yiddish proverb A half-truth is a whole lie. -Yiddish proverb Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong. - Zen Proverb If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing. -Zimbabwean Proverb One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. -Proverb There is an old saying: In history nothing is true but the names and dates. In fiction everything is true but the names and dates. Thoughts Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig. -- Folk saying When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last. -Griffin's Thought Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. -Hanlon's Razor Lazlo's Chinese Relativity Axiom: No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats, approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less The hardest person to awaken is the one already awake. -Tagalog saying No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. -Zen saying
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