Proverbs
Fortune favors the bold but abandons the timid. -- Latin Proverb
Don't limit a child to your own learning - for he was born in another time. -- Rabbinical saying
If you want happiness for an hour - take a nap. If you want happiness for a day - go fishing. If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else. -- Chinese Proverb
The remedy for injuries is not to remember them. -- German proverb
The man who makes the first bad move always loses the game. -- Japanese proverb
Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness. -- Old Proverb
When you are an anvil - be patient; when a hammer - strike. -- Arabian proverb
There is nothing more serious than a child at play -- Old proverb
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand. -- Chinese Proverb
Experience is a comb that nature gives us when we are bald. -- Chinese proverb
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. -- Arab Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. -- English Proverb
If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of your arm. -- Yiddish Proverb
Much does he gain who learns when he loses. -- Italian proverb
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. -- William Blake "Proverbs of Hell" (1790)
A friend's eye is a good mirror. -- Irish Proverb
A hard beginning maketh a good ending. -- John Heywood "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)
A hound's food is in its legs. -- Irish Proverb
A monkey never thinks her baby's ugly. -- Haitian Proverb
A silent mouth is melodious. -- Irish Proverb
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.-- Greek Proverb
A teacher is better than two books. -- German Proverb
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. -- French Proverb
A tree falls the way it leans. -- Bulgarian Proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two. -- Yiddish Proverb
Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. -- Danish Proverb
An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue. -- Russian Proverb
An old rat is a brave rat. -- French Proverb
As we live, so we learn. -- Yiddish Proverb
Better no coach at all than three. -- Polish Proverb
Better the devil you know than the evil you don't know. -- English Proverb
Better wear out shoes than sheets. -- Scottish Proverb
Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. -- Irish Proverb
Climb mountains to see lowlands. -- Chinese Proverb
Clouds gather before a storm.-- Proverb of Unknown Origin
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. -- Chinese Proverb
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. -- African proverb
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -- Bible - Proverbs 17:28
Even a small thorn causes festering. -- Irish Proverb
Every ass loves to hear himself bray. -- Proverb of Unknown Origin
Every dog hath its day. -- English Proverb
Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. -- Italian Proverb
Everyone pushes a falling fence. -- Chinese Proverb
Fame is a magnifying glass. -- English Proverb
Feather by feather the goose can be plucked. -- French Proverb
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. -- French Proverb
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. -- Jewish Proverb
God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. -- German proverb
He is not wise that is not wise for himself. -- English Proverb
He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good. -- Jewish Proverb
He that seeks trouble never misses. -- English Proverb (17th century)
He who does not know one thing knows another. -- Kenyan Proverb
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. -- English Proverb
If two men ride a horse, one must ride behind. -- Proverb of Unknown Origin
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. -- Chinese Proverb
In a calm sea every man is a pilot. -- Spanish Proverb
It is a long road that has no turning. -- Irish Proverb
It is not enough to run, one must start in time. -- French Proverb
It is not fish until it is on the bank. -- Irish Proverb
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats. -- Russian proverb
Last ship, best ship. -- English Proverb
Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. -- Chinese Proverb
Luck has a slender anchorage. -- English Proverb
Need teaches a plan. -- Irish Proverb
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. -- English Proverb
No time like the present. -- English Proverb
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. -- Chinese Proverb
One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. -- Chinese Proverb
One joy scatters a hundred griefs. -- Chinese Proverb
Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches -- English Proverb
Out of the frying pan into the fire. -- John Heywood "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)
Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet. -- French Proverb
People live in each other's shelter. -- Irish Proverb
Praise the young and they will blossom -- Irish Proverb
Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat. -- Irish Proverb
Roasted pigeons will not fly into one's mouth. -- Dutch Proverb
Rome was not built in a day. -- John Heywood "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)
Silence was never written down. -- Italian Proverb
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get. -- Spanish Proverb
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. -- Chinese Proverb
The girl who can't dance says the band can't play. -- Yiddish Proverb
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. -- Proverb of Unknown Origin
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. -- Chinese Proverb
The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot. -- Irish Proverb
The raggy colt often made a powerful horse. -- Irish Proverb
The reverse side also has a reverse side. -- Japanese proverb
The tongue is more to be feared than the sword. -- Japanese Proverb
The tongue like a sharp knife...Kills without drawing blood. -- Chinese Proverb
The truth is not always what we want to hear. -- Yiddish Proverb
The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg, the whole country is informed. -- Malay Proverb
The wise man sits on the hole in his carpet. -- Persian Proverb
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. -- Chinese Proverb
There is honor even among thieves. -- English Proverb
There is no luck except where there is discipline. -- Irish Proverb
There is no strength without unity. -- Irish Proverb
There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel. -- Russian Proverb
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming. -- English Proverb (18th century)
To teach is to learn. -- Japanese Proverb
Trouble rides a fast horse. -- Italian Proverb
Two heads are better than one. -- John Heywood "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)
What one knows it is sometimes useful to forget. -- Latin Proverb
What you can not avoid, welcome. -- Chinese Proverb
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. -- Ethiopian proverb
When the iron is hot, strike. -- John Heywood "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)
When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby. -- Nigerian Proverb
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. -- African Proverb
When we sing everybody hears us, when we sigh nobody hears us. -- Russian Proverb
Who begins too much accomplishes little. -- German proverb
Who knows most speaks least. -- Spanish Proverb
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.-- Sanskrit Proverb
You cannot unscramble eggs. -- North American Proverb
Young wood makes a hot fire. -- Greek Proverb
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. -- Irish Proverb