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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
- Proverbs 23:7
A man's pride shall bring him low,
but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- Proverbs 29:23
Which form of proverb do you prefer
Better late than never, or Better never than late?
- Lewis Carroll
A meowing cat can't catch mice.
- Yiddish Proverb
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Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
- African Proverb
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
- Arabic Proverb and Chinese Proverb
Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
- Chinese Proverb
The person who says it cannot be done
should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
- Chinese proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
Talk doesn't cook rice.
- Chinese Proverb
Do not use a hatchet to remove
a fly from your friend's forehead.
- Chinese Proverb
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu (Chinese Proverb)
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good.
- Polish Proverb
Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- Proverb
He who trusts all things to chance,
makes a lottery of his life
- Proverb
Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb
Every goodbye is the birth of a memory.
- Dutch Proverb
The show must go on.
- 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
A bad peace is better than a good war.
- Yiddish Proverb
Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb
Trumpet in a herd of elephants;
crow in the company of cocks;
bleat in a flock of goats.
- Malayan Proverb
Everyone is wise, until he speaks.
- Irish proverb
Better late than never.
- Proverb
Everything is not as it appears to be.
- Proverb
A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb
Listen to all, plucking a feather
from every passing goose,
but, follow no one absolutely.
- Chinese Proverb
If the problem can be solved,
there is no use worrying about it.
If it can't be solved,
worrying will do no good.
- Tibetan proverb
Tell me whom you live with,
and I will tell you who you are.
- Spanish Proverb
One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb
I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
- Chinese proverb
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
A lie travels round the world while
truth is putting her boots on.
- French Proverb
(also attributed to Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and others)
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb
Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese proverb
He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Latin Proverb
Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb
If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes.
He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
- Chinese Proverb
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
- French Proverb
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb
Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb
The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb
All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)
Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
Vision without action is a daydream.
Action without vision is a nightmare.
- Japanese Proverb
Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb
Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb
Time cures all things.
- Proverb
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