"A proverb is one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom." ~John Russell"However long the night, the dawn will break." ~African Proverb
"If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry." ~African Proverb
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." ~African Proverb
"Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with." ~American Proverb
"Never sit in the place of a man who can say to you, "Rise.".~Arab Proverb~
"A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away." ~Arabian Proverb
"He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything." ~Arabian Proverb
"If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart." ~Arabian Proverb
"If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking." ~Buddhist Proverb~
"When the student is ready, the master appears." ~ Buddhist Proverb
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials." ~Chinese Proverb
"A good neighbor is a found treasure." ~Chinese Proverb~
"An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold." ~Chinese Proverb
"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still." ~Chinese Proverb
"Cheap things are not good. Good things are not cheap." ~Chinese Proverb
"Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking." ~Chinese Proverb
"Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom."~Chinese Proverb~
"Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead." ~Chinese Prover
"Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity." ~Chinese Proverb
"Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes." ~Chinese Proverb
"He who asks the question is a fool for a minute; he who does not is a fool forever." ~Chinese Proverbs
"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." ~Chinese Proverb
"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 month - get married. If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else." ~Chinese proverb
"Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself." ~Chinese Proverbs
"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand." ~Chinese Proverbs
"The best soldiers are not warlike."~Chinese Proverb~
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today." ~Chinese Proverb~
"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it." ~Chinese Proverb
“The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain” ~Chinese Proverbs~
"To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish" ~Chinese Proverb
"When you bow, bow low." ~Chinese Proverb~
"A fair exchange brings no quarrel." ~Danish Proverb~
"A man's word is his honour." ~Danish Proverb~
"Let another's shipwreck be your sea-mark." ~Danish Proverb~
"An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains." ~Dutch Proverb~
"The ass and the driver never think alike." ~Dutch Proverb~
"The pitcher goes so long to the well that it breaks at last." ~Dutch Proverb~
"Who runs is followed." ~Dutch Proverb~
"A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner." ~English Proverb~
"Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it." ~English Proverb~
"Envy shoots at others and wounds itself" ~English Proverb
"Every path has it's puddle" ~(Ye Olde English proverb.)
“He laughs best who laughs last.” ~English Proverb
"The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune." ~English Proverb
"We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry." ~English Prover
“Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are there!”~Eskimo Proverb
"The forest will answer you in the way you call to it." ~Finnish Proverb~
"A kick from a mare never hurt a horse."~French Proverb~
"Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails." ~French Proverb~
"He who eats of the king's goose will void a feather forty years after." ~French Proverb~
"Hope is the dream of a person awake." ~French Proverb
"In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek." ~French proverb
"Kindness is like snow - it beautifies everything it covers." ~French Proverb on Kindness
"Kindred without friends, friends without power, power without will, will without effect, effect without profit, profit without virtue, is not worth a rush."~French Proverb~
"Light is bad for sore eyes."~French Proverb~
"Nothing so bold as a miller's shirt (because it takes a thief by the throat every morning)." ~French Proverb~
"People count the faults of those who keep them waiting." ~French Proverb
"Snivelling folks always want to wipe other folks' noses." ~French Proverb~
"What is worth receiving is worth returning." ~French Proverb~
"Charity sees the need, not the cause." ~German Proverb
"Happy is the one who forgets that which cannot be changed" ~German Proverb
"Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding" ~German Proverb
"The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb." ~German Proverb
"We beat the sack and mean the miller." ~German Proverb
"What ripens fast does not last." ~German Proverb
"Who cannot fight, wins nought by right." ~German Proverb
"Old age and poverty are wounds that can't be healed." ~Greek Proverb
"Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman." ~Hungarian Proverb
"Everyone is wise until he speaks." ~Irish Proverb
"Hope is the physician of each misery." ~Irish Proverb
"Patience can conquer destiny." ~Irish Proverb
"Strife is better than loneliness." ~Irish Proverb
"Twenty years a child twenty years running wild twenty years a mature man-and after that, praying." ~Irish Proverb
"When the sky falls we'll all catch larks." ~Irish Proverb~
“Whether a long one or a thick one it matters not, as long as it satisfies in abundance !” ~Islamic proverb
"A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt." ~Italian Proverb~
"A tree often transplanted is never loaded with fruit." ~Italian Proverb~
"Every truth is not good to be told." ~Italian Proverb~
"Good repute is like the cypress: once cut, it never puts forth leaf again." ~Italian Proverb~
"It is a bad game where nobody wins." ~Italian Proverb~
"Love rules without rules." ~Italian Proverb
"One who wants to keep their yard tidy does not reserve a plot for the weeds." ~Italian Proverb~
"Smooth words make smooth ways." ~Italian Proverb~
"To him who is determined it remains only to act." ~Italian Proverb
"Postpone not a good action." ~Irish Proverb~
"A good horse never lacks a saddle." ~Italian Proverb~
"One who wants to keep their yard tidy does not reserve a plot for the weeds." ~Italian Proverb~
"Smooth words make smooth ways."~Italian Proverb~
"Speak of the devil and he appears."~Italian Proverb~
"When you see the wolf, do not look for his track."~Italian Proverb~
Orange in Winter, June 25, 1990
"One kind word can warm three winter months". ~Japanese Proverb
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." ~Japanese Proverb~
"It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love." ~Jewish Proverb
"The gardener had not yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the alms-bowl in front of him." ~Kashmiri Proverb~
"Acting is the forte of all their race." ~Latin Proverb
"Dum spiro, spero (Latin), "While I breath, I hope"" ~Latin Proverb
"Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound." ~Latin Proverb
"He is separated from the water by a plank." ~Latin Proverb
"Take counsel of your pillow." ~Latin Proverb
"The course of true love never did run smooth." ~Latin Proverb~
"To him that hath much, shall much be given." ~Latin Proverb~
"Too much wine will make a sane man mad." ~Latin Proverb~
"An ox with long horns, even if he does not butt, will be accused of butting." ~Malay Proverb~
"Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river." ~ Malagasy Proverb
"One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind." ~Malayan Proverb
"Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you by the Creator." ~Mohawk Indian Proverb
"Winter finds out what summer lays up." ~Montenegro Proverb
"You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep." ~Navajo Proverb
"Hold a true friend with both your hands." ~Nigerian Proverb
"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." ~Old Proverb
"Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done." ~Persian Proverb~
"I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet." ~Persian Proverb
"Whatever is in the heart will come up to the tongue." ~Persian Proverb
"Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day." ~Polish Proverb
"The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's." ~Polish Proverb
"Better is one "Take this," than two "I-will-give-you." ~Portuguese Proverb
"Ill fares the young bird in the urchin's hand." ~Portuguese Proverb
"Rather a husband with one eye than with one son." ~Portuguese Proverb
"The worth of a thing is what it will bring." ~Portuguese Proverb
"In wine there is truth." ~Roman Proverb
"A kind word is like a Spring day. " ~Russian Proverb
"There may be deep bottoms in still waters." ~Russian Proverb
"If you forsake a certainty and depend on an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty." ~Sanskrit Proverb
" Do not judge by appearances ; a rich heart may be under a poor coat." ~Scottish Proverb
"A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred." ~Spanish Proverb
"Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity" ~Spanish Proverb
"Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it." ~Spanish Proverb
"Enjoy your little while the fool seeks for more." ~Spanish Proverb
"If you want to thrash your wife, ask her for a drink of water in the sun." ~Spanish Proverb
"Life without a friend is like death without a witness." ~Spanish Proverb
"My daughter-in-law tucked up her sleeves, and upset the kettle into the fire." ~Spanish Proverb
"The fox knows well with whom he plays tricks." ~Spanish Proverb
"Where there is love there is pain."~Spanish Proverb
"Where they eat your meat let them pick the bones." ~Spanish Proverb
"Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it." ~Swedish Proverb
"The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm." ~Swedish Proverb
"No road is long with good company." ~Turkish Proverb
"Old age is a hundred disorders." ~Welsh Proverb~
"A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams."~Yiddish Proverb~
"A nation’s treasure is its scholars." ~Yiddish Proverb~
"A book holds a house of gold." ~Golden Proverbs
"Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest." ~Proverb~
"A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character." ~Proverb
"Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow." ~Proverb
"For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost." ~George Herbert on Proverbs
"Friendship is love with understanding" ~Proverb
"He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything." ~Proverb
"Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something" ~Proverb
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." ~Proverb
"Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune." ~Proverb
"Faithful friends are beyond price: No amount can balance their worth" ~Old Proverb
“A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.” ~Unknown Proverbs
"He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice." ~Unknown Proverbs
“Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.” ~Unknown Proverbs
“The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.” ~Unknown on Proverbs
“There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.” ~Unknown on Proverbs
"Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue." ~Unknown on Proverbs
“Wine and women bring misery.” ~Unknown Proverbs
"Knock on the sky and listen to the sound." ~Zen Saying
"The obstacle is the path." ~Zen Proverb
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