Traditional Proverbs (2298 Proverbs)
- It is cowardly to fly from a living enemy or to abuse a dead one
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- It is amazing how many people want to live a long life, and yet so few want to grow old.
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- In wealth, many friends in poverty, not even relatives.
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- In a noble man, anger lasts for a moment in a worldly man for two hours in a base man for a day and in an evil man until death.
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- If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.
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- Shall I compare thee to a summer's day.
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- Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.
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- Pick up a sesame seed but lose sight of a watermelon.
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- Patience, money and time bring all things to past.
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- One who is without cows must be his own dog. A blind man can see his mouth.
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- One can never repay ones debt to ones mother.
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- Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart.
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- No one is luckier than him who believes in his luck.
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- Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
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- Mist in May and heat in June will bring all things into tune.
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- May you wander over the face of the earth forever, never sleep twice in the same bed, never drink water twice from the same well, and never cross the same river twice in a year.
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- Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat.
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- Maana is often the busiest day of the week.
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- Live is peace in a time of stress.
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- Life is like an onion. You peel it off layer by layer and sometimes you weep.
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- Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly.
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- Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear.
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- It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.
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- It's autumn in her mouth and all her tongue can do is rustle
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- It is the nature of the ego to take, and the nature of the spirit to share.
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- It is better to travel than to arrive
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- It is always term-Time in the Court of Conscience
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- In water one sees one's own face. But in wine one beholds the heart of another
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- I'm on a 90 Day Wonder Diet. Thus far, I've lost 45 days.
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- If you want anything done, give it to the busy man
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- Seven cities warred for Homer being dead, Who living had no roof to shrowd his head
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- Reality is only a possibility, it changes constantly.
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- Physicians' faults are covered with earth, and rich men's with money.
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- Patience when teased is often transformed into rage.
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- One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel
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- One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.
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- Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
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- No one is as angry as the person who is wrong.
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- Never let any mechanical device know that you are in a hurry.
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- Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.
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- May you live a thousand years, and I, a thousand less one day that I might never know the world without you.
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- Many a man's nose was broken by his mouth.
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- Love this Earth as if you won't be here tomorrow show reverence for your Garden as if you will be here forever.
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- Listen to your Father who begot you, and do not despise your Mother when she is old.
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- Life is like an onion you peel off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
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- Learn the good ways of your enemies avoid the bad ways of your elders.
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- Kind words are worth much and they cost little.
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- It's poor friendship that needs to be constantly bought
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- Its an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
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- It is the heart which makes people eloquent
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- It is better to travel alone than with a bad companion
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- It is always darkest before it gets pitch black.
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- In war, all suffer defeat, even the victors.
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- If you're going to live by the river, make friends with the crocodile
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- If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
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- September dries up wells or breaks down bridges.
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- Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
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- Physical consciousness is indispensable for the achievement of knowledge.
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- Patience is lost easiest by those who do not poses it.
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- One should not put of thing untill tomorrow, that one can realize today.
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- One barrier falls and the next one is higher.
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- Non-injury, truthfulness, freedom from theft, lust, anger, and greed, and an effort to do what is agreeable and beneficial to all creatures this is the common duty of all castes.
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- No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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- Never kick a cow chip on a hot day
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- Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the entourage of morality.
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- May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart
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- Many a genius is never honored until the future proves his inspiration.
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- Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time
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- Listen to your enemy, for God is talking.
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- Life is hard by the yard, but by the inch, life's a cinch.
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- Learn from the school of hard knocks ... don't die dumb.
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- Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice
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- It's not what you tell people, it's what you show them.
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- It's amazing what you can do when someone has faith in you.
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- It is the fate of the great ones of this earth, to be appreciated only after they are gone.
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- It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.
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- It is a sin against hospitality, to open your doors and darken your countenance
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- In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew
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- If youre born to be hanged then youll never be drowned.
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- If you think you're leading and no one is following you, then you're only taking a walk.
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