Traditional Proverbs (2298 Proverbs)
- Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even a sparing hand.
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- Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain.
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- Fruit should pay for the welfare of leaves.
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- For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
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- Fear only two God, and the man who has no fear of God.
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- Every thought is a seed. If you plant Crab apples don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.
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- Envious greed must govern to possess and ambition must possess to govern.
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- Don't let grass grow on the path of friendship
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- Do not dwell in a city whose governor is a physician.
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- Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; Subdue untruthful men by truthfulness; Vanquish an angry man by gentleness; And overcome the evil man by goodness
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- Bright but hidden, the Self dwells in the heart. Everything that moves, breathes, opens, and closes Lives in the Self. He is the source of love And may be known through love but not through thought. He is the goal of life. Attain this goal
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- Better to be a dog in times of peace than a human being in times of trouble
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- Before thirty, men seek disease after thirty, disease seeks men.
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- As you climb the ladder of success, check occasionally to make sure it is leaning against the right wall.
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- Anger is only one letter short of danger.
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- If you love it let it go. If it returns to you cherish it, if not it was never truly yours.
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- If you are in a hurry you will never get there
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- If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck.
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- If God shuts one door, He opens another.
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- I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn.
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- Hmmm ... we chop down trees and chop up wood.
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- He who teaches a boy teaches three a youth, a young man, and an old man
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- He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune
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- He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.
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- He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good
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- He is so wise, that he goes upon the ice three days before it freezes
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- Happy is he whose friends were born before him.
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- God's most wondrous deeds one moment sunshine another moment shade.
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- From the persistence of noise comes the insistence of rage. From the emergence of tone comes the divergence of thought. From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of ... silence.
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- For the ignorant, old age is as winter for the learned, it is a harvest.
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- Fear of death is worse than death itself.
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- Every one is innocent until he is proved guilty.
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- Either drive this camel to pasture or leave the country.
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- Don't kill the goose with the golden egg
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- Do not dock the donkey's tail in a crowd, some will say it's too long, others it's too short.
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- Confess you were wrong yesterday it will show you are wise today.
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- Books and friends should be few but good.
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- Better to ask a question than to remain ignorant.
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- Before the world finds a place for you, find a place for yourself in the world.
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- As welcome as a skunk at a lawn party.
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- And you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner.
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- If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all
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- If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you make a very small package.
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- If one hand washes the other, both become clean.
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- If February brings no rain, 'tis neither good for grass nor grain.
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- I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you
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- His word is as good as a tied knot.
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- He who takes a wife for her body, will loose the body and keep the wife.
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- He who is afraid of black berries should stay out of the woods.
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- He who cannot dance will say The drum is bad
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- He that hath a wife and children must not sit with his fingers in his mouth
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- He is poor who does not feel content.
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- HAPPINESS comes from sharing one's self and one's blessings.
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- God will provide the victuals, but He will not cook the dinner
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- From the faults of another, a wise man will correct his own.
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- For stern as death is love, relentless as the nether world is devotion its flames are a blazing fire. Deep waters cannot quench love, nor floods sweep it away.
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- Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
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- Every one is a lord in his own home.
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- Education is learning a lot about how little you know.
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- Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
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- Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days.
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- Coffee should be black as night, hot as hell, and strong as love.
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- Bonum vinum laetificat cor hominis Good wine gladdens a person's heart
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- Better the certainty of the straddle (packsaddle) than the mere loan of a saddle.
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- Before enlightenment chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment chop wood, carry water.
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- As to deserving, know that the gift of Heaven is free this gift of Knowledge is so great that no effort whatever could hope to 'deserve' it.
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- And the wind said 'May you be as strong as the oak, yet flexible as the birch may you stand tall as the Redwood, live gracefully as the willow and may you always bear fruit all your days on this earth.'
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- If you have money you can make the ghosts and devils turn your grind stone
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- If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery from others would not harm us.
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- If murder is forgiven, Heaven will find it hard to bear
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- If dumb were dirt, he would be about an acre.
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- I can alter my life by altering the attitude of my mind.
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- He's more to be pitied than laughed at.
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- He who takes a partner takes a master
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- He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
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- He who can follow his own will is a king.
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- He that has no wife, beats her oft.
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- He has heard the clock ring, but can't find the lever
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- 'Hamburgers' and 'Frankfurters' are named after cities in Germany.
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- God will hold us responsible for all the wonderful things that we have refused to enjoy.
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