"A baby is an angel whose wings decrease
as his legs increase." -- French proverb
"A beautiful thing is never perfect."
-- Egyptian proverb
"A big tree attracts the gale."
-- Chinese proverb
"A bird does not sing because it has
an answer. It sings because it has a song." -- Chinese proverb
"A bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush." -- Latin proverb
"A bird that you set free may be caught
again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return."
-- Jewish proverb
"A black hen lays a white egg."
-- French proverb
"A blind person who sees is better than
a seeing person who is blind." -- Iranian proverb
"A book holds a house of gold."
-- Chinese Proverb
"A book is like a garden carried in
the pocket." -- Chinese proverb
"A book tightly shut is but a block
of paper." -- Chinese proverb
"A brave man dies but once, a coward
many times." -- Native American proverb
"A camel never sees its own hump."
-- African proverb
"A cat in gloves catches no mice."
-- French proverb
"A child's life is like a piece of paper
on which every person leaves a mark." -- Chinese proverb
"A child's tear rends the heavens."
-- Yiddish proverb
"A clever person turns great problems
into little ones and little ones into none at all." -- Chinese
proverb
"A cold needs the cook as much as the
doctor." -- Scottish proverb
"A crow is no whiter for being washed."
-- French proverb
"A crown's no cure for a headache."
-- English proverb
"A day is lost if one has not laughed."
-- French proverb
"A day of travelling will bring a basketful
of learning." -- Vietnamese proverb
"A decision made at night may be changed
in the morning." -- Samoan proverb
"A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied."
-- Irish proverb
"A gem is not polished without rubbing,
nor a man perfected without trials. -- Chinese proverb
"A good conscience is a continual feast."
-- English proverb
"A good example is like a bell that
calls many to church." -- Danish proverb
"A good friend will fit you like ring
to finger." -- Venezuelan proverb
"A good resolution is like an old horse
which is often saddled but rarely ridden." -- Mexican proverb
"A fair exchange is no robbery."
-- Scottish proverb
"A fault confessed is half redressed."
-- English proverb
"A friend - one soul, two bodies."
-- Chinese proverb
"A friend to all is a friend to none."
-- Polish proverb
"A friend's eye is a good mirror."
-- Gaelic proverb
"A fool judges people by the presents
they give him." -- Chinese proverb
"A friend is one who warns you."
-- Near East proverb
"A good example is like a bell that
calls many to church." -- Danish proverb
"A good lawyer makes a bad neighbor."
-- Italian proverb
"A guest sees more in an hour than the
host in a year." -- Polish proverb
"A harvest of peace is produced from
a seed of contentment." -- American proverb
"A hedge between keeps friendship green."
-- German proverb
"A kind word never broke anyone's mouth."
-- Irish proverb
"A lie travels farther than the truth."
-- Irish proverb
"A little help is better than a lot
of pity." -- Celtic proverb
"A love that can last forever takes
but a second to come about." -- Cuban proverb
"A man is as old as he feels himself
to be." -- English proverb
"A man is judged by his deeds, not by
his words." -- Russian proverb
"A man was hanged for saying what was
true." -- Italian proverb
"A man's worst enemies can't wish on
him what he can think up himself." -- Yiddish proverb
"A people without history is like wind
on the buffalo grass." -- Sioux proverb
"A person should want to live, if only
out of curiosity." -- Yiddish proverb
"A pessimist, confronted with two bad
choices, chooses both." -- Jewish proverb
"A person who doesn't know but knows
that he doesn't know is a student; teach him. A person who knows
but who doesn't know what he knows is asleep; awaken him. But
a person who knows and knows that he knows is wise; follow him."
-- Old Asian proverb
"A promise is a debt." -- Irish
proverb
"A rich child often sits in a poor mother's
lap." -- Danish proverb
"A rich widow weeps with one eye and
signals with the other." -- Portuguese proverb
"A silent mouth is sweet to hear."
-- Irish proverb
"A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner."
-- English proverb
"A soft answer turneth away wrath."
-- Dutch proverb
"A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once
it flies out, you can't catch it." -- Russian proverb
"A stumble may prevent a fall."
-- English proverb
"A turkey never voted for an early Christmas."
-- Irish proverb
"A word out of season may mar a whole
lifetime." -- Greek proverb
"A young branch takes on all the bends
that one gives it." -- Chinese proverb
"A young doctor makes a humpy churchyard."
-- English proverb
"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens
it." -- English proverb
"Accident is the mother of invention."
-- American proverb
"Adversity is the stuff that shows whether
you are what you thought you were." -- American proverb
"Advice should be viewed from behind."
-- Swedish proverb
"After the game, the king and pawn go
into the same box." -- Italian proverb
"Age gives good advice when it is no
longer able to give bad example." -- American proverb
"Alcohol will preserve anything but
a secret." -- American proverb
"All dreams spin out from the same web."
-- Native American proverb
"All mankind is divided into three classes:
Those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that
move." -- Arabian proverb
"All things are difficult before they
are easy." -- Italian proverb
"All things change, and we change with
them." -- Latin proverb
"All things grow with time, except grief."
-- Yiddish proverb
"Always a valley before a hill."
-- American proverb
"Always speak well of the dead."
-- Latin proverb
"Ambition is putting a ladder against
the sky." -- American proverb
"An adult is only one who has ceased
to grow vertically and started to grow horizontally." --
American proverb
"Anger is a bad counselor." --
French proverb
"Anger is the only thing to put off
till tomorrow." -- Slovakian proverb
"Anger of the mind is poison to the
soul." -- Ecuadorian proverb
"Any plan is bad that cannot be changed."
-- Italian proverb
"Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown."
-- American proverb
"Art is the illusion of spontaneity."
-- Japanese proverb
"As he thinks in his heart, so he is."
-- Jewish proverb
"As thou valuest yourself, others will
esteem thee." -- Gaelic proverb
"As we live, so we learn." -- Yiddish
proverb
"As you do, so will be done to you."
-- Jewish proverb
"As you go the way of life you will
see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think."
-- Native American proverb
"As you slide down the banister of life,
may the splinters never point the wrong way." -- Irish proverb
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