"Take a second look. It costs you nothing."
-- Chinese proverb
"Take only what you need and leave the
land as you found it." -- Native American proverb
"Talking about bulls is not the same
as facing them in the ring." -- Mexican proverb
"Talking is not like doing." --
Lebanese proverb
"Teachers open the door, but you must
enter by yourself." -- Chinese proverb
"Tell me whom you love, and I'll tell
you who you are." -- Creole proverb
"Tell me with whom you go and I'll tell
you what you are." -- Italian proverb
"Tell me with whom you travel, and I'll
tell you who you are." -- German proverb
"Tell the truth and run." -- Yugoslavian
proverb
"Ten enemies cannot do a man the harm
that he does to himself." -- Yiddish proverb
"The ardor of parental affection consumes
the heart with its fire." -- American proverb
"The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving."
-- French proverb
"The beginning of sin is sweet; its
end is bitter." -- Japanese proverb
"The best gifts are those which expect
no return." -- Norwegian proverb
"The best mirror is a friend's eye."
-- Gaelic proverb
"The best thing about a man is his dog."
-- French proverb
"The best way to get praise is to die."
-- Italian proverb
"The butterfly often forgets it was
a caterpillar." -- Swedish proverb
"The buyer has need of a hundred eyes,
the seller of but one." -- Italian proverb
"The child that is left to himself will
put his mother to shame." -- Gaelic proverb
"The clothes hide the blemish."
-- Yiddish proverb
"The deepest waters make the least noise."
-- Guatemalan proverb
"The difference between adults and children
is that adults don't ask questions." -- American proverb
"The earth is a beehive, we all enter
by the same door." -- African proverb
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
-- Arabic proverb
"The excess of a virtue is a vice."
-- Greek proverb
"The eyes are the mirror of the soul."
-- Yiddish proverb
"The fireside is the tulip bed of a
winter day." -- Persian proverb
"The fish does not go after the hook,
but after the bait." -- Czech proverb
"The frog does not drink up the pond
in which he lives." -- Native American proverb
"The great question is not whether you
have failed, but whether you are content with failure."
-- Chinese proverb
"The hammer shatters glass but forges
steel." -- Russian proverb
"The heart that loves is always young."
-- Greek proverb
"The Irish forgive their great men when
they are safely buried." -- Irish proverb
"The land is never devoid of counselors."
-- African proverb
"The laughter of a child is the light
of a house." -- African proverb
"The Lord will drench you with His showers,
but he will dry you with His sun." -- Czech proverb
"The luck of an ignoramus is this: He
doesn't know that he doesn't know." -- Yiddish proverb
"The man who can not dance thinks the
band is no good." -- Polish proverb
"The man who removes a mountain begins
by carrying away small stones." -- Chinese proverb
"The man who strikes first admits that
his ideas have given out." -- Chinese proverb
"The mouth is the cause of calamity."
-- Japanese proverb
"The net of Heaven is large and wide,
but it lets nothing through." -- Chinese proverb
"The oldest trees often bear the sweetest
fruit." -- German proverb
"The one who sits on the ground need
not fear a fall." -- Czech proverb
"The past remembered is a good guide
for the future." -- Chinese proverb
"The person who pursues revenge should
dig two graves." -- English proverb
"The person who says it cannot be done
should not interrupt the person doing it." -- Chinese proverb
"The pillar of the world is hope."
-- Nigerian proverb
"The poor fool is a man who falls on
his back and breaks his nose." -- Jewish proverb
"The reputation of a thousand years
may be determined by the conduct of one hour." -- Japanese
proverb
"The richest man, whatever his lot,
is he who is content with what he has got." -- Dutch proverb
"The righteous say little and do much."
-- Jewish proverb
"The road to the head lies through the
heart." -- American proverb
"The same hammer that breaks the glass
forges the steel." -- Russian proverb
"The soldiers fight, and the kings are
heroes." -- Yiddish proverb
"The soul would have no rainbow if the
eyes had no tears." -- Native American proverb
"The stars make no noise." -- Irish
proverb
"The teeth are smiling, but is the heart?"
-- Congo proverb
"The very thing one likes, one does
well." -- Japanese proverb
"The weaker the argument, the stronger
the words." -- American proverb
"The whole world is a dream, and death
the interpreter." -- Yiddish proverb
"The winter does not go without looking
backward." -- Finnish proverb
"The words of God are not like the oak
leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree
which stays green forever." -- Native American proverb
"The work praises the man." --
Irish proverb
"The work will teach you how to do it."
-- Estonian proverb
"The world is a rose; smell it and pass
it to your friends." -- Persian proverb
"The worst is not always certain but
it's very likely." -- French proverb
"There are forty kinds of lunacy, but
only one kind of common sense." -- African proverb
"There are two perfect men; one dead,
and the other unborn." -- Chinese proverb
"There is no bad patience." --
Swahili proverb
"There is no death, only a change of
worlds." -- Native American proverb
"There is no medicine against old age."
-- Ghana proverb
"There is no pillow so soft as a clear
conscience." -- French proverb
"There is no thief like a bad book."
-- Italian proverb
"There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnake's
tail." -- Navajo proverb
"There is only one pretty child in the
world and every mother has it." -- Chinese proverb
"There's many a good tune played on
an old fiddle." -- English proverb
"They are not dead who live in the hearts
they leave behind." -- Native American proverb
"Those who bully the weak are cowards
before the strong." -- Chinese proverb
"Those who do not read are no better
off than those who can not." -- Chinese proverb
"Those who have one foot in the canoe,
and one foot in the boat are going to fall into the river."
-- Native American proverb
"Those who love in the Lord never see
each other for the last time." -- German proverb
"Those who wish to shine always find
a song." -- Swedish proverb
"Those who wish to sing always find
a song." -- Swedish proverb
"Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he
will come up with a fish in his mouth." -- Arab proverb
"Time is like a river - it flows by
and doesn't return." -- Chinese proverb
"Time spent laughing is time spent with
the gods." -- Japanese proverb
"To attract good fortune, spend a new
penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend
and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on
the wings of a dragon." -- Chinese proverb
"To endure what is unendurable is true
endurance." -- Japanese proverb
"To talk goodness is not good... only
to do it is." -- Chinese proverb
"To work is to pray." -- Latin
proverb
"Tomorrow is often the busiest day of
the week." -- Spanish proverb
"Too clever is dumb." -- German
proverb
"Treat the world well. It was not given
to you by your parents. It was willed to you by your children."
-- Kenyan proverb
"True friendship is one soul shared
by two bodies." -- Mexican proverb
"Truth is the safest lie." -- Jewish
proverb
"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows
fall behind you." -- Maori proverb
"Two great talkers will not travel far
together." -- Spanish proverb
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