Proverbs Quotes

He who wants Lent to seem short should contract a debt to be repaid at Easter.

A late Easter, a long cold spring.

Green Christmas, white Easter

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me.

It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise.

Worthless people blame their karma
Burmese Proverb

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself

Spring has come when you can put your foot on three daisies

Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men.

He who fears something gives it power over him.
Moorish Proverb

The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment

Wealth is both an enemy and a friend.
Nepali Proverbs

The monkey's thigh is the shaman's meat.

Never write a letter while you are angry.

If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot.
Korean Proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy

In wealth, many friends; in poverty, not even relatives.

A good beginning makes a good end.

The beginning is the half of every action.

Making the beginning is one third of the work.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.







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