Proverbs Quotes

Idleness is the beginning of all vices.

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.

He who knows nothing neither doubts nor fears anything.
Mexican Proverb

People who have little to do are excessive talkers.

One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes.

Gold is tested by fire, man by gold

A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience

The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.

A horse is worth more than riches.

In buying a horse or taking a wife, shut your eyes tight and commend yourself to God.
Tuscan Proverb

Bygone troubles are good to tell

Trouble is to man what rust is to iron

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease

No one becomes a good doctor before he fills a churchyard

If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; but if he kills, the earth hides it

The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness;

He who lives by medical prescriptions lives miserably.

There is no medicine to cure hatred

Expensive medicines are always good: if not for the patient, at least for the druggist

Medicine cures the man who is fated not to die.

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.







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