Proverbs Quotes

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.

The busy man is troubled with but one devil; the idle man by a thousand

A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.

Blood cannot be washed out with blood.

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

If you plan for a year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate your children.

Burgundy for kings, champagne for duchesses, claret for gentlemen.

If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes

To lengthen your life, shorten your meals.

The noblest vengeance is to forgive.
Proverbs

To lengthen your life, shorten your meals.

Let your head be more than a funnel to your stomach

Diet cures more than the lancet.

The best defense is a good offence

Do not look where you fell but where you slipped.

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight

He who prizes little things is worthy of great ones

A dog in desperation will leap over a wall

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Slovenian Proverb

Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people
Proverbs 11:3

Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be poor than dishonest.
Proverbs 19:22

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







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