Proverbs Quotes

When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
Albanian Proverb

If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.
Spanish Proverb

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.
Spanish Proverb

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom.

The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot.
Arabic Proverb

Charm is more than beauty.

Justifying a fault doubles it.

If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Ancient Proverb

Luck never gives; it only lends.

However long the night, the dawn will break.

A beautiful thing is never perfect.

Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

The excess of virtue is a vice.

He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.

Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.

Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers.







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