Proverbs Quotes

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is underground

Patience is the key to paradise

If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart

The reputation of a man is like his shadow: it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul

Laughter is brightest, in the place here the food is.

If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.

Opportunity comes but does not linger.

One who doesn't know how to dance says the floor is crooked.

Looking for fire while carrying a lamp.

A civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they will never sit.

One kind word can warm three winter months.

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.

Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

He who lives without discipline dies without honour.
Icelandic Proverb

Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.

Laughter is brightest where food is best.







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