Best 223 quotes in «proverb quotes» category

A fox with sharp teeth is more dangerous than a bear with blunt paws.

A hungry lion can never be your friend.

A good night's sleep counts healthy sheep.

A loan is the scissors of friendship. A man's own tongue may cut his throat. The cage has no value without the bird.

An unwise advisor cannot hope to advise wisely.

A maid’s yard, house, wardrobe, fridge, etc. sometimes also serve as her master’s dustbin or dumpsite.

A man's capacity is the same as his breadth of vision.

An old fool is worse than a young one: For the young may always grow wise. (Zohair)

A MAN ON A CANE STILL STANDS ON HIS OWN TWO FEET!

Apply yourself boldly to the path few dare to walk and your strength will only grow.

A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.

A proverb from the wise is better than a thesis from a fool.

A seemingly simple task like taking a bath or wearing a condom feels like multitasking to someone who suffers from hemiplegia or has only one hand.

As an unavoidable result of the inevitable loss of some physical and/or some mental abilities, many a man who has been alive for many years has become a boy again.

A solved problem is as useful to a man's mind as a broken sword on a battlefield.

A single strike parts a champion from a corpse.” – Praesi proverb

A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue.

As swords were designed to kill They did well to make them tongue-shaped. (Anwar-i-Suhaili)

As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human beings who have just reached the end of a war against a common enemy of theirs will sooner or later start or continue killing and/or fighting against each other.

A stolen kiss is not easily returned.

A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.

A tree is known by its fruit.

Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.

Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother. Proverb.

Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.

A yellow dog is brother to the jackal.

Be a tiger — if you are ready for a tiger's problems.

Because sugar is not arsenic, many graves are full.

Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead.

Better to quarrel with a friend than to support enemies.

Better an empty house than a bad tenant’ and ‘something is better than nothing’- these proverbs are contradictory! 1st one says, ‘it is better not to have something than having something’ but 2nd one says, ‘it is better to have something than not having something’! If the tenant is bad, then he is rejectable as per 1st proverb but acceptable as per 2nd one. The two proverbs are balanced if we say, ‘something good is better than nothing’!

Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused. -Proverb

Cry is a sound in woman’s ear; it is a volcano in man’s heart.

Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.

Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.

Disappointment cannot exist without expectation. “The expected apricot is never as sweet when it reaches the mouth.

Dance with your rhythm.

Demand one thing from the Lord wisdom or wealth do not demand both at the same time, because you will only get one.

Do a bit research before you plan.

Escape from goblins to be caught by wolves.

Do not drown yourself into fantasy, whatever you can do, do it now, do not wait for tomorrow to come.

Feed a squirrel and he'll leave you alone every day.

Famine sometimes increases the number of people who are overweight.

Ever so welcome, wait for a call" (West Indian proverb)

For it is not needful, to use a common proverb, that one should drink up the ocean who wishes to learn that its water is salt.

Folk who turn their backs on trouble only get their arses kicked.

For a sane person to sincerely be happy that someone has succeeded, they have to either be profiting or likely to profit from that person’s success, or be that person.

Furat chie benit dae su mare

For wisdom: read your Bible repeatedly and apply its truths often.

He discards a quilt for fear of bugs.