Showing posts with label proverbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label proverbs. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Italian proverb

Think much, speak little, and write less.
- Italian Proverb

Friday, October 18, 2013

Proverbs-Fruit

Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage.
- Finnish Proverb

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Torah

That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.
That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation.
- Talmud (Jewish Wisdom)

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Proverbs-Small jumps

You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Proverbs-Least deserve it

Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Proverbs-Soft words

Use soft words and hard arguments.
- English Proverb

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Proverbs-Dig a hole

If you dig a hole for someone else, you'll fall into it.
Hungarian proverb

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Proverbs-Wish

If things are not as you wish, wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb

Monday, October 15, 2012

Proverbs-Moment of anger

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

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Proverbs-Like me

If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Proverbs-Confidence

Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Proverbs-Kindness

Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Philosophical quotes-Just as they are

If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Proverbs-Hurrying

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Proverbs-Too busy

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

Monday, July 2, 2012

Proverbs-Not Economical

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.
- Chinese Proverb

Friday, June 29, 2012

Proverbs-Truly rich

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb

Monday, June 18, 2012

Irish proverb-Son in law

Never praise your son in law until the year is out.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Proverbs-Anger

Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb

Monday, June 4, 2012

Proverbs-Guarded

There is a crock of gold in the tomb of every chieftain, but they are all guarded by cats and fairies.
-Irish proverb