Proverb Quotes

The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.

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

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Who lies for you will lie against you.

There is no death, only a change of worlds.

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.

A joy that's shared is a joy made double.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

The shortest answer is doing.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Two heads are better than one.

Charity begins at home.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Many things are lost for want of asking.

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

Never give advice in a crowd.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

He laughs best who laughs last.

The work praises the man.

Between two stools one sits on the ground.

He is lifeless that is faultless.

Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Misery loves company.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.

He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

The woman cries before the wedding the man afterward.

We all envy other people's luck.

If Fortune calls offer him a seat.

A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.

All sins cast long shadows.

Woe to the house where the hen crows and the rooster keeps still.

Misfortunes always come in by a door that has been left open for them.

Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.

It is better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.

To marry once is a duty twice a folly thrice is madness.

Weeping bride laughing wife laughing bride weeping wife.

True happiness consists in making others happy.

After dinner rest a while after supper walk a mile.

Man's heart is never satisfied the snake would swallow the elephant.

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