Proverb Quotes

Patience is a bitter plant but it has sweet fruit.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

God made the ocean but the Dutch made Holland.

When fire and water are at war it is the fire that loses.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.

Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.

Without perseverance talent is a barren bed.

When you have only two pennies left in the world buy a loaf of bread with one. and a lily with the other.

One man's meat is another's poison.

He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.

He that seeks trouble always finds it.

If a man plants melons he will reap melons if he sows beans he will reap beans.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

Bed is the poor man's opera.

The rich would have to eat money but luckily the poor provide food.

He who despises his own life is soon master of another's.

Praise the wise man behind his back but a woman to her face.

Pray to God but keep rowing to shore.

Call on God but row away from the rocks.

Trust in Allah but tie your camel first.

When the gods are angry with a man they give him what he asks for.

Prayer is the pillow of religion.

An antisemite is a person who hates Jews more than is absolutely necessary.

Pride is the mask of one's own faults.

Each man's character shapes his fortunes.

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

Nothing is so burdensome as a secret.

Spring is a virgin Summer a mother Autumn a widow and Winter a stepmother.

It is better to be safe than sorry.

Danger can never by overcome without taking risks.

You can't catch trout with dry breeches.

Unless you enter the tiger's den you cannot take the cubs.

Two wrongs can never make a right.

If Heaven made him earth can find some use for him.

Be not imitator freshly act thy part Through this world be thou an independent ranger Better is the faith that springeth from thy heart Than a better faith belonging to a stranger.

Vengeance is a dish that should be eaten cold.

The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.

If I die I forgive you: if I recover we shall see.

The sinning is the best part of repentance.

The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Vox populi vox dei.)

If the thunder is not loud the peasant forgets to cross himself.

Fortune is with you for an hour and against you for ten!

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling.

The net of the sleeper catches fish.

The blind man is laughing at the bald head.

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

To spur a willing horse.

Every path has its puddle.