Proverb Quotes

Fools build houses and wise men buy them.

He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones.

The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.

He that jokes confesses.

A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind.

The teeth are smiling but is the heart?

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox.

Hypocrite - mouth one way belly 'nother way.

When the fox preaches look to your geese.

The hardest work is to go idle.

With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris into a bottle.

How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterward.

The work will teach you how to do it.

Those who lose dreaming are lost.

It is good to know the truth but it is better to speak of palm trees.

The crow that mimics a cormorant gets drowned.

You can't get blood out of a turnip.

Good is when I steal other people's wives and cattle bad is when they steal mine.

Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses.

When a man begins to reason he ceases to feel.

To the good listener half a word is enough.

A heart that loves is always young.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Laws like the spider's web catch the fly and let the hawk go free.

A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the year.

He who would rule must hear and be deaf see and be blind.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which they dare not dismount.

Where there are no tigers a wildcat is very self-important.

An army of stags led by a lion would be better than an army of lions led by a stag.

If you lend you either lose the money or gain an enemy.

Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.

Truth is the safest lie.

A half-truth is a whole lie.

The best way to get praise is to die.

After the game the king and pawn go into the same box.

People in the West are always getting ready to live.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Like mother like daughter.

One crow will not pick out another crow's eyes.

Like father like son.

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking repentance.

Love is a kind of military service.

Love rules without rules. (Amore regge senza legge.)

Where there is love there is pain.

The greater love is a mother's then comes a dog's then a sweetheart's.

There is one who kisses and the other who offers a cheek.

Blue eyes say "Love me or I die" black eyes say "Love me or I kill thee."

Go and wake up your luck.

Throw a lucky man into the sea and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.