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Proverb
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue. (courtesy)
The end justifies the means. (expediency)
Attack is the best form of defense. (defense)
He who does not have common sense at age thirty will never have it. (common sense)
All criminals turn preachers under the gallows. (crime and criminals)
Great thieves punish little ones. (crime and criminals)
In times of trouble leniency becomes crime. (crime and criminals)
How to dress? When the money is going from you wear anything you like. When the money is coming to you, dress your best. (dress)
From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance. (communication)
Better a living dog than a dead lion. (discretion)
You cannot be lost on a road that is straight. (direction)
Step by step one goes very far. (direction)
It is better to run back than run the wrong way. (direction)
People lend only to the rich. (borrowing)
First deserve then desire. (desire)
Measure three times before you cut once. (detail)
The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window. (charity)
Speak the truth and shame the devil. (devil)
Who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing. (borrowing)
Quick to borrow is always slow to pay. (borrowing)
Confess you were wrong yesterday; it will show you are wise today. (confession)
The hardest work of all is to do nothing. (idleness)
He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers. (idleness)
Custom is a tyrant. (custom)
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. (death and dying)
We come and cry and that is life, we cry and go and that is death. (death and dying)
Unbridled gratification produces unbridled desire. (desire)
Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing. (enemies)
Better to go to bed hungry than to wake up in debt. (debt)
Curses are like chickens, they always come home. (curses)
Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm. (correction)
Every cloud has a silver lining. (deception)
Out of debt, out of danger. (debt)
Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments. (correction)
Caution is the parent of safety. (caution)
When two friends have a common bank account, one sings and the other weeps. (business)
Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar. (correction)
There is nothing certain, but the uncertain. (certainty)
A wicked book cannot repent. (books - reading)
Private reproof is the best grave for private faults. (correction)
When difficulties are overcome they begin blessing. (difficulties)
Who ever does not respect confidence will never find happiness in their path. (confidence)
The first step toward greatness is to be honest. (greatness)
We all end up in a single bed sooner or later. (cooperation)
When a fox preaches, take care of your geese. (caution)
A fool and his money are soon parted. (fools and foolishnes)
The heart that truly loves never forgets. (heart)
The most dangerous food to eat is a wedding cake. (food and eating)
The face is the index of the mind. (faces)
No sheath shall hold what finds its home in flesh. (heart)
Where one is wise two are happy. (happiness)
Much meat, much disease. (food and eating)
Hunger is a good cook. (food and eating)
Gluttony kills more than the sword. (food and eating)
They say is often a great liar. (lies and lying)
Many lick before they bite. (flattery)
That which is escaped now is pain to come. (pain)
The fool is always beginning to live. (fools and foolishnes)
Think of many things, do only one. (focus)
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. (fear)
That fear may reach all, punish but few. (fear)
Acts of kindness may soon be forgotten, but the memory of an offense remains. (fights and fighting)
Fire is never a gentle master (fire)
If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us. (flattery)
A scalded cat dreads cold water. (fear)
Gifts dissolve rocks. (gifts)
The time to make friends is before you need them. (friends and friendsh)
Force without forecast is to little avail. (force)
Good habits result from resisting temptation. (habit)
Grief is light that is capable of counsel. (grief)
Tomorrow never comes. (future)
Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with. (gambling)
Precept guides, but example draws. (example)
Short judgments make long friends. (friends and friendsh)
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching. (example)
Weave in faith and God will find the thread. (faith)
Gifts make their way through stone walls. (gifts)
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses. (giving)
Gossiping and lying go hand in hand. (gossip)
Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. (fortune)
It is better to finish something than begin. (goals)
Man does what he can, God does what he will. (god)
Practice what you preach. (example)
Many can bear adversity, but few contempt. (hatred)
Forgive and forget. (forgiveness)
Never repeat old grievances. (forgiveness)
The eye is the mirror of the soul. (eyes)
It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them. (friends and friendsh)
Six feet of earth make all men equal. (equality)
A reconciled friend is a double enemy. (forgiveness)
What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire. (eyes)
Those that do you a very ill deed will never forgive you. (forgiveness)
Some evils are cured by contempt. (hatred)
When someone is going downhill everyone likes to give them a kick. (failure)
Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him. (friends and friendsh)
Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound. (friends and friendsh)
Love laughs at locksmiths. (love)
Love rules his kingdom without a sword. (love)
The law helps those who watch, not those who sleep. (law and lawyers)
People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised. (praise)
The more laws the less justice. (law and lawyers)
Even rabbits insult an dead lion. (insults)
He who begins and does not finish loves their pains. (procrastination)
Among the blind the one eyed is king. (leaders and leadersh)
A jack of both sides, is before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties. (loyalty)
Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised. (insults)
Where the law is uncertain there is no law. (law and lawyers)
Luck is the idol of the idle. (luck)
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. (love)
Quit not certainty for hope. (hope)
Kings have many ears and eyes. (kings)
Who knows most believes least. (knowledge)
Choose your wife as you wish your children to be. (marriage)
Never tell your story to a deaf man. (listening)
Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. (love)
He has hard work who has nothing to do. (leisure)
Those that marry for money sell their liberty. (marriage)
Nature surpasses nurture. (nature)
Three things drive a man outdoors; smoke, a leaking roof and a scolding wife. (marriage)
God helps them that help themselves. (self-reliance)
Better to be known as a sinner than a hypocrite. (hypocrisy)
Lawyers and woodpeckers have long bills. (law and lawyers)
A light heart lives long. (life and living)
Live today for tomorrow it will all be history. (life and living)
Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do. (life and living)
Nothing is more noble than politeness, and nothing more ridiculous than ceremony. (manners)
Civility costs nothing. (manners)
Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty. (mastery)
The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains. (letters)
The multitude is always wrong. (masses)
Praise makes good people better and bad people worse. (praise)
By doing nothing we learn to do ill. (laziness)
Sloth is the key to poverty. (laziness)
We learn by teaching. (learning)
A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day. (hope)
Whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad. (insanity)
He who lives by medical prescriptions lives miserably. (medicine)
Quackery has no friend like gullibility. (medicine)
Kind words are worth much and they cost little. (kindness)
A hungry stomach has no ears. (listening)
Ease and honor are seldom bedfellows. (honor)
Better to ask a question than to remain ignorant. (ignorance)
Fools and obstinate men make lawyers rich. (law and lawyers)
An army of deer would be more formidable commanded by a lion, than a an army of lions commanded by a stag. (leaders and leadersh)
Possession is nine tenths of the law. (law and lawyers)
Birds of a feather flock together. (loyalty)
Let not turn fun to mischief. (moderation)
Time tries truth. (truth)
Tell the truth and then run. (truth)
When money is taken freedom is forsaken. (money)
Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear. (merit)
One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer. (prayer)
Money spent on the mind is never spent in vain. (mind)
Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools. (philosophers and phi)
If you wish for peace be ready for war. (peace)
When poverty comes in the door love flies out the window. (poverty and the poor)
Truth is the daughter of time. (truth)
There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune. (misfortunes)
Poverty has no greater foe than bashfulness. (poverty and the poor)
Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it. (progress)
We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise. (procrastination)
One of these days, is none of these days. (procrastination)
He loses his thanks who promises and delays. (promises)
There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give. (promises)
Opportunities neglected can never be recovered. (opportunity)
Rome was not built in a day. (patience)
No one can pray well, but those who live well. (prayer)
Truth fears nothing but concealment. (truth)
Persuasion is better than force. (persuasion)
That which proves too much, proves nothing! (persuasion)
No price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull. (price)
When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth. (persuasion)
The back of one door is the face of another. (opportunity)
Silent men like still waters, are deep and dangerous. (men)
Short prayers reach heaven. (prayer)
Ownership is to fear. (ownership)
Offenders never pardon. (mercy)
Patience, money and time bring all things to past. (patience)
Hedges between keep friendships green. (neighbors)
The one who pleased everybody died before they were born. (popularity)
Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great. (power)
Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain. (pleasure)
He who pays the piper calls the tune. (power)
Patience when teased is often transformed into rage. (patience)
The darkest hour is just before the dawn. (perseverance)
Never say die. (perseverance)
The longest day soon comes to an end. (time and time manage)
Soon enough is well enough. (time and time manage)
Now is the watchword of the wise. (time and time manage)
Lost time is never found again. (time and time manage)
To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under. (teachers and teachin)
Never offer to teach a fish to swim. (teachers and teachin)
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. (spirit and spiritual)
In teaching others we teach ourselves. (teachers and teachin)
What is a big shot except a little shot that kept on shooting. (success)
A soft answer turneth away wrath. (tenderness)
He who does not research has nothing to teach. (teachers and teachin)
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least. (teachers and teachin)
Riches have wings. (riches)
Speak when you are spoken to. (speakers and speakin)
Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim. (speakers and speakin)
The less people think the more they talk. (speakers and speakin)
Quicker by taking more time. (quality)
Pay beforehand if you would have your work poorly done. (quality)
The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves. (soul)
Simplicity is the seal of truth. (simplicity)
Speak little and to the purpose. (speakers and speakin)
Could everything be done twice it would be done better. (quality)
The silent dog is the first to bite. (silence)
Silence implies consent. (silence)
The burden one likes is cheerfully carried. (responsibility)
Speak and the man shall be shown. (speakers and speakin)
Visits always give pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure. (travel and tourism)
A little body often harbors a great soul. (soul)
Respect starts with yourself. (respectability)
How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward. (rest)
Danger past, God forgotten. (danger)
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. (anger)
A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea. (danger)
Never find fault with the absent. (absence)
There is not so much comfort in having children as there is sorrow in parting with them. (children)
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. (anger)
No one is as angry as the person who is wrong. (anger)
The gods sell all things at a fair price. (cost)
A colt is worth little if it does not break its halter. (discipline)
Children and drunks always speak the truth. (children)
A rich child often sits in a poor mothers lap. (children)
Neither blame or praise yourself. (blame)
The first mistake are theirs who commit them, the second are theirs that permit them. (blame)
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. (airplane and aviatio)
Slow help is no help. (aid and assistance)
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down. (action)
Try and trust will move mountains. (action)
The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish. (anger)
Good advice is beyond all price. (advice)
The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition. (behavior)
People who have little to do are excessive talkers. (behavior)
Contraries are cured by contraries. (behavior)
No one is worse, for knowing the worst of themselves. (faults)
If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse. (character)
Soft words win hard hearts. (argument)
Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it. (argument)
One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them. (character)
Some people are born hammers, others anvils. (character)
Give neither counsel or salt till you are asked for it. (counsel)
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. (advice)
Old age though despised, is coveted by all. (age and aging)
All things are becoming to good people. (appearance)
The owl of ignorance lays the egg of pride. (animals)
Absence and a friendly neighbor washes away love. (absence)
The counsel you would have another keep, first keep yourself. (counsel)
The best counselors are the dead. (counsel)
We pay when old for the excesses of youth. (age and aging)
An eagle does not catch flies. (animals)
The best mirror is an old friend. (appearance)
Better a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit. (agreement)
From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor. (ancestry)
By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be avoided is overcome (evil)
Wide will wear, but tight will tear. (appearance)
A Sunday well-spent brings a week of content. (contentment)
A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other. (wealth)
Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed. (victory)
A good wife and health is a mans best wealth. (wives)
Too much zeal spoils everything. (zeal)
As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich. (wealth)
A dog that barks much is never a good hunter. (work)
No bees, no honey; no work, no money. (work)
Plaster thick, some will stick. (work)
The noblest vengeance is to forgive. (vengeance)
Zeal is like fire: it needs both feeding and watching. (zeal)
When the will is ready the feet are light. (will and will power)
By others faults the wise correct their own. (wisdom)
Who wills the end, wills the means. (will and will power)
Want is the mother of industry. (work)
The one who wills is the one who can. (will and will power)
No wonder lasts over three days. (wonder)
Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting. (wish and wishing)
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