20 Quotes Tagged: proverb

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa — Who knows most, knows least.

If the young are not initiated into the tribe they will burn down the village just to feel its warmth.

Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.

"اما طولی نکشید که این ضرب المثل معروف فرانسوی را یاد گرفتم " اراده ی زن اراده ی خداست

Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.

Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.

When someone is counting out
gold for you, don't look at your hands,
or the gold. Look at the giver.