Quotes by Proverb

"Live today for tomorrow it will all be history."

Proverb on life
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"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."

Proverb on life
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"He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly."

Proverb on anger   

"There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot."

Proverb on anger
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"No one is as angry as the person who is wrong."

Proverb on anger
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"The wrath of brothers is fierce and devilish."

Proverb on anger   

"The owl of ignorance lays the egg of pride."

Proverb on animals   

"An eagle does not catch flies."

Proverb on animals   

"All things are becoming to good people."

Proverb on appearance   

"The best mirror is an old friend."

Proverb on appearance
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"Wide will wear, but tight will tear."

Proverb on appearance   

"Soft words win hard hearts."

Proverb on argument   

"Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it."

Proverb on argument   

"Never tell your story to a deaf man."

Proverb on listening
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"A hungry stomach has no ears."

Proverb on listening   

"Love laughs at locksmiths."

Proverb on love
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"Love rules his kingdom without a sword."

Proverb on love   

"Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow."

Proverb on love
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"Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love."

Proverb on love
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"A jack of both sides, is before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties."

Proverb on loyalty
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"Birds of a feather flock together."

Proverb on loyalty   

"Luck is the idol of the idle."

Proverb on luck
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"Nothing is more noble than politeness, and nothing more ridiculous than ceremony."

Proverb on manners   

"Civility costs nothing."

Proverb on manners   

"Choose your wife as you wish your children to be."

Proverb on marriage
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"Those that marry for money sell their liberty."

Proverb on marriage   

"Three things drive a man outdoors; smoke, a leaking roof and a scolding wife."

Proverb on marriage   

"You'll repent if you marry, and repent if you don't."

Proverb on marriage   

"Marrying is easy, it's housework that's hard."

Proverb on marriage   

"The multitude is always wrong."

Proverb on masses   

"Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty."

Proverb on master   

"He who lives by medical prescriptions lives miserably."

Proverb on medicine   

"Quackery has no friend like gullibility."

Proverb on medicine   

"One lives in the world's memory only by what they have done in the world's behalf."

Proverb on memory   

"Silent men like still waters, are deep and dangerous."

Proverb on men
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"Offenders never pardon."

Proverb on mercy
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"Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear."

Proverb on merit   

"Money spent on the mind is never spent in vain."

Proverb on mind   

"There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune."

Proverb on misfortunes   

"Let not turn fun to mischief."

Proverb on moderation