Proverbs and old sayings, page 1034

43575 proverbs and old sayings

The fox that waits until the chicken falls from the perch dies from hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about hunger

Sometimes you have to throw yourself into the fire to escape from the smoke.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about smoke, fire, fire brigade, contentment

We have two ears and one mouth that we may listen the more and talk the less.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

To love is nothing. To be loved is something. To love and be loved is everything.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about love, nothing

I send thee myrrh, not that thou mayest be by it perfumed, but it perfumed by thee.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about success, contentment

The fly sat upon the axle of the chariot-wheel and said What a lot of dust I raise!

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

He who plunders with a little boat is a pirate; he who plunders with a fleet is a conqueror.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, man, old, olderness

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, man, old, olderness

Birth, ancestry, and that which you yourself have not achieved can hardly be called your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about contentment

In business you need two Jews for one Greek, two Greeks for one Syrian and two Syrians for one Armenian.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about affair, need, contentment

If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, thieves, contentment

The house of envy lies in the lowest hollows, golden, sunless, breathed upon by no wind, grim and filled full of inert chill, and lacking warmth, is always roiled in fog.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about envy, home, house

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about value, hunger, rest, food, good, good luck

Everyone is the age of their heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about age, olderness, heart

A weapon is an enemy even to its owner.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about enemies

The deepest waters make the least noise.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Your true enemy lives in your own house.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about enemies, home, house

Don't despise someone for telling the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about truth