Proverbs and old sayings, page 1061

43575 proverbs and old sayings

The hearts of fools are in their mouths but the mouths of the wise are in their hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings

When two friends part they have to lock up each other's secrets and throw away the key.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is better to talk to a woman and think of God, than talk to God and think of a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, god

Laziness likes to justify itself for not doing anything because it cannot do everything.

Proverbs and old sayings about laziness

A slave shows his true character, not while he is enslaved but when he becomes a master.

Proverbs and old sayings about character

When a divorced man marries a divorced woman, there are four people in that marital bed.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, woman, man

Immortality is surely a pleasant feeling, especially when the individual is still alive.

Proverbs and old sayings about immortality

Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him.

Proverbs and old sayings about poverty, things, man

Being hospitable is more important than attending synagogue service early in the morning.

Proverbs and old sayings about being

Equality of man is an empty phrase so long as it does not exist among the world's peoples.

Proverbs and old sayings about equality, world, man

Respect flies away for the one who pursues it and hunts the person who is fleeing from it.

Proverbs and old sayings about respect, people

The worst kind of person is one whose power of speech is greater than his power of thought.

Proverbs and old sayings about power, thinking, people

There are all kinds of people in the world: asses and mules, dogs and hogs, and also worms.

Proverbs and old sayings about world, people

Join the community: the wolf snatches only the stray sheep that wanders off from the flock.

Proverbs and old sayings

A person slow to anger has great understanding; one with a quick temper exalts foolishness.

Proverbs and old sayings about anger, people

The world rests on three things: the bible, religious worship, and deeds of loving kindness.

Proverbs and old sayings about deeds, world, things

A man's heart tells him of his opportunities better than seven watchmen on the lookout tower.

Proverbs and old sayings about chance, heart, man

Partnership is good only with your wife - and there are those who say this too is not certain.

Proverbs and old sayings about wife, good, good luck

Through faith man experiences the meaning of the world; through action he is to give it meaning.

Proverbs and old sayings about action, faith, world, man

Weep for the mourners, not for the dead; they have gone to their rest, and we are left to lament.

Proverbs and old sayings about rest