Proverbs and old sayings, page 1063

43575 proverbs and old sayings

If a man and his wife are deserving, god's presence is with them; if they are not deserving, fire consumes them.

Proverbs and old sayings about wife, fire, fire brigade, god, man

There are three people whose lives are unworthy - the overly compassionate, the hot-tempered, and the hypercritical.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

There are three things that attract: a house for its inhabitants, a woman for her spouse, and a bargain for a customer.

Proverbs and old sayings about customers, things, home, house, woman

When swindlers meet a genuinely honest man, they're so astonished they regard him as a greater swindler than themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings about criminals, man

There is no vice that does not occasionally have some benefit, and no virtue that at times is not hurtful to some people.

Proverbs and old sayings about vice, virtue, people

Humor is an important asset: it means understanding and self-criticism. where humor is absent, you'll find small-mindedness.

Proverbs and old sayings about humor, criticism, absent, self-control, contentment

If you do a person a favor, you'll be his superior; if he does one for you, his inferior; and if neither, you'll be his friend.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment, people

In my life of vanity i saw everything: a righteous man dying in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long after his evil deeds.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness, proudness, vanity, deeds, life, man

Happy the generation where the great listen to the small, for it follows that in such a generation the small will listen to the great.

Proverbs and old sayings about happiness

Two farmers each claimed to own a certain cow. While one pulled on its head and the other pulled on its tail, the cow was milked by the lawyer.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads

Till age six, your son is your master; until ten he's your servant; until sixteen, a wonderful adviser; from then on, he's either your friend or your enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings about age, olderness, enemies

God did not create woman from man's head, that he should command her, nor from his feet, that she should be his slave, but rather from his side, that she should be near his heart.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads, heart, woman, god, man

A bitter heart devours its owner.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, heart

A weak person goes where he is smiled at.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

You do not run into mountains, but people yes.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, contentment

When the explorer is ready, the guide will appear.

Proverbs and old sayings

To lose is to learn.

Proverbs and old sayings

Man is his own devil.

Proverbs and old sayings about devil, man

God takes care of a blind cow.

Proverbs and old sayings about blind, god

When anger comes, wisdom goes.

Proverbs and old sayings about anger, wisdom