Proverbs and old sayings, page 351

43574 proverbs and old sayings

You cannot cook one half of the chicken and leave the other lay eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings about kitchen, contentment

They know not their own defects who search for the defects of others.

Proverbs and old sayings about defects

The beggar who asks for crumbs gets more than the one who asks for bread.

Proverbs and old sayings

IF you are buying a cow, make sure that the price of the tail is included.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The wise must be respected, even when the advice they give is not suitable.

Proverbs and old sayings about advice

Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one strong.

Proverbs and old sayings

As the spokes of a wheel are attached to the hub, so all things are attached to life.

Proverbs and old sayings about life, things

By slitting the ears and cutting the tail, a dog is still a dog, not a horse, not an ass.

Proverbs and old sayings

Take a close look at today, because yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is barely a vision.

Proverbs and old sayings about vision, dream

The gardner had not yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the alms-bowl in front of him.

Proverbs and old sayings about prison

You sometimes forget the harm that was done to you, but never the harm you have done to others.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The gardener had not yet dug out the radish, when the beggar held the alms-bowl in front of him.

Proverbs and old sayings about prison

To quarrel with a man of good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well.

Proverbs and old sayings about conversation, man, good, good luck

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.

Proverbs and old sayings about sex, intelligence, woman, man

There are three things that refresh the heart and reduce your grief water, flowers, and a beautiful woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, flowers, things, heart, woman, water

If you forsake a certainty and depend on an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

A good well-lived today makes every yesterday a dream of a good future, and every morning is a vision of hope.

Proverbs and old sayings about vision, dream, future, hope, good, good luck

A fool who knows he is a fool has a little intelligence, but a fool that thinks he is intelligent is really a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings about intelligence

If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

It is better to walk than to run; it is better to stand than to walk; it is better to sit than to stand; it is better to lie than to sit.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie