Proverbs and old sayings, page 386

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs and old sayings about hope, eyes, man, contentment

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house, woman

He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, home, house, heart

There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.

Proverbs and old sayings about rocks, sky, things, man

Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, life

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset..

Proverbs and old sayings about shadow, night, life

Love flies away and the pain remains.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about pain, love

May the sun set on where my love dwells.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about sun, love

A thrashing river is a fisherman's bounty.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian

Love and prudence are absolutely incompatible.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about prudence, love

Good comes from far away; evil is close at hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about good, good luck

Science makes men arrogant; wealth makes them fools.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about science, wealth, man

He who marries prudence is the brother-in-law of peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about prudence, peace, law

It is better to eat bread with love than fowl with grief.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about sadness, love

It's easier to know your enemies than to know your friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about enemies

If you marry wise judgment, peace will become your brother-in-law.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about judgment, peace, law, contentment

A quarrel is like buttermilk, the more you stir it, the more sour it grows.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about contentment

An altercation is like buttermilk -- the more you stir it, the sourer it gets.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about contentment

To 'get out of my house. ' or 'what do you want with my wife? ' there is no answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about wife, home, house, contentment

The beauty of the man is in his intelligence and the intelligence of the woman is in her beauty.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about intelligence, beauty, woman, man