The world goes as men make it go; and men are free to make it go otherwise, if they have the courage.Proverbs and old sayings about courage, man, world
Who picks a tool unsuited to a task should not complain if it does no more than cut the hand that holds it.Proverbs and old sayings about tools
The dead in heaven is too happy to grieve for indignities to his corpse; the dead in hell has too much else to grieve for.Proverbs and old sayings about hell, happiness
If Candlemas day be sunny and bright, winter will have another flight; if Candlemas day be cloudy with rain, winter is gone and won't come again.Proverbs and old sayings about flight, rain, day
Where the heart is willing it will find a thousand ways, but where it is unwilling it will find a thousand excuses.Proverbs and old sayings about heart
The rain that is going to fall doesn't wet you.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about rain, fall, contentment
Until the nail is hit, it doesn't believe in the hammer.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about faith
Nicknames are used in case the Devil comes asking for you.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about devil, contentment
Life has always been a mixture of joy and pain, wealth and poverty.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about pain, joy, wealth, poverty, life
Appearance can be deceiving. A wolf can disguise himself as a sheep.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican
Don't be like the shadow: a constant companion, yet not a comrade.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about shadow
It is a fine thing to command, though it be only a herd of cattle.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about things
A good surgeon must have a hawk's eye, a lion's heart and a woman's hand.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about heart, woman, good, good luck
The way of this world is to praise dead saints and persecute living ones.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about saints, praise, world
The devil always paints himself black, but we always see him rose-colored.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about magic, devil
Absence is the enemy of love; as the distance is from the eyes, so it is from the heart.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about enemies, eyes, heart, love
If fate throws a knife at you, there are two ways of catching it: by the blade or by the handle.Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about destiny, contentment