Proverbs and old sayings Greek, page 12

242 proverbs and old sayings greek

Take a young woman for the pleasure of possessing her until she is old.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about pleasure, woman, old, olderness

Whoever feeds the wolf in the winter will be eaten by him in the spring.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about spring

Listen to valuable statements even if they come from your enemy's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about enemies

It is not what they profess but what they practice that makes them good.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about good, good luck

If all the bees made honey, there would be enough for even gypsies to eat.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about gypsies

When you go to bed with a clear head, you will not get up with a headache.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about heads

Listen to that which is well said even if it is from the mouth of an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about enemies

The fox that waits until the chicken falls from the perch dies from hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about hunger

Sometimes you have to throw yourself into the fire to escape from the smoke.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about smoke, fire, fire brigade

We have two ears and one mouth that we may listen the more and talk the less.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

To love is nothing. To be loved is something. To love and be loved is everything.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about love, nothing

I send thee myrrh, not that thou mayest be by it perfumed, but it perfumed by thee.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

The fly sat upon the axle of the chariot-wheel and said What a lot of dust I raise!

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

He who plunders with a little boat is a pirate; he who plunders with a fleet is a conqueror.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, man, old, olderness

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, man, old, olderness

Birth, ancestry, and that which you yourself have not achieved can hardly be called your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

In business you need two Jews for one Greek, two Greeks for one Syrian and two Syrians for one Armenian.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about affair, need

If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, thieves