All Quotes By Tag: Proverb
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
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“Show me a ten-foot wall and I’ll show you an eleven-foot ladder”
“Put your dough into the oven when it is hot:After making sure that it is in fact dough.”
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“Apply yourself boldly to the path few dare to walk and your strength will only grow.”
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“No problem is too difficult to be solved by a theoretician.”
“Praise the God of all, drink the wine, and let the world be the world.”
“An unwise advisor cannot hope to advise wisely.”
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“Haste is from the Devil.”
“If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.”
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“Most sane human beings’ chances of being alive in a thousand years’ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.”
“In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.”
“Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.”
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“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
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“There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.”
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