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FUNNY STUFF
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Funny/Thoughtful
sayings
Never forget a friend, especially those that owe you--Chinese
Proverb
In Order to get
the handsome prince, you have to kiss a lot of toads.
If a man is
standing in the middle of the forest speaking, and there is no
woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
Better to
understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
Everyone is gifted.
Some open the package sooner.
Suburbs are areas
where they cut down trees and then name the streets after them.
The 50-50-90 rule:
Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right,
there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
You can't have
everything, where would you put it?
I'd like to help
you out. Which way did you come in?
It may be your
sole purpose in life to serve as a warning to others.
Strangers have the
best candy.
Humpty-Dumpty was
pushed!
Before you
criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll
be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes. -Jack Handy
There are 3 kinds
of people: those who can count & those who can't.
My husband and I
divorced over religious reasons. He thought he was G-d and I
didn't!
Earth is the
insane Asylum for the universe.
Out of my mind.
Back in five minutes.
A clear conscience
is usually the sign of a bad memory.
I almost had a
psychic boyfriend, but he left me before we met!
Borrow money from
pessimists-they don't expect it back!
If at first you DO
succeed, try not to look astonished!
If I want your
opinion, I'll ask you to fill out the necessary forms.
I can only please
one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look
too good either.
When the blind
leadeth the blind, get out of the way.
Keep smiling - it
makes everyone wonder what you're up to.
Never drink water
- if it can rust iron, imagine what it can do to your stomach.
There's always a
light at the end of the tunnel...just hope it's NOT a train!
I'm not littering...
I'm donating to the earth.
If it doesn't fit,
force it; if it breaks, it needed replacement anyway.
If you dont like
the way I drive, get off the sidewalk!
Chaos, panic,
pandemonium - my work here is done.
DEAR IRS, Please
cancel my subscription.
Lord, grant me the
serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to
change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of
the people I had to kill because they annoyed me
Proofread
carefully to see if you any words out.
A tree never hits
an automobile except in self-defence.
Buy one for the
price of two and get the second one free!
Did you know that
dolphins are so intelligent that within only a few weeks of
captivity, they can train Americans to stand at the very edge of
the pool and throw them fish.
How long a minute
is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.
If the left side
of your brain controls the right side of your body, then only
left handed people are in their right mind.
If two wrongs
don't make a right, try three.
If you blow in a
dog's face-he'll get mad at you, but take him for a ride in the
car - the first thing he does is stick his head out of the
window!
Man is a peculiar
creature. He spends a fortune making his home insect-proof and
air-conditioned, and then eats in the yard.
Only in America do
we have drive up ATM's with braile on them.
The only 15 letter
word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is 'uncopyrightable'!
The only ones who
aren't grateful on Thanksgiving are turkeys.
Whoever said
nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
Education is what
you get from reading the small print. Experience is what you get
from not reading it.
It doesn't matter
what temperature the room is. It's always room-temperature.
money may not buy
happiness, but it sure makes misery much easier to live with.
Anyone who says
'Easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried it.
ALWAYS LATE but
worth the wait
I'd have a
photographic memory but it was never developed
I'm actually quite
pleasant until I'm awake
If you're too
open-minded your brains will fall out.
Ever stop to think,
and forget to start again?
If con is the
opposite of pro, what's the opposite of progress?
The difference
between ignorance and apathy? I don't know, and I couldn't care
less.
He's not dead...
he's electroencephalographically challenged.
I think animal
testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the
wrong answers
--Joseph Blosephina*
I never made a
mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn´t explain
away afterwards.*
It´s funny- the
ppl. who want quiet are always the loudest getting everyone else
to shut up.*
Imagine how much
deeper the ocean would be without sponges.*
Whoever said money
can´t buy happiness doesn´t know where to shop.*
Sayings and Stuff
- Abundance, like want,
ruins many.
Romanian Proverb
- Adversity makes a man
wise, not rich.
Romanian Proverb
- Advice is least
heeded when most needed.
English Proverb
- After dark all cats
are leopards.
Native American Proverb (Zuni)
- After lunch; rest;
after dinner walk a mile.
Arab Proverb
- After the game, the
king and the pawn go into the same box.
Italian Proverb
- The afternoon knows
what the morning never suspected.
Swedish Proverb
- After three days
without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
Chinese proverb
- After victory,
tighten your helmet chord.
Japanese Proverb
- All roads lead to
Rome.
Roman Proverb
- All roads do not lead
to Rome.
Slovenian Proverb
- All sins cast long
shadows.
Irish Proverb
- All things good to
know are difficult to learn.
Greek Proverb
- All sunshine makes
the desert.
Arab Proverb
- An army of sheep led
by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
Arab Proverb
- An ass is but an ass,
though laden with gold.
Romanian Proverb
- An iron rod bends
while it is hot.
Greek Proverb
- The anvil fears no
blows.
Romanian Proverb
- Ask a lot, but take
what is offered.
Russian Proverb
- Ask about your
neighbors, then buy the house.
Jewish Proverb
- Ask the experienced
rather than the learned.
Arabic proverb
- Avoid the evil, and
it will avoid thee.
Gaelic Proverb
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- Bad is never good
until worse happens.
Danish Proverb
- Bed is the poor man's
opera.
Italain Proverb
- The beginning is the
half of every action.
Greek Proverb
- Be happy while you're
living, For you're a long time dead.
Scottish Proverb
- Behind an able man
there are always other able men.
Chinese Proverb
- Below the navel there
is neither religion nor truth.
Italian Proverb
- Be not afraid of
growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese Proverb
- Be on your guard
against a silent dog and still water.
Latin Proverb
- Be Prepared
Boy Scout Motto
- Be slow in choosing a
friend, but slower in changing him.
Scottish Proverb
- The best armor is to
keep out of range.
Italian Proverb
- Be thine enemy an ant,
see in him an elephant..
Turkish Proverb
- Better a mouse in the
pot than no meat at all.
Romanian Proverb
- Better be ill spoken
of by one before all than by all before one.
Scottish Proverb
- Better to light a
candle than to curse the darkness
Chinese Proverb
- Better be quarreling
than lonesome.
Irish Proverb
- Between saying and
doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
Italian Proverb
- Beware of a man of
one book.
English Proverb
- Beware of a man's
shadow and a bee's sting.
Burmese Proverb
- Beware of the young
doctor and the old barber.
Benjamin Franklin
- The big thieves hang
the little ones.
Czech Proverb
- The blind man is
laughing at the bald head.
Persian Proverb
- A book is like a
garden carried in the pocket.
Chinese Proverb
- By asking for the
impossible, obtain the best possible.
Italian Proverb
- By learning you will
teach; by teaching you will learn.
Latin Proverb
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- Call on God, but row
away from the rocks.
Indian Proverb
- Children are a poor
man's wealth.
Danish Proverb
- The church is near,
but the way is icy, The tavern is far, but I will walk
carefully.
Ukranian Proverb
- A closed mind is like
a closed book; just a block of wood
Chinese Proverb
- Complain to one who
can help you.
Yugoslav Proverb
- Confessed faults are
half mended.
Scottish Proverb
- The country rooster
dows not crow in the town.
African(Swahili) Proverb
- The crow that mimics
a cormorant is drowned.
Japanese Proverb
- Cuando amor no es
locura, no es amor.
(When love is not madness, it is not love.)
Spanish Proverb
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- Danger and delight
grow on one stalk.
English Proverb
- Deceive the rich and
powerful if you will, but don't insult them.
Japanese Proverb
- The deeper the sorrow
the less tongue it hath.
The Talmud
- Deliberate
often--decide once.
Latin Proverb
- A dimple in the chin;
a devil within.
Irish Proverb
- The doctor is to be
feared more than the disease.
Latin Proverb
- The dog's kennel is
not the place to keep a sausage.
Danish Proverb
- The dog wags his tail,
not for you, but for your bread.
Portuguese Proverb
- Do not answer a fool
according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
Miscellaneous Proverb
- Do not bathe if there
is no water.
Shan Proverb
- Do not be in a hurry
to tie what you cannot untie.
English Proverb
- Do not employ
handsome servants.
Chinese Proverb
- Do not lengthen the
quarrel while there is an opportunity of escaping.
Latin Proverb
- Do not protect
yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czech Proverb
- Do not push the
river, it will flow by itself.
Polish Proverb
- Do not put your spoon
into the pot which does not boil for you.
Romanian Proverb
- Do not speak of a
rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby.
African(Zulu) Proverb
- Do not stand in a
place of danger trusting in miracles.
Arab Proverb
- Do not throw the
arrow which will return against you.
Kurdish Proverb
- Do not wrong or hate
your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.
Native American Proverb (Pima)
- Don't be too sweet
lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed
out.
Jewish Proverb
- Don't dig your grave
with your own knife and fork.
English Proverb
- Don't empty the water
jar until the rain falls.
Philippine Proverb
- Don't fall before
you're pushed.
English Proverb
- Don't let your sorrow
come higher than your knees.
Sweedish Proverb
- Don't live in a town
where there are no doctors.
Jewish Proverb
- Don't make use of
another's mouth unless it has been leant to you.
Belgian Proverb
- Don't offer me advice;
give me money
Spanish Proverb
- Don't open a shop
unless you know how to smile.
Jewish Proverb
- Don't run too far,
you will have to return the same distance.
Biblical Proverb
- Don't shake the tree
when the pears fall off themselves.
Slovakian Proverb
- Don't speak unless
you can improve on the silence.
Spanish Proverb
- Don't stay long when
the husband is not at home.
Japanese Proverb
- Don't think there are
no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Malayan Proverb
- Don't throw away the
old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Sweedish Proverb
- Drink nothing without
seeing it; Sign nothing without reading it.
Spanish Proverb
- Dwell not upon thy
weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of
thy desire.
Arab proverb
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- Eat and drink with
your relatives; do business with strangers.
Greek Proverb
- Eating and scratching
want but a beginning.
Romanian Proverb
- Eating while seated
makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one
strong.
Hindu Proverb
- Employ thy time well
if thou meanest to get leisure.
Benjamin Franklin
- The enemy of my enemy
is my friend.
Arab Proverb
- Enjoy yourself. It's
later than you think.
Chinese Proverb
- Even a clock that
does not work is right twice a day.
Polish Proverb
- Even a fool is
thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds
his tongue.
Miscellaneous Prover
- Every animal knows
more than you do.
Native American Proverb (Nez Perce)
- Every beetle is a
gazelle in the eyes of its mother.
Moorish Proverb
- Every invalid is a
doctor.
Irish Proverb
- Everyone thinks his
own burden heavy.
French Proverb
- Every path has its
puddle.
English Proverb
- Every peasant is
proud of the pond in his village because from it he measures
the sea.
Russian Proverb
- Every road has two
directions.
Russian Proverb
- Everything passes,
everything wears out, everything breaks.
(tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse)
French Proverb
- Examine what is said,
not him who speaks.
Arab Proverb
- Experience is the
comb that nature gives us when we are bald.
Belgian proverb
- The eyes are the
window of the soul.
English Proverb
- The eyes believe
themselves; the ears believe other people.
German Proverb
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- Fall seven times,
stand up eight.
Japanese Proverb
- Fast Ripe, Fast
Rotten.
Japanese Proverb
- A father is a banker
provided by nature.
French Proverb
- Fear less, hope more,
eat less, chew more,
whine less, breathe more,
talk less, say more,
hate less, love more,
and all good things will be yours.
Swedish proverb
- Fear not a jest. If
one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless you
have sore places.
Latin Proverb
- First deserve, and
then desire.
English Proverb
- The first drink with
water, the second without water, the third like water.
Spanish Proverb
- First secure an
independent income, then practice virtue.
Greek Proverb
- Fish or cut bait.
American Proverb
- Fish, to taste good,
must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine.
Polish Proverb
- A fool finds pleasure
in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in
wisdom.
Miscellaneous Proverb
- A fool finds no
pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own
opinions.
Miscellaneous Proverb
- A fool gives full
vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under
control
Miscellaneous Proverb
- A fool shows his
annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Miscellaneous Proverb
- Forget injuries,
never forget kindnesses.
Chinese Proverb
- From a fallen tree,
all make kindling.
Spanish Proverb
- From a thorn comes a
rose, and from a rose comes a thorn.
Greek Proverb
- A full cup must be
carried steadily.
English Proverb
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- Get what you can and
keep what you have; that's the way to get rich.
Scottish Proverb
- Give to a pig when it
grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine
pig and a bad child.
Danish Proverb
- Go and wake up your
cook.
Arab Proverb
- The go-between wears
out a thousand sandals.
Japanese Proverb
- God could not be
everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish Proverb
- God gives the nuts
but he does not crack them.
German Proverb
- God sells knowledge
for labour -- honour for risk.
Arabic Proverb
- God will be present,
whether asked or not.
Latin Proverb
- God gave teeth; He
will give bread.
Lithuanian Proverb
- God could not be
everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish Proverb
- Good fences make good
neighbors.
American Proverb
- Good men must die,
but death cannot kill their names.
Spanish Proverb
- Goodness shouts. Evil
whispers.
Balinese Proverb
- Goodness speaks in a
whisper, evil shouts.
Tibetan proverb
- Go often to the house
of a friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.
A paraphrase of a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the
American Transcendentalist
Another opinion on this quote: Alan Walker states "this
particular proverb is part of the 'Lay Of Loddfafnir' in the
Viking Edda, and is spoken by the god Odin to one of his
initiates". Thanks Alan!
- A good painter need
not give a name to his picture, a bad one must.
Polish Proverb
- Gossip needs no
carriage.
Russian Proverb
- Gratitude is the
heart's memory.
French Proverb
- The greater love is a
mother's; then comes a dog's; then a sweetheart's.
Polish Proverb
- Great men are not
always wise.
Biblical Proverb
- A guest sees more in
an hour than the host in a year.
Polish Proverb
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- A half-truth is a
whole lie.
Jewish Proverb
- The hammer shatters
glass but forges steel.
Russian Proverb
- A handfull of
patience is worth a bushel of brains.
Dutch Proverb
- Happiness is like a
sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity
is often as the rain of spring.
Chinese Proverb
- A heart in love with
beauty never grows old.
Turkish Proverb
- The heart that loves
is always young.
Greek Proverb
- He fishes well who
uses a golden hook.
Latin Proverb
- He is rich who owes
nothing.
French Proverb
- He that does not ask
will never get a bargain.
French Proverb
- He that is of a merry
heart hasth a continual feast.
Biblical Proverb
- He that maketh haste
to be rich shall not be innocent.
Biblical Proverb
- He who is outside his
door already has a hard part of his journey behind him.
Dutch Proverb
- He who must die, must
die in the dark, even though he sells candles.
Colombian Proverb
- He who says what he
likes will hear what he does not like.
English Proverb
- He who searches for
pearls should not sleep.
Lybian Proverb
- He who wants a rose
must respect the thorn.
Persian Proverb
- He who would rule
must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.
German Proverb
- He who asks is a fool
for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool
forever.
Chinese Proverb
- He who builds by the
roadside has many surveyors.
Italian Proverb
- He who doesn't risk
never gets to drink champagne.
Russian Proverb
- He who has health has
hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
Arab Proverb
- He who hurries can
not walk with dignity.
Chinese Proverb
- He who is not
impatient is not in love.
Italian Proverb
- He who knows little
quickly tells it.
Italian Proverb
- He who knows nothing
doubts nothing.
Italian Proverb
- He who puts up with
insult invites injury.
Jewish Proverb
- He who respects his
parents never dies.
Greek Proverb
- He who sows peas on
the highway does not get all the pods into his barn.
Danish Proverb
- He who undertakes too
much seldom succeeds.
Dutch Proverb
- He who would leap far
must first take a long run.
Danish Proverb
- Hide not your
talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the
shade?
Benjamin Franklin
- Hours are Time's
shafts,
and one comes winged with death.
Scottish Clock Motto
-I-
- If a man is destined
to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
Yiddish Proverb
- If Jack's in love,
he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
Benjamin Franklin
- If there is no wind,
row.
Latin Proverb
- If three people say
you are an ass, put on a bridle.
Spanish Proverb
- If work were good for
you, the rich would leave none for the poor.
Haitian proverb
- If you are a host to
your guest, be a host to his dog also.
Russian Proverb
- If you are patient in
a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Chinese Proverb
- If you bow at all,
bow low.
Chinese Proverb
- Za dvumya zaitsami
pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poimaesh'.
(If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.)
Russian Proverb
- If you can't go over,
you must go under.
Jewish Proverb
- If you can't lick 'em,
join 'em.
American Proverb
- If you must play,
decide on three things at the start: the rules of he game,
the stakes, and the quitting time.
Chinese proverb
- If you reveal your
secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for
revealing them to the trees.
Khalil Gibran
- If you see no reason
for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
Native American Proverb (Minquass)
- If you scatter thorns,
don't go barefoot.
Italian Proverb
- If you see in your
wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision,
don't drink it.
Chinese Proverb
- If you want to be
respected, you must respect yourself.
Spanish Proverb
- If you want your
dreams to come true, don't sleep.
Yiddish Proverb
- If you want your eggs
hatched, sit on them yourself.
Haitian proverb
- If you wish good
advice, consult an old man.
Romanian Proverb
- If you would be
wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
Benjamin Franklin
- If you would live
healthy, be old early.
Spanish Proverb
- If you would be pope,
you must think of nothing else.
Spanish Proverb
- If you suspect a man,
don't employ him, and if ypu employ him, don't suspect him.
Chinese Proverb
- If your head is wax,
don't walk in the sun.
Benjamin Franklin
- If youth but had the
knowledge and old age the strength.
French Proverb
- Ignorance is bliss.
American Proverb
- In case of doubt it
is best to lean to the side of mercy.
Legal Proverb
- In reviling, it is
not necessary to prepare a preliminary draft.
Chinese Proverb
- In times of
prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not
one in twenty.
English Proverb
- In the kingdom of the
blind the one-eyed are kings
Macedonian Proverb
Thanks Margarita for submitting this one! -ed
- In the morning be
first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they
that sleep catch no fish.
English Proverb
- It is easier to pull
down than to build up.
Latin Proverb
- It is not a fish
until it is on the bank.
Irish Proverb
- It is not enough to
aim.; you must hit.
Italian Proverb
- It is the great north
wind that made the Vikings.
Scandanavian Proverb
- It is the part of a
good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.
Latin Proverb
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- A journey of a
thousand miles begins with a single step.
Chinese Proverb
- Judge not the horse
by his saddle.
Chinese Proverb
-K-
- Keep your broken arm
inside your sleeve.
Chinese Proverb
-L-
- L'amour faite passer
les temps. Les temps faite passer l'amour. (Love makes time
pass. Time makes love pass.)
French Sundial Motto
- A lean agreement is
better than a fat lawsuit.
German Proverb
- Learning is a
treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Chinese Proverb.
- Let every fox take
care of his own tail.
Italian Proverb
- Let him make use of
instinct who cannot make use of reason.
English Proverb
- Let no man deceive
you with vain words.
Biblical Proverb
- Life is not separate
from death. It only looks that way.
Native American Proverb (Blackfoot)
- Listen or your tongue
will keep you deaf.
Native American Proverb
- Listen to all,
plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no
one absolutely.
Chinese Proverb
- A little pot boils
easily.
Dutch Proverb
- Live together like
brothers and do business like strangers.
Arab Proverb
- Live with wolves, and
you learn to howl.
Spanish Proverb
- Live your own life,
for you will die your own death.
Latin Proverb
- Lomhlaba Unzima,
Lohmhlaba. [This world is a harsh place, this world.]
Zulu Proverb
- Long absent, soon
forgotten.
Romanian Proverb
- Look for the good,
not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.
Jewish Proverb
- Love and eggs are
best when they are fresh.
Russian Proverb
- Love is like dew that
falls on both nettles and lilies.
Swedish Proverb
- Love rules without
rules.
Italian Proverb
- Love tells us many
things that are not so.
Ukranian Proverb
- Love your neighbor,
but don't tear down your fence.
German Proverb
- The loveliest of
faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with
the eye and half with the fancy.
Persian Proverb
-M-
- Make happy those who
are near, and those who are far will come.
Chinese Proverb
- Make sure to be in
with your equals if you're going to fall out with your
superiors.
Jewish Proverb
- Man has responsiblity,
not power.
Native American Proverb (Tuscarora)
- A man is not where he
lives, but where he loves.
Latin Proverb
- A man's first care
should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next
to escape the censures of the world.
English Proverb
- The man who does not
learn is dark, like one walking in the night.
Chinese Proverb
- Many men know how to
flatter, few men know how to praise.
- Greek Proverb
- Measure a thousand
times and cut once.
Turkish Proverb
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- Never advise anyone
to go to war or to marry.
Spanish Proverb
- Never do anything
standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that
you can do lying down.
Chinese Proverb
- Never draw your dirk
when a blow will do it.
Scottish Proverb
- Never fall out with
your bread and butter.
English Proverb
- Never give advice in
a crowd.
Arab Proverb
- Never give advice
unless asked.
German Proverb
- Never rely on the
glory of the morning or the smiles of your mother-in-law.
Japanese Proverb
- Never squat with your
spurs on.
Texan Proverb
- Never trust the man
who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his
joys.
Jewish Proverb
- Never write a letter
while you are angry.
Chinese Proverb
- Never trouble trouble
till trouble troubles you.
American Proverb
- No call alligator
long mouth till you pass him.
Jamaican Proverb
- No need to teach an
eagle to fly.
Greek Proverb
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is
only in still water that we can see.
Taoist Proverb
- No one is rich enough
to do without a neighbor.
Danish Proverb
-O-
- Observe your enemies,
for they first find your faults.
Greek Proverb
- One does evil enough
when one does nothing good.
German Proverb
- One drink is just
right; two is too many; three are too few.
Spanish Proverb
- One meets his destiny
often in the road he takes to avoid it.
French Proverb
- One should be just as
careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoiding
calamities.
Chinese Proverb
- Only mad dogs and
Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.
Indian Proverb
-P-
- Pray, pray very much;
but beware of telling God what you want.
French Proverb
-R-
- Ready money works
great cures.
French Proverb
- The reverse side also
has a reverse side.
Japanese Proverb
- A rich man has no
need of character.
Hebrew Proverb
-S-
- Scratch my back and
I'll scratch yours.
American Proverb
- Set a thief to catch
a thief.
French Proverb
- Shared joy is a
double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.
Sweedish Proverb
- Since the house is on
fire let us warm ourselves.
Italian Proverb
- Since we cannot get
what we like, let us like what we can get.
Spanish Proverb
- A single conversation
with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
Chinese Proverb
- The sinning is the
best part of repentance.
Arabic Proverb
- Smooth seas do not
make skillful sailors.
African Proverb
- A snake deserves no
pity.
Yiddish Proverb
- Speak of the devil
and he appears.
Italian Proverb
- Spread the table and
contention will cease.
English Proverb
-T-
- Tell me and I'll
forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and
I'll understand.
Native American Proverb
- A true friend, is one
that will take a bullet for you in the war.
Italian Proverb
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from a book on Mussolini
- Tell me who's your
friend and I'll tell you who you are.
Russian proverb
- There is a pinch of
the madman in every great man.
French Proverb
- There is no flying
without wings.
French Proverb
- There is no pillow so
soft as a clear conscience.
French Proverb
- There is nothing
hidden between Heaven and Earth
Venezuelan Proverb
- There wouldn't be
such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold
somewhere.
Sufi Proverb
- Those who have free
seats at a play hiss first.
Chinese Proverb
- Those who sleep with
dogs will rise with fleas.
Italian Proverb
- Though a tree grow
ever so high, the falling leaves return to the ground.
Malayan Proverb
- Three things it is
best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks
he is wise.
Welsh Proverb
- To attract good
fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old
pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true
friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
Chinese Proverb
- To change and change
for the better are two different things.
German Proverb
- To deceive a diplomat
speak the truth, he has no experience with it.
Greek Proverb
- To know and to act
are one and the same.
Samurai Proverb
- To know the road
ahead, ask those coming back.
Chinese Proverb
- A tree never hits an
automobile except in self defense.
American Proverb
- Trumpet in a herd of
elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of
goats.
Malayan Proverb
- Turn your face to the
sun and the shadows fall behind you.
Maori proverb
-U-
- Under a ragged coat
lies wisdom.
Romanian Proverb
- Under a tattered
cloak you will generally find a good drinker.
Spanish Proverb
- Use power to curb
power.
Chinese Proverb
- Use soft words and
hard arguments.
English Proverb
- Use your enemy's hand
to catch a snake.
Persian Proverb
-V-
- Vision without action
is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.
Japanese Proverb
- Vulnerant omnia,
ultima necat. (All the [hours] wound you, the last one kills)
Latin Proverb
-W-
- Wait until it is
night before saying that it has been a fine day.
French Proverb
- Walk till the blood
appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow.
Spanish Proverb
- We know the worth of
a thing when we have lost it.
French Proverb
- What may be done at
any time will be done at no time.
Scottish Proverb
- We never know the
worth of water till the well is dry.
French Proverb
- What the heart thinks,
the tongue speaks.
Romanian Proverb
- What the people
believe is true.
Native American Proverb (Anishinabe)
What was hard to endure is sweet to recall.
- French Proverb
- What you don't see
with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.
Jewish Proverb
- What you give you
get, ten times over.
Yoruba Proverb
- When a blind man
carries a lame man, both go forward.
Swedish proverb
- When an elephant is
in trouble even a frog will kick him.
Hindu Proverb
- When anger rises,
think of the consequences.
Confucius
- When a thing is done,
advice comes too late.
Romanian Proverb
- When eating bamboo
sprouts, remember the man who planted them.
Chinese Proverb
- When friends ask,
there is no tomorrow.
Miscellaneous Proverb
- When in doubt, Gallop!
Proverb of the French Foreign Legion
- When one shuts one
eye, one does not hear everything.
Swiss Proverb
- When spiders unite
they can tie down a lion.
Ethiopian Proverb
- When the fox preaches,
look to the geese.
German Proverb
- When there is no
enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
African Proverb
- When two quarrel,
both are to blame.
Dutch Proverb
- When we cannot get
what we love, we must love what is within our reach.
French Proverb
- When you go to buy,
use your eyes, not your ears.
Czech Proverb
- When you have no
choice, mobilize the spirit of courage.
Jewish Proverb
- When you have only
two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one,
and a lily with the other.
Chinese Proverb
- When you throw dirt,
you lose ground.
Texan Proverb
- When you want to test
the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.
Chinese Proverb
- Where God has his
church the Devil will have his chapel.
Spanish Proverb
- Where there is a sea
there are pirates.
Greek Proverb
- Where there is love,
there is pain.
Spanish Proverb
- Where there are no
swamps there are no frogs.
German Proverb
- Wheresoever you go,
go with all your heart.
Confucius
- Who depends on
another man's table often dines late.
Italian Proverb
- Whoever gossips to
you will gossip about you.
Spanish Proverb
- The whisper of a
pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.
Arab Proberb
- Who travels for love
finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
Japaneses Proverb
- The wise man has long
ears and a short tongue.
German Proverb
- The woman cries
before the wedding and the man after.
Polish Proverb
- Words must be weighed,
not counted.
Polish Proverb
-Y-
- You may laugh at a
friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleeping accomodation.
Kenyan Proverb
- Young pigs grunt as
as old pigs grunted before them.
Danish Proverb
- Your friend has a
friend; don't tell him.
Jewish Proverb
- You can't wake a
person who is pretending to be asleep.
Navajo Proverb
- You've got to do your
own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Irish Proverb
- Why do they sterilize the
needles for lethal injections?
- OK, so what's the speed of
dark?
- Why do psychics have to
ask for your name?
- If a cow laughs hard, does
milk come out its nose?
- If the #2 pencil is so
popular why is it still #2?
- If Wal-Mart is lowering
prices every day, how come nothing in the store is
free yet?
- The "Psychic Friends
Network" went out of business... didn't they see it
coming?
- Is it possible for someone
to become addicted to therapy? And If so, how would
you treat them?
- Why do we drive on the
parkway and park in the driveway?
- If someone with multiple
personalities threatens to kill himself, is it
considered a hostage situation?
- Isn't is it a bit
unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?
- When sign makers go on
strike, is anything written on their signs?
- Would a fly without wings
be called a walk?
- Why is the word
abbreviation so long?
- If a word is mispelled in
the dictionary, is it mispelled?
- And if it is mispelled,
how would we know?-AML
- Why does "fat chance" and
"slim chance" mean the same thing?
- Why are they called "stands"
when they are made for sitting?
- Doesn't "expecting the
unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
- Why are a "wise man" and a
"wise guy" opposites?
- Why do "overlook" and "oversee"
mean opposite things?
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