885 quotes found
“If I try to be like him who will be like me?”
“When they came to shoe the horses the beetle stretched out his leg.”
“Indecision is like a stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands he is called dirty if he does he is wasting the water.”
“Beat your child once a day. If you don't know why he does.”
“A man loves his sweetheart the most his wife the best but his mother the longest.”
“Two's a company three's a crowd.”
“You can't ring the bells and at the same time walk in the procession.”
“Believe not your own brother - believe instead your own blind eye.”
“Wealth lost-something lost Honor lost-much lost Courage lost-all lost.”
“When you have no choice mobilize the spirit of courage.”
“God gave burdens also shoulders.”
“No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road turn back.”
“It is not the thief who is hanged but one who was caught stealing.”
“Other times other customs.”
“Patience is a bitter plant but it has sweet fruit.”
“Be not afraid of growing slowly be afraid only of standing still.”
“The innkeeper loves the drunkard but not for a son-in-law.”
“The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.”
“By learning you will teach by teaching you will learn.”
“Fools look to tomorrow wise men use tonight.”
