885 quotes found
“The eyes believe themselves the ears believe other people.”
“Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me.”
“A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith even so is he.”
“Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.(Tout passe tout lasse tout casse.)”
“When its time has come the prey goes to the hunter.”
“Even were a cook to cook a fly he would keep the breast for himself.”
“If you ask the hungry man how much is two and two he replies four loaves.”
“Fish to taste right must swim three times - in water in butter and in wine.”
“When we cannot get what we love we must love what is within our reach.”
“The tulip is among flowers what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb the other in its tail.”
“If there's no bread cakes are very good.”
“Friendship is honey but don't eat it all.”
“Flattery makes friends truth enemies.”
“Tell me whom you frequent and I will tell you who you are.”
“A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being.”
“Do not protect yourself by a fence but rather by your friends.”
“When one friend washes another both become clean.”
“Words are mere bubbles of water but deeds are drops of gold.”
“If deeds are wanting all words appear mere vanity and emptiness.”
“Talking is easy action difficult.”
