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Okay I really like proverbs, thats why I started this page! (Kat) I don't care if you people who are reading this think I am a geek, because proverbs are kewl! They are a great source of advice. When asked to define the word proverb Emerson replied "...the literature of reason." Read on and enjoy...

Advice

1. Nobody will give a pauper bread, but everybody will give him advice. -American

2. Do not give advice unless you have the wisdom to go with it. -Irish

3. Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice. -Italian

4.The wise must be respected, even when the advice they give us is not suitable. -Sanskrit

Attitudes

5.Do not ridicule the thin-bearded when you yourself have no beard. -Arab

6. A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things. -Chinese

7. People who live in glass shouldn't throw stones.-English

8. The most wasted of all days is the day when we have not laughed. -French

9. If you cannot catch a fish, do not blame the sea.-Greek

10. Is it necessary to add acid to a lemon? -India

11. The heavier ear of corn is the one with its head bent low. -Irish

12. Cold rice and cold tea are bearable, but cold looks and cold words are not. -Japanese

13. We should think and speak well of each other. -Swedish

14. There is no medicine to cure hatred. -West Africa

15. When one is not good oneself, one likes to talk of what is wrong with others. -Yugoslav

Beauty

16. Beauty is only skin deep. -English

17. Beauty is the eyes food but the soul's sorrow. -German

18. What does the blind man know of the beauty of the tulip?
-Hindustan

19. What worth has beauty if not to be seen? -Italian

20. Is there anything naturally beautiful or not beautiful? Whatever is pleasing to anyone, that is beautiful for him. -Sanskrit

21. Lovely flowers fade fast. Weeds last the season. -Swedish

Character

22. If your beard were on fire, he'd light his cigarette on it. -Armenian

23. Still waters run deep. -English

24. It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. -French

25. Talent is born in silence but character is born in teh struggle of life. -German

26. He who goes unpunished never learns. -Greek

27. He would cover a rock with hay and sell it for a haystack. -Irish

28. A good reputation sits still, a bad one runs about. -Russian

29. Honor is the throne of integrity. -Spanish

30. Where there is no shame, there is no honor. -West Africa

Common Sense

31. Do not dress in leaf-made clothes when going to put out a fire. -Chinese

32. The fox invited the chicken to dinner; the chicken politely declined. -Greek

33. If common sense rules from your head to your feet, you'll not wear a dunce cap or walk a wrong road. -Irish

34. Before you buy shoes, measure you feet. -West Africa

Destiny

35. What must be, must be. -French

36. When its time has arrived, the prey comes to the hunter.
-Persian

37. An unguarded object remains safe if protected by destiny; stricken by destiny, it perishes though well-guarded. -Sanskrit

38. After happiness, sorrow; after sorrow, happiness; happiness and sorrow revolve like a disc. -Sanskrit

39. One can choose the clover yet end up in the weeds.
-Swedish

40. Blood that is to flow will not stay in the veins. -Turkish

41. Let no man think he can escape his fate. -West African

Differences

42. Variety is the spice of life. -English

43. Whatever is normal possesses variety. -French

44. Every tale can be told in a different way. -Greek

45. There are as many characters as there are individuals. -India
46. Ten men, ten minds. -Japanese

47. No two things are exactly alike. -West Africa

48. Even the fingers on one's hand are not alike. -Yugoslav

Envy

49. Compete, don't envy. -Arab

50. Envy accomplishes nothing. -Greek

51. Lepers are always envious of those with simple sores. -Japanese

52. In the hands of our neighbor, the morsel alwasy appears big. -Russian

Excuses

53. They said to the camal bird (ostrich) "Carry!" It said, "I cannot, for I am a bird," THey said "Then fly." IT replied "I cannot, for I am a camal." -Arab

54. To make excuses before they are needed is to blame one's self. -Spanish

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