Wednesday 8 December 2010

Proverbs


Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. - Unknown 

When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart. - Unknown

A frog lodged in a well cannot ever understand the limitless expanse of sky.- Unknown

Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things. - Unknown

Never put on airs when successful. Always remain calm and composed when disappointed. - Unknown

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. - Unknown

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books. - Unknown

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. - Unknown

Vision without action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare. - Unknown

Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box. - Unknown

Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one. - Unknown

Where there is smoke there is fire. Where there is will, there is a way. - Unknown

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. - Unknown

No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back. - Unknown

Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it. - Unknown

Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one. - Unknown

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one. - Unknown

It is easy to make a buck. It is a lot tougher to make a difference. - Unknown

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