Friday, 22 April 2011

Proverbs


All they that take the sword shall punish with the sword. - Matthew

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall. - Tobias G. Smollett

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. - Friedrich Nietzsche

What the eye does not see, the heart does not rue. - Mary Collyer

We aim above the mark to hit the mark. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. - Daniel J. Boorstin

If the blind lead the blind both shall fall into the ditch. - Matthew

A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. - Thomas Fuller

Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought. - Robert Browning

The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience. - Benjamin Franklin

Neither a borrower, nor a lender be. - William Shakespeare

A picture is worth a thousand words. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. - Aesop

I won't quarrel with my bread and butter. - Jonathan Swift

A good example is the best sermon. - Benjamin Franklin

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary. - John Calhoun

Either do not attempt at all or go through with it. - Ovid

Diligence is the mother of good luck. - Benjamin Franklin

Well done is better than well said. - Benjamin Franklin

Endurance is patience concentrated. - Thomas Carlyle

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