Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Proverbs, Axioms, maxims, Aphorisms …

Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire. - Chinese Proverb

No one is good at everything but everyone is good at something. - Unknown

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world. - Italian Proverb

Only in the darkness can you see the stars. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Only the sufferers know how their bellies ache. - Burmese Proverb

One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed. - Aesop

Not everything you hear is good for talk. - Japanese Proverb

Constant dripping will wear away a stone. - Greek Proverb

Hold fast to the words of your ancestors. - Maori Proverb

Forethought is easy, repentance is hard. - Chinese Proverb

Even a sheet of paper has two sides. - Japanese Proverb

Be ever vigilant but never suspicious. - English Proverb

A little axe can cut down a big tree. - Jamaican Proverb

Empty sacks will never stand upright. - Italian Proverb

For news of the heart, ask the face. - Guinean Proverb

An old ox makes a straight furrow. - Spanish Proverb

Great chiefs prove their worthiness. - Seneca Proverb

A loving heart is the truest wisdom. - Charles Dickens

A man's got to do what a man's got to do. - Unknown

A fault confessed is half redressed. - English Proverb

A crown’s no cure for a headache. - English Proverb

No one is easy to live with all of the time. - Unknown

Nothing seems expensive on credit. - Czech Proverb

Give thy thoughts no tongue. - William Shakespeare

One hand washes the other. - Epicharmus

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