Thursday, 23 September 2021

Snippets of Wisdom

Short and precise, these proverbs, axioms, and maxims tell a story, and teach a lesson in a few words. Granted that some of them sound rather cliché, but they are also deep truth as clichés tend to be.

Sometimes the meaning might not be obvious until you have read it a couple of times, and pondered upon it for a while, and sometimes the meaning becomes clear only after you have undergone certain life experiences.

Keep a few of these phrases in mind, and pepper your conversation with them when opportunities arise. Your friends will be impressed with you.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. - Chinese Proverb

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. - Charlotte Bronte

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. - Confucius

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks. - John Lyly

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. - English Proverb

He who knows little soon repeats it. - Spanish Proverb

Different strokes for different folks. - Unknown

A narrow mind has a broad tongue. - Arabian Proverb

Cut your coat according to your cloth. - Unknown

The big thieves hang the little ones. - Czech Proverb

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. - Arabian Proverb

Don’t make use of another’s mouth unless it has been lent to you. - Belgian Proverb

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