COLLECTION OF WISE SAYINGS

• There are four things every person has more of than they know:  sins, debt, years and foes || Persian Proverb
• Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day || Polish Proverb
• An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship || Spanish Proverb
• Prayer and practice is good rhyme || Scottish Proverb
• We grow too soon old and too late smart || Dutch Proverb
• Speak the truth but leave immediately after || Slovenian Proverb
• Cheese, wine and a friend must be old to be good || Cuban Proverb
• He who divides and shares is left with the best share || Mexican Proverb
• It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance || Spanish Proverb
• A weak person goes where he is smiled at || Yiddish Proverb
• Thinking is the essence of wisdom || Persian Proverb
• We always return to our first loves || Native American Proverb
• The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy || Latin Proverb
• More than we use is more than we want || Gaelic Proverb
• You are permitted, in time of great danger, to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge || Bulgarian Proverb
• As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived || German Proverb
• The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it || Chinese Proverb
• No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have || Latin Proverb
• Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect || English Proverb
• The future belongs to him who knows how to wait || Russian Proverb
• In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool || Yiddish Proverb
• To remain young while growing old is the highest blessing || German Proverb
• Peace with a club in hand is war || Portuguese Proverb
• Hold a true friend with both hands || Nigerian Proverb
• Slander expires at a good woman’s door || Danish Proverb
• He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral || Yiddish Proverb
• He that seeks trouble never misses || French Proverb
• A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man || Turkish Proverb
• When the heart is full the tongue will speak || Scottish Proverb
• When a young woman grows old her vanity turns to shame || Gaelic Poverb
• Anger is the only thing to put off until tomorrow || Czech Proverb
• Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass || Japanese Proverb
• One cannot make soup out of beauty || Estonian Proverb
• If you have, give; if you lack, seek || Malayan Proverb
• A silent mouth is sweet to hear || Irish Proverb
• No matter her past, when a chamber-maid marries a lord she becomes a lady || Latin Proverb
• As you teach, you learn || Jewish Proverb
• A lie travels farther than the truth || Irish Proverb
• First mend yourself, and then mend others || Jewish Proverb