A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
GERMAN PROVERB A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs
GERMAN PROVERB The quality of a decision cannot be solely judged based on its outcome.
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
MAHATMA GANDHI The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
MAHATMA GANDHI The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
MOHANDAS GANDHI The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
MAHATMA GANDHI The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated
MAHATMA GANDHI The Greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
MAHATMA GHANDI The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are t...
MAHATMA GANDHI The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
SIMON SINEK A civilization must be judged by its standards not by its expenditure.
AMIT KALANTRI Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are trea...
MELANIE JOY The quality of a conqueror is to be judged as much by what he spears as by what he spares
AGONA APELL A person can't be judged by his words, behavior or looks,
He can only be judged by their thoughts.
JAZZ GILL Her father had always said that a man could be fairly judged by the quality of his allies and that o...
JIM BUTCHER The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering the prisons.
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I...
MAHATMA GANDHI The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way it's animals are treated.
MAHATMA GANDHI You see, the quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life...
DOUGLAS ADAMS A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones
NELSON MANDELA A woman can be judged by her cooking, her dressing and her husband.
VIKRANT PARSAI Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by ...
LAURENCE HOPE Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by ...
ADELA FLORENCE NICOLSON Yet as the proverb says, 'In vino veritas,' whether with boys, or without them (In allusion to two p...
PLATO When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him
AFRICAN PROVERB It is closing time in the gardens of the West and from now on an artist will be judged only by the r...
CYRIL CONNOLLY This will be judged on its merits.
KAREN SZULCZEWSKI The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.
JANE BYRNE A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was ...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb.
ARAB PROVERB A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs.
JOAN WELSH A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs.
JOAN WELSH The quality of life is determined by its activities.
ARISTOTLE Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely re...
PERRY ANDERSON It is common, and encouraged by many journals, for research to be judged by the impact factor of the...
RANDY SCHEKMAN It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not...
NELSON MANDELA By providing outstanding economic leadership, this country can wage its attack successfully - and ca...
JAMES FORRESTAL The quality of meditation should not be measured by frequency, duration, or serenity, but rather by ...
JIM GENOVESE This party will, ultimately, be judged on its ability to deliver on its promise.
TONY BLAIR Talent is a by-product of education; the quality of a country's human capital depends on it.
KLAUS SCHWAB Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mat...
VERNON HOWARD Every act is to be judged by the intention of the agent.
SOURCE UNKNOWN In the words of Agatha Swanburne, founder of Swanburne Academy, "Every book is judged by its cover u...
MARYROSE WOOD A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied in its char...
CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
KARL JASPERS ...the older I get, the more I believe that if love is to be judged by most of its visible effects, ...
PAUL HOFFMAN A resident's surgical skill is judged by their technique and speed. You can't be sloppy, and...
PAUL KALANITHI The quality of thoughts depends not on mind or heart, but on the humane words deeply embedded with c...
ANUJ SOMANY I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than b...
GEORGE WASHINGTON The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
FRANCIS BACON Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six
SHERRILYN KENYON Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. Proverbs 25:15
BIBLE “It is said that no-one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should ...
NELSON MANDELA The quality of a play is the quality of its ideas.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW You can be a black man in the country noted for its rampant racism
SUNDAY ADELAJA As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will st...
RAHM EMANUEL A proverb and a by-word among all people,
BIBLE The present time, together with the past, shall be judged by a great jovialist.
NOSTRADAMUS That 'I cannot tell a lie' has almost become a proverb. It's something that turns the patriarch of o...
JACK SANTINO I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of the...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of the...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. An actor should be judged by his performance only.
JAMES DEAN You can judge a restaurant by the quality of ketchup the serve.
HARSHIT SHAH The act is judged of by the event.
UNKNOWN The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send but by what the listen...
LILY WALTERS would be one of the greatest displacements of high-quality (cable) programming -- one of the rudest ...
LEO HINDERY The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or milita...
HERBERT READ Policies are judged by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusade...
THOMAS SOWELL Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE One swallow maketh not a summer. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
JOHN HEYWOOD As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]
BIBLE Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people
JAMES HOWELL Patch grief with proverbs
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Feed a squirrel and he'll leave you alone every day.
BRIAN SPELLMAN The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its militar...
KIM JONG-UN The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights fo...
GEORGE ELIOT The beauty of her fairness has nothing to do with her character. A woman cannot be judged by her app...
ETC WANYANWU We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of ...
MARGARET MEAD Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.
BAINBRIDGE COLBY Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
~ Dr. Burdette
SHERRILYN KENYON Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT Parents, teachers, and politicians should not be judged by their popularity.
MIN KIM I do not need to hear how I am judged by others. I know by myself if I can be satisfied or not with ...
GIANLUIGI BUFFON No matter how developed it is, a country which does not protects its own wild life can never be call...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN SUCCESS OF A TEACHER IS JUDGED BY THE SUCCESS OF HIS OR HER STUDENTS !
DR.PRASAD RAJHANS The failure to properly address the modern plague caused by HIV is an act of (irresponsibility) that...
DAVID HO Be patient and you will finally win, for a soft tongue can break hard bones. (Proverbs 28:13)
BIBLE It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting.
STEPHEN KING The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD The Italy of my children will be at head of Europe, economically. Because Italy has all the conditio...
MATTEO RENZI A man is judged by his work.
TURKISH PROVERB Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich ...
BONO When the Lord's request comes, will remove all other demands.
KAMARAN IHSAN SALIH Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES A man’s character may be judged by how he gives you response to the same question asked by you the...
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PROVERB Short judgments make long friends.
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PROVERB He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
PROVERB Make peace with man and war with your sins.
PROVERB A sin confessed is half forgiven.
PROVERB All sins cast long shadows.
PROVERB Simplicity is the seal of truth.
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PROVERB God likes help when helping people.
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PROVERB Attack is the best form of defense.
PROVERB Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PROVERB A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
PROVERB When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
PROVERB It is better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB Better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB Kings have many ears and eyes.
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PROVERB A soft answer turneth away wrath.
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PROVERB What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
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PROVERB The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
PROVERB Two great talkers will not travel far together.
PROVERB A closed mouth catches no flies.
PROVERB He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with th...
PROVERB A good speaker makes a good liar.
PROVERB Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
PROVERB When at a loss how to go on, cough.
PROVERB Speak when you are spoken to.
PROVERB Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.
PROVERB The less people think the more they talk.
PROVERB Speak little and to the purpose.
PROVERB Speak and the man shall be shown.
PROVERB The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.
PROVERB A little body often harbors a great soul.
PROVERB Life without a friend is death without a witness.
PROVERB The larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.
PROVERB You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
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PROVERB Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
PROVERB What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
PROVERB Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
PROVERB Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
PROVERB He has hard work who has nothing to do.
PROVERB How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
PROVERB Rest breeds rust.
PROVERB The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.
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PROVERB Respect starts with yourself.
PROVERB He who is near the Church is often far from God.
PROVERB Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.
PROVERB An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.
PROVERB Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.
PROVERB Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
PROVERB Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.
PROVERB Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.
PROVERB By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.
PROVERB The one who pleased everybody died before they were born.
PROVERB Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
PROVERB A wicked book cannot repent.
PROVERB The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
PROVERB Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.
PROVERB Nothing weights lighter than a promise.
PROVERB He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
PROVERB There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.
PROVERB Live to live and you will learn to live.
PROVERB Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it.
PROVERB No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
PROVERB What is an expert? Someone who is twenty miles from home.
PROVERB Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
PROVERB He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.
PROVERB We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise.
PROVERB One of these days, is none of these days.
PROVERB Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
PROVERB Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.
PROVERB Manana is often the busiest day of the week.
PROVERB Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.
PROVERB Pride and poverty don't get along, but often live together.
PROVERB None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.
PROVERB Today must not borrow from tomorrow.
PROVERB Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.
PROVERB Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
PROVERB When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
PROVERB One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.
PROVERB No one can pray well, but those who live well.
PROVERB Short prayers reach heaven.
PROVERB People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.
PROVERB Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
PROVERB Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
PROVERB Practice is the best master.
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PROVERB He who pays the piper calls the tune.
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PROVERB Poverty has no greater foe than bashfulness.
PROVERB Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.
PROVERB When pleasure interferes with business, give up business.
PROVERB Visits always give pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure.
PROVERB There are more fools among buyers than among sellers.
PROVERB Everything passes, everything perishes, everything palls.
PROVERB Life is half spent before one knows what it is.
PROVERB Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away.
PROVERB Why kill time when one can employ it.
PROVERB Forever is a long bargain.
PROVERB The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
PROVERB Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
PROVERB Time and I against any two.
PROVERB The longest day soon comes to an end.
PROVERB Soon enough is well enough.
PROVERB Now is the watchword of the wise.
PROVERB Lost time is never found again.
PROVERB Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.
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PROVERB Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
PROVERB In teaching others we teach ourselves.
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PROVERB He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.
PROVERB No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
PROVERB Milk the cow, but do not pull off the udder.
PROVERB Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.
PROVERB Who has a trade may go anywhere.
PROVERB No one was ever lost on a straight road.
PROVERB Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools.
PROVERB He that falls by himself never cries.
PROVERB More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.
PROVERB Those that will not hear must be made to feel.
PROVERB That which proves too much, proves nothing!
PROVERB When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth.
PROVERB If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential.
PROVERB The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
PROVERB Never say die.
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PROVERB If you wish for peace be ready for war.
PROVERB When we can't find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere.
PROVERB Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.
PROVERB Peace with a club in hand is war.
PROVERB If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
PROVERB Rome was not built in a day.
PROVERB Patience, money and time bring all things to past.
PROVERB Patience when teased is often transformed into rage.
PROVERB Dios tarda pero no olvida -- God delays but doesn't forget.
PROVERB Patience is the key to paradise.
PROVERB There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated.
PROVERB Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.
PROVERB Maternity is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.
PROVERB That which is escaped now is pain to come.
PROVERB A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
PROVERB Nothing is more elegant than ready money!
PROVERB It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way.
PROVERB Riches have wings.
PROVERB A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
PROVERB As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.
PROVERB You can't take it with you when you go.
PROVERB After a rich man gets rich, his next ambition is to get richer.
PROVERB To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
PROVERB The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
PROVERB Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed.
PROVERB Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.
PROVERB No price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.
PROVERB The gods sell all things at a fair price.
PROVERB Something you don't want is dear at any price.
PROVERB We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.
PROVERB Take what you want, God said to man, and pay for it.
PROVERB Necessity unites.
PROVERB A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.
PROVERB It is the truth that irritates a person.
PROVERB If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
PROVERB Time tries truth.
PROVERB Tell the truth and then run.
PROVERB Truth is the daughter of time.
PROVERB Truth fears nothing but concealment.
PROVERB Youth lives on hope, old age on memories.
PROVERB If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
PROVERB Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.
PROVERB Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
PROVERB The Devil finds work for idle hands.
PROVERB The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest.
PROVERB Work relieves us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and want.
PROVERB The work praises the man.
PROVERB A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.
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