Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
Yiddish Proverb
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Better an ounce from the ground than a pound from the roof
THE TALMUD When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
PROVERB An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment
ELBERT HUBBARD An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
SPANISH PROVERB An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
SPANISH PROVERB An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.
MICHAEL KORDA An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.
DANISH PROVERB An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.
PROVERB An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
PROVERB An ounce of intuition is worth a pound of tuition.
SOURCE UNKNOWN An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
HENRY DE BRACTON An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
FREDERIC R. MARVIN An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
RUDYARD KIPLING An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.
RICHARD BAXTER An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
ELBERT GREEN HUBBARD An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
ELBERT HUBBARD An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
RICHARD BAXTER An ounce of wit is worth a pound of argument
SYDNEY SMITH An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.
MICHAEL KORDA An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240.
HENRY DE BRACTON An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance. - Nolan's / Peter's Placebo.
UNKNOWN An ounce of PREPARATION is better than a ton of SUFFERING.
LORRIN L. LEE An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
THOMAS FULLER An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with
THOMAS FULLER When put to the test, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness
ELBERT HUBBARD An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
JOHN WESLEY Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge
JOHN WESLEY Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge
JOHN WESLEY I do a bale of sketches, one eye, a piece of hair. A pound of observation, then an ounce of painting...
GARDNER COX Better a heart of gold and an empty pocket than an empty heart and a pocket of gold.
RAIN BOJANGLES An illness comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.
TURKISH PROVERB A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
JAMES GARFIELD A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
JAMES A. GARFIELD Based on historic ratios between gold and oil, gold should now be over $500 an ounce,
FRANK HOLMES Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
LEWIS CARROLL If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
(Get Out or G...
ELBERT HUBBARD It's self-effacing, it's hard-luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an ama...
JERRY LEIBER An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.
ERNST F. SCHUMACHER Within the next few years we believe the gold price will surpass the all-time high of $US850 an ounc...
GREG CANAVAN Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb Lawless are they th...
SPANISH PROVERB An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
MAHATMA GANDHI A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.”
- Chinese pr...
ALVIN TOFFLER As the Chinese proverb goes, 'Real gold does not fear the test of fire.
CHIN-NING CHU The potential for a weakening dollar is definitely a driver for gold. We could see $700 an ounce in ...
EVAN SMITH Gold time better than gold rolex
KARIM FDHILA The fruit of wisdom is better than gold
SUNDAY ADELAJA It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pou...
ED BEGLEY, JR. An ounce of breast milk is even more potent than the finest tequila.
TORI AMOS It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
AFRICAN PROVERBS Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out
YIDDISH PROVERB Those in need see a light of gold, a light of richness with a delightful taste of abilities to succe...
ARIEL S BRITO Here’s to all the places we went. And all the places we’ll go. And here’s me, whispering again...
JOHN GREEN I'm not interested in dating a girl I'm not gonna marry
JOHN GREEN The future will erase everything--there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend ob...
JOHN GREEN We would not be surprised if gold advanced beyond $600 a ounce during 2006.
GREG CANAVAN Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW What's great about the gold recovery in the recycling of discarded computers is the fact that there ...
JAMES LOGAN Life consists on lightness and darkness, when you reached to lightness, prepare your tools for darkn...
KAMARAN IHSAN SALIH A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS Gold at $600 an ounce might be a surprise to many, but these are the same people that were surprised...
EMANUEL BALARIE A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper o...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD [In his authoritative book] The Joys of Yiddish, ... an excellent and praiseworthy housewife.
LEO ROSTEN An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
FRIEDRICH ENGELS An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest
SPANISH PROVERB An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON That's your average drink. A 5 ounce glass of wine, a 12 ounce beer or an ounce and a half of liquor...
LAURA STETSON Oh better than the minting of a gold-crowned king Is the safe-kept memory Of a lovely thing.
SARA TEASDALE Gold has pulled back from its recent spike to around $505 an ounce while the rand has strengthened t...
FERDI HEYNEKE We knew they were going to be a different team out there today. At one point they were just pound-fo...
ANDY CAMERON The power of heart is much stronger than the power of mind to empower our life.
ANUJ SOMANY Pound for pound, they get higher concentrations of pesticides than adults do.
ALAN GREENE Better ride safe in the dark, says the proverb, than in the daylight with a cut-throat at your elbow
SIR WALTER SCOTT A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt
GEORGE HERBERT An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
MAE WEST Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
CHINUA ACHEBE We have done better owning gold than shares.
JAY TAYLOR It is still illegal to possess less than an ounce of marijuana anywhere in the state, and that inclu...
MORRISSEY In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.
JOHN RAY Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN If you're dining with someone who wants the same cut, it's always better to get a 16-ounce s...
TOM COLICCHIO Yiddish is a cheerful language of not so happy people.
BORIS ZUBRY Obviously he lives with his dogs and takes good care of them, they are much better off with him than...
FRANCESCA CANTALINI Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
UNKNOWN An once of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.
MICHAEL KORDA Ounce for ounce, herbs and spices have more antioxidants than any other food group.
MICHAEL GREGER There is nothing better than to value the peace of mind as much as the finest gold...
PHILIP T. M. Now that I am alone, I don't have to hide it; I don't have to hide anything any longer. I can let my...
ROALD DAHL And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to.
JOHN GREEN but there was no denying her smile. That smile could end wars and cure cancer.
JOHN GREEN El pasado es una historia lógica. Es el sentido de lo que sucedió. Pero como el futuro todavía no...
JOHN GREEN Kau bisa melihat masa depan kalau kau punya pemahaman dasar tentang bagaimana orang akan bersikap
JOHN GREEN Masa depan terbentang di hadapannya, tak terhindarkan namun tak kasat mata
JOHN GREEN And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absenc...
JOHN GREEN Dumpers may not always be the heartbreakers, and the Dumpees may not always be the heartbroken. But ...
JOHN GREEN Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could sta...
JOHN GREEN
More Yiddish Proverb
The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.
YIDDISH PROVERB When a habit begins to cost money, it's called a hobby.
YIDDISH PROVERB You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.
YIDDISH PROVERB Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
YIDDISH PROVERB Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure.
YIDDISH PROVERB If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
YIDDISH PROVERB True poverty does not come from God.
YIDDISH PROVERB One chops the wood, the other does the grunting.
YIDDISH PROVERB I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.
YIDDISH PROVERB Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave.
YIDDISH PROVERB Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
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YIDDISH PROVERB A half truth is a whole lie.
YIDDISH PROVERB Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
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YIDDISH PROVERB A wise man hears one word and understands two.
YIDDISH PROVERB A nation's treasure is its scholars.
YIDDISH PROVERB If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
YIDDISH PROVERB A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.
YIDDISH PROVERB He who marries for money earns it.
YIDDISH PROVERB Loneliness breaks the spirit.
YIDDISH PROVERB No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
YIDDISH PROVERB The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
YIDDISH PROVERB If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
YIDDISH PROVERB The heart is half a prophet.
YIDDISH PROVERB You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.
YIDDISH PROVERB He who puts up with insult invites injury.
YIDDISH PROVERB All of us are crazy in one way or another.
YIDDISH PROVERB He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral.
YIDDISH PROVERB Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless.
YIDDISH PROVERB Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
YIDDISH PROVERB Too humble is half proud.
YIDDISH PROVERB A mother understands what a child does not say.
YIDDISH PROVERB God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers
YIDDISH PROVERB If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.
YIDDISH PROVERB If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.
YIDDISH PROVERB If you can't go over, you must go under.
YIDDISH PROVERB It's astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies.
YIDDISH PROVERB If you cannot be grateful for what you have received, then be thankful for what you have been spared...
YIDDISH PROVERB What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
YIDDISH PROVERB Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.
YIDDISH PROVERB Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.
YIDDISH PROVERB God will provide -- ah, if only He would till He does!
YIDDISH PROVERB If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
YIDDISH PROVERB God is closest to those with broken hearts.
YIDDISH PROVERB Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
YIDDISH PROVERB In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool.
YIDDISH PROVERB All things grow with time -- except grief.
YIDDISH PROVERB If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
YIDDISH PROVERB Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.
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YIDDISH PROVERB Charm is more than beauty.
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YIDDISH PROVERB The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.
YIDDISH PROVERB A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.
YIDDISH PROVERB It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love.
YIDDISH PROVERB Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
YIDDISH PROVERB A man should go on living -- if only to satisfy his curiosity.
YIDDISH PROVERB What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
YIDDISH PROVERB Locks keep out only the honest.
YIDDISH PROVERB You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.
YIDDISH PROVERB If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
YIDDISH PROVERB If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
YIDDISH PROVERB A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
YIDDISH PROVERB If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
YIDDISH PROVERB If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep
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YIDDISH PROVERB A golden key will open every lock.
YIDDISH PROVERB A half-truth is a whole lie
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YIDDISH PROVERB If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
YIDDISH PROVERB If you can't bite, don't show your teeth.
YIDDISH PROVERB If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
YIDDISH PROVERB He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good.
YIDDISH PROVERB Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.
YIDDISH PROVERB A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.
YIDDISH PROVERB A man's worst enemies can't wish on him what he can think up himself.
YIDDISH PROVERB A half-truth is a whole lie.
YIDDISH PROVERB A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.
YIDDISH PROVERB A child's tear rends the heavens.
YIDDISH PROVERB If God were living on earth, people would break His windows
YIDDISH PROVERB If God lived on Earth, people would knock out all His windows
YIDDISH PROVERB The wheel turns round
YIDDISH PROVERB Don't live in a town where there are no doctors
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YIDDISH PROVERB God will provide - ah, if only He would till He does!
YIDDISH PROVERB What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul
YIDDISH PROVERB If a link is broken, the entire chain breaks.
YIDDISH PROVERB All signs are misleading
YIDDISH PROVERB Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday
YIDDISH PROVERB Tomorrow your horse may be lame
YIDDISH PROVERB If you are bitter at heart, sugar in the mouth will not help you
YIDDISH PROVERB What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth
YIDDISH PROVERB The truth is not always what we want to hear
YIDDISH PROVERB To every answer you can find a new question
YIDDISH PROVERB God gave burdens, also shoulders
YIDDISH PROVERB If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything
YIDDISH PROVERB The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have
YIDDISH PROVERB A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity
YIDDISH PROVERB Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool
YIDDISH PROVERB Surrounding yourself with dwarfs doesn't make you a giant
YIDDISH PROVERB One hand washes the other
YIDDISH PROVERB Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven
YIDDISH PROVERB Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand
YIDDISH PROVERB Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains
YIDDISH PROVERB The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes
YIDDISH PROVERB Better ask ten times than go astray once
YIDDISH PROVERB Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out
YIDDISH PROVERB He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good
YIDDISH PROVERB If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding
YIDDISH PROVERB The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter
YIDDISH PROVERB He who puts up with insult invites injury
YIDDISH PROVERB If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of your arm
YIDDISH PROVERB If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water
YIDDISH PROVERB The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks
YIDDISH PROVERB He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral
YIDDISH PROVERB Life is the greatest bargain - we get it for nothing
YIDDISH PROVERB He falsifies who renders a verse just as it looks
YIDDISH PROVERB What you save is, later, like something found
YIDDISH PROVERB Don't spit into the well - you might drink from it later
YIDDISH PROVERB If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living
YIDDISH PROVERB A wise man hears one word and understands two
YIDDISH PROVERB When a thief kisses you, count your teeth
YIDDISH PROVERB Seek advice but use your own common sense
YIDDISH PROVERB With time, even a bear can learn to dance
YIDDISH PROVERB Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant
YIDDISH PROVERB The girl who can't dance says the band can't play
YIDDISH PROVERB Bygone troubles are good to tell
YIDDISH PROVERB The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never.
YIDDISH PROVERB God made man because he loves stories
YIDDISH PROVERB A child's tear rends the heavens
YIDDISH PROVERB Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble
YIDDISH PROVERB A rich man has no need of character
YIDDISH PROVERB If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over
YIDDISH PROVERB Most people don't pray when they are on their knees but when they are on their backs
YIDDISH PROVERB A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely be...
PROVERB To know and not to do is not to know
PROVERB Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
PROVERB The time to make friends is before you need them.
PROVERB Short judgments make long friends.
PROVERB It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
PROVERB A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
PROVERB Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
PROVERB Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
PROVERB From small beginnings come great things.
PROVERB Some will, some don't, so what!
PROVERB Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
PROVERB Try and trust will move mountains.
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.
PROVERB A silent mouth is melodious.
PROVERB Silence implies consent.
PROVERB The Laws of Clothing Shopping:
If you like it, they don't have it in your size.
If you like it...
PROVERB Shame is worse than death.
PROVERB God likes help when helping people.
PROVERB One is rated by others as he rates himself.
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.
PROVERB It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
PROVERB Every time you wake up and ask yourself, What good things am I going to do today?, remember t...
PROVERB A soft answer turneth away wrath.
PROVERB Cunning surpasses strength.
PROVERB What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
PROVERB Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dr...
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.
PROVERB Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know h...
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.
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