If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.
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If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.
THOMAS FULLER
The Ass and the Horse
AN ASS besought a Horse to spare him a small portion of his feed.
Yes, said ...
AESOP
As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth
of the Indies must carry the wealt...
SAMUEL JOHNSON If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come. -Chinese proverb.
CHINESE PROVERB
The Ass and the Charger
AN ASS congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly and
carefully provide...
AESOP
Who knows himself a braggart,Let him fear this, for it will come to passthat every braggart shall be...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
As the Chinese proverb goes, 'Real gold does not fear the test of fire.
CHIN-NING CHU
Who knows himself a braggart,
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
That every braggart ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Who knows himself a braggart, let him fear this, for it will come to pass that every braggart shall ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can not expect an apostle to peer out.
G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG
A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can not expect an apostle to peer out.
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For ...
CLARE BALDING
A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes
ROBERT BURTON
He that makes himself an ass must not take it ill if men ride him
THOMAS FULLER
I hoisted myself onto my elbows. "Yeah, well, if I ever come back as a Grigori, then I'll kick your ...
JESSICA SHIRVINGTON
If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse... but surely you will see the wildness!
PABLO PICASSO
You said that you are smart, didn't you?
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DEYTH BANGER A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
BIBLE
In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
SAMUEL JOHNSON I would say Randolph's a horse's ass, but that would be unfair to the horse.
SUZANNE JOHNSON A donkey that goes to Mecca will not come back as a pilgrim.
VIKRANT PARSAI If you come out with an idea, people will say you are putting the cart before the horse. If you do a...
BILL BRAY
Success will come just as a mere wish when cars begin to manufacture and drive themselves. Believe i...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
If readers recognized that he was an ass, unaware of his own stupidity, ''your work will be a triump...
MARK TWAIN
If I shot an arrow and thought about an ass, would it surprise you if it hit Erik?
P.C. CAST
If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you
BRUCE LEE A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS
By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.
JOHN GAY A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
G. C. LICHTENBERG
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG A fight is like the perfect storm. It is risky and dangerous. But, as the African proverb goes, Smoo...
LAUREN KLARFELD And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the b...
BIBLE
Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks. Russian proverb
RUSSIAN PROVERB If he needs to come home on Soyuz, he can come home on Soyuz and if we can bring him home on shuttle...
BILL GERSTENMAIER If he needs to come home on Soyuz, he can come home on Soyuz and if we can bring him home on shuttle...
BILL GERSTENMAIER When Bryan said how the horse had worked at home, I expected a good run from him. He is a very nice ...
JAMIE SPENCER I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from...
FELICITY JONES My favorite Proverb: If you argue with a fool, how will they know who the fool is?
C. FERN COOK The law is not an ass but a chameleon in ass skin: it turns deathly black when around blacks and pri...
AGONA APELL If the World Cup goes badly, naturally Scolari will not continue, but if it goes well, it will also ...
GILBERTO MADAIL
We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to com...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater ...
MARCEL ACHARD
Its risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater r...
MARCEL ACHARD
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine yo...
WOODROW WILSON It's his second home, ... The horse loves it there.
DOUG HARRISON
Not every ass has long ears
GERMAN PROVERB
In the day-to-day life of a traveling musician, it's easy to miss so many details. The world goe...
ERIC BURDON
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS
Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special
providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it.
DEYTH BANGER We just didn't expect it. We don't have shutters up, so now if anything goes flying, it will come ri...
ALFREDO MANRARA
An ass is beautiful to an ass, and a pig is beautiful to a pig
JOHN RAY You will get an idea of where you stand with your horse. We call it calling out. If they run real go...
ALEX VILLARREAL
You are the hare of whom the proverb goes, Whose valor plucks dead lions by the beard
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
As the Spanish proverb says, He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth...
SAMUEL JOHNSON What goes down, will come up!
LUIS F. GOUVEIA
I would like to spend my whole life traveling, if I could borrow another life to spend at home.
WILLIAM HAZLITT If you are an ass and considers yourself a stag, then the time you will find your error is when you ...
VIKRANT PARSAI I'm not saying it will threaten the peace process if it goes ahead, but it shouldn't happen.
IRWANDI YUSUF When we're at home, the girls will be traveling. I enjoy watching the girls play, but on the other h...
GARY GALLOWAY Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
BIBLE
An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.
ROMANIAN PROVERB It's a real shame that the Senate goes home without securing the borders. Thousands of people will c...
CONNIE HAIR
I not often like the begining of something it has it owns doubts, loses and failures. But the end is...
DEYTH BANGER I'd use your opinion as an ass wipe;if i actually gave a shit.
BEN DOVER
Women are like shower faucets, you must treat them carefully, because if you do not, it will either ...
M.F. MOONZAJER Home is where my ass is, on the sofa.
J C A ROWE A hare is like an ass in the length of its ears, yet it is not its son
PROVERB
He who lives with an ass, makes noises like an ass
AFRICAN PROVERB
If the bird hadn’t sung, it wouldn’t have been shot. Japanese Proverb
BOHDI SANDERS There is a definite horse race between the two of them. But this is a massive market. It is not an e...
DAVID HILAL
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
B. C. FORBES
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
[Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio,...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO)
Keep traveling, even if you don't know where the road will end.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.
OSCAR WILDE I don't think that will effect him. He's pretty smart, an easy horse to get along with. I don't thin...
JEFF TROSCLAIR
"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a
idiot."
CHARLES DICKENS I would not be an Olympian if it weren't for The Home Depot.
BROCK KREITZBURG
My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.
DOLLY PARTON
It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving...
SCOTT WESTERFELD If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste...
GARY F EVANS...
I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyon...
BOB FELLER After the media goes home, after FEMA goes home, after the Red Cross goes home, we are left with the...
GEORGE GRACE
Through wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life…
By wisdom ...
ANONYMOUS
Captain Billings," he drawled finally, "if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are so...
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.
BILLY GRAHAM What we have noticed is people are traveling closer to home.
CYNTHIA HARRIS
Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illu...
JOHN KEATS
It’s risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it ca...
MARCEL ACHARD Shushtari proverb “Any gift from a true friend is valuable, even if it’s a hollow walnut shell.�...
FIROOZEH DUMAS
Don't call a woman a bitch. Call her an ass-hole. It still gets your point across and it's not sexis...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
If I shot an arrow and thought about an ass, would it surprise you that I hit Erik?' Stark asked me ...
P.C. CAST
I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spe...
WILLIAM HAZLITT
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
GEORGE HERBERT True Love is like an ocean, it goes so deep.However, you will not be able to step on it though.
WOHI PURANA
I need you to know that I’m not going anywhere. I’ll always be here when you come home. There wi...
KRISTA RITCHIE
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