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May all your labors be in vein.
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OLD SAYING Tell that to the Marines--the sailors won't believe it.
OLD SAYING A leap year Is never a good sheep year.
OLD SAYING There's a health to poverty; it sticks by us when all friends forsake us.
OLD SAYING As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas' so many happy months will you have.
OLD SAYING Fostering mother. [Lat., Alma mater.]
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OLD SAYING One’s own shit doesn’t smell
OLD RUSSIAN SAYING Here's to you, as good as you are, And here's to me, as bad as I am; But as good as you are, a...
OLD SCOTCH SAYING May your glass be ever full May the roof over your head be always strong, And may you be in he...
OLD IRISH SAYING I survived that trouble so likewise may I survive this one.
OLD ENGLISH WRITING He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day.
OLD ENGLISH RHYME They that envy others are their inferiors.
SAYING Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
NAVAHO SAYING Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
FRENCH SAYING The inifinite is in the finite of every instant.
ZEN SAYING He who feels no compassion will become insane.
HASIDIC SAYING When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world...
INDIAN SAYING When you are lacking in faith, Others will be unfaithful to you.
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ZEN SAYING Anger is only one letter short of danger
POPULAR SAYING The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.
HASIDIC SAYING Hide your body in the Big Dipper.
ZEN SAYING Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. -Zen saying.
ZEN SAYING Better to see the face than to hear the name.
ZEN SAYING Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the sky...
OJIBWA SAYING Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
RABBINICAL SAYING Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men.
HASIDIC SAYING To worry is a sin. Only one sort of worry is permissible; to worry because one worries.
HASIDIC SAYING Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all h...
HASIDIC SAYING The more you know, the less you need.
ABORIGINAL SAYING From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord...
SCOTTISH SAYING Knock on the sky and listen to the sound
ZEN SAYING A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
SIOUX SAYING The axe soon forgets, but the tree always remembers.
SHONA SAYING Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.
TAO SAYING It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act also.
TAO SAYING Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.
TAO SAYING Be a spot on the ground where nothing is growing, where something might be planted, a seed, from the...
TAO SAYING What is in the end to be thrown down, Begins by being first set on high.
TAO SAYING We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. ... Th...
TAO SAYING We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
TAO SAYING The journey is the reward.
TAO SAYING in motion be like water... at rest, like a mirror. resound like the echo; be subtle, as though none...
TAO SAYING What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost.
OLD EPITAPH When clouds appear like rocks and towers, The earth's refreshed by frequent showers.
OLD RHYME If woolly fleeces spread the heavenly way No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day.
OLD RHYME I'd just as soon a beggar as king, And the reason I'll tell you for why; A king cannot swagger...
OLD SONG This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself. [Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;...
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OLD RHYME There's a skin without and a skin within, A covering skin and a lining skin, But the skin with...
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OLD SONG Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.
OLD TESTAMENT Gluttony kills more than the sword, and is the kindler of all evils. [Lat., Gula plures occidit q...
OLD SONG The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge not qu...
OLD SONG In good King Charles's golden days When royalty no harm meant, A zealous high-churchman was I,...
OLD SONG Over the hills and o'er the main, To Flanders, Portugal and Spain, Queen Anne commands and we'...
OLD SONG When this old cap was new 'Tis since two hundred years.
OLD SONG Old Rose is dead, that good old man, We ne'er shall see him more; He used to wear an old blue ...
OLD SONG As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested in adversity.
OLD SONG Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit us when our wealth is gone.
OLD SONG An injury may prove a blessing.
OLD SONG Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
OLD SONG A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.
OLD SONG A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
OLD SONG A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
OLD SONG A credulous thing is love.
OLD SONG A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
OLD SONG A bitter drug oft brings relief.
OLD SONG Old soldiers never die; They fade away!
OLD SONG St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France. Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."
OLD SONG A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.
OLD SONG Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one, the fish will be found.
OLD SONG A wicked book cannot repent.
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JEWISH FOLK SAYING Truth is heavy, so few men carry it.
JEWISH FOLK SAYING Don't ask questions of fairy tales.
JEWISH FOLK SAYING We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
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JON ENGLISH The soul is healed by being with children.
ENGLISH PROVERB Children are poor men's riches.
ENGLISH PROVERB A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
ENGLISH PROVERB He laughs best who laughs last.
ENGLISH PROVERB You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning back.
JON ENGLISH Still waters run deep.
ENGLISH PROVERB A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
ENGLISH PROVERB Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see?
ENGLISH PROVERB Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
ENGLISH PROVERB Two wrongs do not make a right.
ENGLISH PROVERB When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.
ENGLISH PROVERB Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it.
ENGLISH PROVERB Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.
ENGLISH PROVERB There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
ENGLISH PROVERB Time is the soul of business.
ENGLISH PROVERB Don't halt before you are lame.
ENGLISH PROVERB The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.
ENGLISH PROVERB No barber shaves so close but another finds his work.
ENGLISH PROVERB You must not expect old heads upon young shoulders.
ENGLISH PROVERB Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
ENGLISH PROVERB It takes all sorts to make a world.
ENGLISH PROVERB Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
ENGLISH PROVERB We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry.
ENGLISH PROVERB The mob has many heads but no brains.
ENGLISH PROVERB It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.
ENGLISH PROVERB Where there's a will, there's a way.
ENGLISH PROVERB Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.
ENGLISH PROVERB The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.
ENGLISH PROVERB Never step over one duty to perform another.
ENGLISH PROVERB Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
ENGLISH PROVERB Many a true word is spoken in jest.
ENGLISH PROVERB Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.
ENGLISH PROVERB The ship that will not obey the helm will have to obey the rocks.
ENGLISH PROVERB Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.
ENGLISH PROVERB Foul water will quench fire.
ENGLISH PROVERB He that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin.
ENGLISH PROVERB He that seeks trouble never misses.
ENGLISH PROVERB The difference is wide that sheets will not decide.
ENGLISH PROVERB Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods.
ENGLISH PROVERB Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
ENGLISH PROVERB Death is a shadow that always follows the body.
ENGLISH PROVERB Death always comes too early or too late.
ENGLISH PROVERB Take heed you do not find what you do not seek.
ENGLISH PROVERB Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
ENGLISH PROVERB The best throw of the dice is to throw them away.
ENGLISH PROVERB Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
ENGLISH PROVERB Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
ENGLISH PROVERB He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress.
ENGLISH PROVERB Don't dig your grave with your knife and fork.
ENGLISH PROVERB Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
ENGLISH PROVERB A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.
ENGLISH PROVERB We are usually the best men when in the worst health.
ENGLISH PROVERB Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others.
ENGLISH PROVERB An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
ENGLISH PROVERB A young man idle, an old man needy.
ENGLISH PROVERB Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.
ENGLISH PROVERB 'Tis money that begets money.
ENGLISH PROVERB A small family is soon provided for.
ENGLISH PROVERB A burnt child dreads the fire.
ENGLISH PROVERB Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
ENGLISH PROVERB Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off.
ENGLISH PROVERB In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.
ENGLISH PROVERB The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
ENGLISH PROVERB A full cup must be carried steadily.
ENGLISH PROVERB If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
ENGLISH PROVERB You may poke a man's fire after you've known him for seven years.
ENGLISH PROVERB Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight.
ENGLISH PROVERB He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
ENGLISH PROVERB A good beginning makes a good end.
ENGLISH PROVERB A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
ENGLISH PROVERB Use soft words and hard arguments.
ENGLISH PROVERB Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.
ENGLISH PROVERB While the doctors consult, the patient dies.
ENGLISH PROVERB A stumble may prevent a fall.
ENGLISH PROVERB A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
ENGLISH PROVERB If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.
ENGLISH PROVERB As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
ENGLISH PROVERB To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.
ENGLISH PROVERB A proverb is the child of experience.
ENGLISH PROVERB Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox
ENGLISH PROVERB Everyone must row with the oars he has.
ENGLISH PROVERB Deeds are fruits, words are leaves
ENGLISH PROVERB Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body
ENGLISH PROVERB As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time
ENGLISH PROVERB A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
ENGLISH PROVERB A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
ENGLISH PROVERB Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.
ENGLISH PROVERB Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold
ENGLISH PROVERB Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
ENGLISH PROVERB Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
ENGLISH PROVERB In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish
ENGLISH PROVERB Don't fall before you're pushed.
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ENGLISH PROVERB Every cell in my body was telling me that he was my happily ever after.
C.J. ENGLISH Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect.
ENGLISH PROVERB Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.
ENGLISH PROVERB The absent are always in the wrong.
ENGLISH PROVERB Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.
ENGLISH PROVERB Danger and delight grow on one stalk.
ENGLISH PROVERB Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
ENGLISH PROVERB A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
ENGLISH PROVERB A man is as old as he feels himself to be.
ENGLISH PROVERB Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
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