A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass. Sioux
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He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.
If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it.
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself.
To know and to act are one and the same.
Stupidities that succeed are still stupidities.
Epigrams succeed where epics fail.
To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it.
A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.
The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
If you bow at all, bow low.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed.
Blind belief is dangerous.
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
He that loves the law will get his fill of it.
Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot.
Who begins too much accomplishes little.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
Ready money works great cures.
To the pure, all things are pure.
The crow that mimics a cormorant is drowned.
Sit quiety, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.
Great men are not always wise.
We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it.
If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.
To own is to fear.
He who begins many things finishes but few.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for.
Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
Gossip needs no carriage.
Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river.
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
After dinner, rest after dinner walk a mile.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.
A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.
A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill.
If not for fear, sin would be sweet.
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
Praise youth and it will prosper.
To a quick question, give a slow answer.
Your friend has a friend don't tell him.
All sunshine makes the desert.
For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.
If you run from a wolf, you may run into a bear.
He that is of a merry heart hasth a continual feast.
Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been lent to you.
What is play to the cat is death to the mouse.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all.
Truth stands the test of time; lies are soon exposed.
Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year.
Grief shared is half grief; Joy shared is double joy.
When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
One kind word can warm three winter months.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children.
Hold a true friend with both hands.
He who fears something gives it power over him.
He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.
Three Spaniards, four opinions.
He who knows nothing doubts nothing.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.
Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.
Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile.
If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
He who can't endure the bad will not live to see the good.
I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.
The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water.
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.
Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.
Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.
Man has responsibility, not power.
If the rich could hire someone else to die for them, the poor would make a wonderful living.
Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
If you speak the truth, keep a foot in the stirrup.
Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.
A love that can last forever takes but a second to come about.
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden;
if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
If you wish good advice, consult an old man.
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he created mothers.