He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
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Three Spaniards, four opinions.
A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.
Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.
One kind word can warm three winter months.
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.
Those who lose dreaming are lost.
Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
He who puts up with insult invites injury.
Truth never dies, but lives a wretched life.
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.
To a quick question, give a slow answer.
Each day provides its own gifts.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
Proverbs are in the world of thought what gold coin is in the world of business - great value in small compass, and equally current among all people. Sometimes the proverb may be false, the coin counterfeit, but in both cases the false proves the value of the true.
First mend yourself, and then mend others.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
One boy is more trouble that a dozen girls.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Dreams are wishes your heart makes.
If you can't go over, you must go under.
He who knows nothing doubts nothing.
It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else.
The road to a friend's house is never long.
The foolish man lies awake all night
Thinking of his many problems;
When the morning comes he is worn out
And his trouble is just as it was.
Thinking of his many problems;
When the morning comes he is worn out
And his trouble is just as it was.
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
However long the night, the dawn will break.
Get what you can and keep what you have that's the way to get rich.
Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
Climb mountains to see lowlands.
Daylight follows a dark night.
Discretion is knowing how to hide that which we cannot remedy.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.
Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.
A man is as old as he feels himself to be.
Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Whose bread I eat his song I sing.
It is not enough to aim you must hit.
A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.
Everyone is the age of their heart.
Patience is the key to paradise.
As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countance of his friend.
For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches.
A fault confessed is half redressed.
Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.
Don't offer me advice give me money.
Take hold lightly let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.
He who begins many things finishes but few.
Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting.
If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don't drink it.
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
Vulnerant omnia, ultima necat. (All the hours wound you, the last one kills)
Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.
He who must die, must die in the dark, even though he sells candles.
Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.
If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself.
He who knows little quickly tells it.
The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water.
A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.
He who divides and shares is left with the best share.
Man has responsibility, not power.
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
Worries go better with soup than without.
If you love it let it go. If it returns to you cherish it, if not it was never truly yours.
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.
To change and to change for the better are two different things.
Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies.
Man has responsiblity, not power. Tuscarora
When the blind man carries the lame man, both go forward.
No need to teach an eagle to fly.
Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.
Friendship is love with understanding.
By learning to obey, you will know how to command.
Bad news goes about in clogs, Good news in stockinged feet.
First deserve, and then desire.
First Appeared in 1721
The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.
If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs.
The greater love is a mother's then comes a dog's then a sweetheart's.
To understand all is to forgive all.
Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot.
A contented mind is a continual feast.
It is a good answer that knows when to stop.
If you bow at all, bow low.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
Pray, pray very much but beware of telling God what you want.