Proverb Quotes

Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.

Who can walk in the shoes of the sacrifice of the Lamb,the Lord Jesus Christ?

If you have no troubles – buy a goat.

In youth audacity is wise

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

The fire spread from the small cinder then the flames will become strong

Disappointment cannot exist without expectation. “The expected apricot is never as sweet when it reaches the mouth.

A seemingly simple task like taking a bath or wearing a condom feels like multitasking to someone who suffers from hemiplegia or has only one hand.

Take the straight path, even if it is long: marry no widow, even if she is a houri.

When the Lord's request comes, will remove all other demands.

The mine is always bigger than the gem.

The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.

Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.

My spirit thirst for the living water.

...he didn't know if he was Chuang Tzu who dreamed he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Chuang Tzu.

In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.

With regard to things such as independence, mental capabilities, and sexuality, a very old man is nothing but a gigantic infant with white hair and wrinkles.

Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead.

Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be a good business person, that is to say, to make as much money as they possibly can by maximizing their revenue while minimizing the cost of producing whatever it is that they sell.

Of whom can we think well when it is believed that if nothing bad is done to you, this has been a kindness?

In some cases, you can tell how somebody is being treated by their own boss from the way they are treating someone to whom they are a boss.

Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.

Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not all underdeveloped and developing countries look up to and aspire to someday be developed countries.

Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire — even when no fire ensued.

In the void, there is no distinction of east and west."Gwen blinked slightly at that. "I know all of those words, and yet when strung together like that I have no idea what they mean.

One of the main functions of a push-up bra is to lower the number of mothers who seem like mothers.

Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.

More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all of the things that we can do … and pretty much all of the things that we cannot do.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.

Some people have contracted HIV during their separate endeavours to give someone or some people a curable STD.

He paused, twisting his goatee, considering the law in Deuteronomy that forbade clothes with mixed fibers. A problematic bit of Scripture. A matter that required thought. "Only the devil wants man to have a wide range of lightweight and comfortable styles to choose from," he murmured at last, trying out a new proverb. "Although there may be no forgiveness for polyester. On this one matter, Satan and the Lord are in agreement.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It is better to make an irrational noise in a bush than in a desert.

Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother.Proverb.

As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human beings who have just reached the end of a war against a common enemy of theirs will sooner or later start or continue killing and/or fighting against each other.

Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.