Proverbs – A Pondering Mind

Coffee and love are best when they are hot. ~German Proverb

Food And Eating

When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need. ~ Ayurvedic Proverb

Problem And Soultion

If your problem has a solution then… why worry about it? If your problem doesn’t have solution then… why worry about it? Chinese Proverb

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks. ~Eskimo Proverb

Never give advise unless asked. ~ German Proverb

A smiling face is half the meal. ~ Latvian Proverb

Autumn ~ French Proverb

Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb

Yiddish Proverb ~ Laughter

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb

What Is Enough

You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough. ~William Blake, Proverbs of Hell

African Proverb

Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb

Music ~ Chinese Proverb

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. He sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb

Ice

The rich man gets his ice in the summer and the poor men gets his in the winter. -Polish Proverb

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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb

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Don’t do what you’ll have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb

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“They say” is often a great liar. ~Proverb

Ancient Chinese Proverb

“To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.” – Ancient Chinese Proverb

When opportunity knocks, some people are in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.

Source: When opportunity knocks, some people are in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.

Chinese Proverb

“No road to happiness or sorrow… Find them in yourself.” – Chinese Proverb

American Indian Proverb

Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand. – American Indian Proverb

Zen Proverb

“Student says ” I am very discouraged. What should I do?” Master says, “encourage others.” – Zen Proverb

Zen Proverb

“Student says ” I am very discouraged. What should I do?” Master says, “encourage others.” – Zen Proverb

Chinese Proverb

“Water and words… Easy to pour impossible to recover.” – Chinese Proverb

Italian Proverb

If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot. – Italian Proverb

Chinese Proverb

Never write a letter while you are angry. – Chinese Proverb

Italian Proverb

If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot. – Italian Proverb

Greek Proverb

It is easier to talk than to hold one’s tongue. – Greek Proverb

English Proverb

The best manure is under the farmer’s foot. – English Proverb

Native American Proverb

Do not allow anger to poison you. Native American Proverb

Turkish Proverb

Remember, two watermelons cannot be held under one arm. – Turkish Proverb

Chinese Proverb

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. – Chinese Proverb

French Proverb

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day. – French Proverb

Japanese Proverb

To kick with sore toe only hurts foot. – Japanese Proverb

Italian Proverb

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas. – Italian Proverb

Zen Proverb

“On the human chessboard, all moves are possible.” – Miriam Schiff

German Proverb

Beware of a silent dog and still water. – German Proverb

Japanese Proverb

If I peddle salt, it rains; if I peddle flour, the wind blows. – Japanese Proverb

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. Native American Proverb

Assyrian Proverb

The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. – Assyrian Proverb

French Proverb

Politicians are like weather vanes. – French Proverb Total agreement, 100 percent.

Native American Proverb

Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand. -Native American Proverb

Native American Proverb

Be satisfied with the needs instead of the wants. -Native American Proverb

Russian Proverb

If you put your nose into water, you will also wet your cheeks. – Russian Proverb

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It is easy to undress the naked. – Russian Proverb

Zen Proverb

The blue mountains are of themselves blue mountains; The white clouds are of themselves white clouds. Zenrin Kushu

Zen Proverb

Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple. Edward De Bono

Chinese Proverb

Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. Chinese Proverb

Greek Proverb

If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society. -Greek Proverb http://en.proverbia.net

Chinese Proverb

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. -Chinese Proverb http://en.proverbia.net

Italian Proverb

He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold his tongue. -Italian Proverb en.proverbia.net

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Canadian Proverb

“You cannot catch skunks with mice” Canadian Proverb

Faults

Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. Chinese Proverb Source: enproverbia

Nature

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Tree

It was a beautiful morning, and it would be nice if it stayed this way.

Sky

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When you get there, there isn’t any there there. Zen Proverb

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When you try ……

When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float. Zen Proverb

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The place of uninvited guest is behind the door. Yugoslavian Proverb Quotes Wave

One who smiles …….

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When the husband earns well, the wife spends well. — Dutch Proverb Quotes Wave

Who can do, …….

Who can do, don’t want to; Who wants to, can’t do; Who knows how to do, won’t do it; Who does it, doesn’t know how to; and, so, badly goes the world. — Italian Proverb Quotes Wave

Drink Coffee …..

Drink coffee while it’s hot enough to make you swear but let the chocolate cool. — Sicilian Proverb Quotes Wave

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Cold

Cold tea and cold rice are bearable, but cold looks and cold words are not. — Japanese Proverb Quotes Wave

Mind

A bath refreshes the body, tea refreshes the mind. — Japanese Proverb

Knowledge

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass. — Japanese Proverb

Sailing

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In a nation …..

In a nation of naked people, the one who wears a rag is considered a mad man. — Tamil Proverb

Drink

First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man. — Japanese Proverb

Law

There’s one law for the rich and another for the poor. — English Proverb

A bird does not sing ….

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. — Chinese Proverb

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Truth

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The Zen proverb ….

The Zen proverb, ‘in summer we sweat; in winter we shiver,’ is meant to illustrate the importance of not trying to escape or avoid our present situation. — Rebecca Otowa

Egg

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it. — Japanese Proverb

You can only go ….

You can only go halfway into the darkest forest; then you are coming out the other side. — Chinese Proverb

Do not judge …..

Do not judge a person until the lid of his coffin is closed. — Chinese Proverbs

Count your joys….

Count your joys instead of your woes. Count your friends instead of your foes. — Irish Proverb