Wise Old Sayings

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Now I will provide you with wise old sayings with the letter B:


Bad gains are true losses. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Bad is called good when worse happens. Norwegian (on relative worth)
Be careful what you ask for; you may get it. - unknown (Thanks to J. Martin)
Be careful what you wish for. - unknown
Be ever vigilant but never suspicious. - English (on vigilance)
Be gracious in defeat. - unknown
Be it ever so humble there's no place like home. - unknown
Be just before you are generous. - E. Haywood (1745)
Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on your way down. - Jimmy Durante
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel and countenance. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Be not overcome by evil but repay evil with good. - Bible
Be not water, taking the tint of all colors. - Syrian (on authenticity)
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower still in changing. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Be sure you are right, then go ahead. - Davy Crockett (1786-1836)
Be the change you wish to see in the world. - Ghandi
Be the first in the field and the last to the couch. - Chinese (on work)
Be true to yourself. - unknown
Bear and forbear. - unknown
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. - Greek Proverb
Beauty is only skin deep. - Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613)
Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume. - French (on beauty)
Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion. - Egyptian (on caution and care)
Before healing others, heal yourself.- Gambian (on health and wellness)
Before you marry keep both eyes open; after marriage keep one eye shut.- Jamaican (on marriage)
Beggars can't be choosers. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Beginning is easy; continuing, hard. - Japanese (on permanence and change)
Behind every argument lies someone's ignorance. - Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941)
Being happy is better than being king. - Hausa (West African) (on comparable worth)
Believe in yourself. - unknown
Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see. - unknown
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. - Chinese (on comparable worth)
Better a thousand enemies outside the tent than one within it. - Arabic (on friends and foes)
Better late than never. - Roman Proverb
Better one true friend than a hundred relatives. - Italian (on friendship)
Better slip with foot than tongue. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Better ten times ill than one time dead.- Yiddish (on health and wellness)
Better the devil you know than the one you don't - R. Taverner (1539)
Better to ask the way than go astray. - unknown
Better to ask twice than to lose your way. - Danish (on practicality)
Better to be safe than sorry. - Samuel Lover (1797-1868)
Better to give than to receive. - Bible (Acts 20:35)
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Better yourself before others. - Darren Bateman
Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog and a quarrelsome person. - Iranian (on caution and care)
Beware of little expenses: a small leak will sink a great ship. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Beware of the person with two faces.- Dutch (on hypocrisy)
Beware the door with too many keys. - Portuguese (on vigilance)
Beware the fury of a patient man. - John Dryden (1631-1700)
Beware the Greeks bearing gifts. - Virgil (70-19 BC) "I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts."
Beware the person with nothing to lose. - Italian (on prudence)
Birds of a feather, flock together. - Robert Burton (1577-1640)
Blood is thicker than water. - German Proverb
Bloom where you're planted. - unknown
Boys, be ambitious. - William Smith Clark (1826-1886)
Brains are better than brawn. - unknown
Bread, oil, Salt and Heart - Albanian ( on honoring the guest) thanks to kravetsmaksim
Bury the hatchet beneath the root of the tree. - Native American Saying (on war and peace)
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads. - Albert Camus
Butterflies come to pretty flowers. - Korean (on beauty)
Buyer beware. - Latin Proverb "Caveat emptor"
Buying on credit is robbing next year's crop. - African American (on buying and selling)
By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
By crawling, a child learns to stand. - Hausa (West African) (on experience)
By going and coming, a bird weaves its nest. - Ashanti (West African) (on persistence) [/grade]

[grade="FF0000 FF6347 FF0000 FF7F50"][align=left]The letter C:

Caesar did not merit the triumphal car more than he that conquers himself. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion. - Julius Caesar (c.102-44 BC)
Can't get blood from a stone. - unknown
Can't see the forest for the trees. - unknown
Carve the peg by looking at the hole. - Korean (on appropriateness)
Change is inevitable - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Change yourself and fortune will change. - Portuguese (on fortune)
Character building begins in infancy and continues until death. - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Character is easier kept than recovered. - English (on character and virtue)
Character is habit long continued. - Greek
Charity begins at home. - Tobias George Smollett (1721-1771)
Charity covers a multitude of sins. - Bible (Peter 4:8)
Chickens don't praise their own soup. - Martinican (on flattery and praise)
Children are a poor man's riches. - English Proverb
Children have more need of models than critics.- French (on parents and children)
Choose the hills wisely on which you must do battle. - unknown
Choose to be forgiven. - unknown
Choose your neighbors before you buy your house. - Hausa (West African) (on planning)
Chop your own wood; it will warm you twice. - Mack King
Circumstances alter cases. - T. Rymer (1678)
Civility costs nothing and buys everything. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762)
Clean your finger before you point at my spots. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades. - John Harvey MacDonald Jr. combat wounded, Vietnam 1969
Clothes don't make the man. - unknown
Clothes may disguise a fool, but his voice will give him away. - unknown
Clouds gather before a storm. - unknown
Clouds that thunder, do not always rain. - Armenian (on vanity and arrogance)
Cold hands, warm heart. - V.S. Lean (1903)
Come what may, time and hour runs through the roughest day. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Common sense is not so common. - French (on common sense)
Compete-- don't envy.- Yemeni (on jealousy and envy)
Confession is good for the soul. - Scottish Proverb
Conscience makes cowards of us all. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Constant dripping will wear away a stone. - Greek Proverb
Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Control your emotions or they will control you. - Chinese Proverb
Count your blessings. - unknown
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the conquest of it. - William Danforth (1870-1955)
Courage is the complement of fear. - Lazarus Long, thanks to D. Housel
Cowards die many times before their death. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Creditors have better memories than debtors. - English (on business)
Curses like chickens, come home to roost. - Chaucer (c.1343-1400)
Curiosity killed the cat. - E. O'Neill (1888-1953)
Cut your coat according to your cloth. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Cutting off a mule's ears doesn't make it a horse. - Creole (on authenticity) [/grade]

[grade="FF1493 4B0082 FF1493 4B0082"][align=left]The letter D:

Dally not with other folk's spouses or money. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Dead men don't bite. - Plutarch (46-120)
Dead men tell no tales. - J. Wilson (1664)
Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own. - Chinese Proverb
Death is the great leveller. - Claudian
Death keeps no calendar. - English (on death and dying)
Death never takes a wise man by surprise; he is always ready to go. - Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695)
Death pays all debts. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Death takes no bribes. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Deeds are fruits; words are leaves. - English (on words and deeds)
Depend on others and you will go hungry. - Nepalese (on self-reliance)
Depend on your walking stick; not on other people. - Japanese (on self-reliance)
Destroy your enemy by making him your friend. - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Diamond cuts diamond. - Marstow (1604)
Different strokes for different folks. - Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
Difficulties make you a jewel. - Japanese (on adversity)
Diligence is the mother of good luck. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Discretion is the better part of valor. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Distance lends enchantment to the view. - Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
Do good and care not to whom. - Portuguese (on good and evil)
Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Do not allow sins to get beyond creeping. - Hawaiian (on the conduct of life)
Do not attempt too much at once. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Do not dissect a rainbow. In other words, do not destroy a beautiful phenomenon by overanalyzing it. - Denise LaFrance, artist, 1964 - now.
Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold. - unknown
Do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today. - unknown
Do not squander time for that is the stuff that life is made of. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Do the math; count your blessings. - unknown
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. - Bible
Do what comes natural. - unknown
Do what is right, come what may. - unknown
Dog is a man's best friend. - unknown
Dogs bark but the caravan moves on. - Arab Proverb
Don't be caught flat-footed. - unknown
Don't be led around by the nose. - unknown
Don't be too quick to judge. - unknown
Don't believe everything you hear. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Don't bite off more than you can chew. - unknown
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. - unknown
Don't boast when you set out but only when you get there.- Russian (on journeys)
Don't burn your bridges behind you. - unknown
Don't buy other people's problems. - Chinese (on buying and selling)
Don't bypass a town where there's a friend.- Malagasy (on journeys)
Don't call the alligator, big mouth until you have crossed the river. - Belizean (on criticism)
Don't cross the bridge til you come to it. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Don't cry before you are hurt. - Scottish Proverb
Don't cry over spilt milk. - James Howell (1549-1666)
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. - Mid 14th century French Proverb
Don't expect things to go right the first time. - unknown
Don't find fault, find a remedy. - Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Don't get your back up. - unknown
Don't gild the lily. - unknown
Don't give up the ship. - unknown
Don't go barking up the wrong tree. - Davy Crockett (1786-1836)
Don't go looking for trouble. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Don't halloo until you're out of the wood. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Don't hang your hat higher than you can reach. - Belizean (on balance and moderation)
Don't have too many irons in the fire. - unknown
Don't judge anyone unless you've walked in their moccasins one moon. - Native American Proverb
Don't judge of men's wealth or piety by their Sunday appearances. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Don't let anyone get your goat. - unknown
Don't let the critics get you down. - unknown
Don't let the grass grow on the path of friendship. - Blackfoot (Native American) (on friendship)
Don't look where you fell but where you slipped. - Liberian (on practicality)
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. - Henry Ellis(1859-1939)
Don't plant a seed in the sea. - Swahili (East African) (on appropriateness)
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. - Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
Don't put the cart before the horse. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Don't pretend to be something you aren't. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Don't reinvent the wheel. - unknown
Don't rush the river. - unknown; appeared in a horoscope on Dec 2nd, 2003. Thanks to jenfromblock28. The river may be life or it may be financial wealth or it may be your desires.
Don't sail out farther than you can row back. - Danish (on prudence)
Don't say amen to an unacceptable prayer. - Turkish (on prayer)
Don't shoot the messenger. - Old Latin Phrase, "Legatus non violatur." thank you to Graeme Harrison of Sidney, Australia who researched this one and updated our site.
Don't spill the beans. - unknown
Don't sweat the small stuff. - unknown
Don't take any wooden nickels. - American (on authenticity)
Don't take no for an answer. - unknown
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. - unknown
Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. - unknown
Don't toot your own horn. - unknown
Don't treat the symptom, instead find the cause. - unknown
Don't try to reinvent the wheel. - unknown
Don't wish your life away. - unknown
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his brother. - Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Doubt is the key to knowledge. - Iranian (on education)
Drive gently over the stones. - Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) [/grade]

[grade="8B0000 FF6347 8B0000 FF7F50"][align=left]The letter E:

Each bay, its own wind. - Fijian (on differences)
Each person has his strong point. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Eagles don't catch flies. - Desiderius Erasmus (1465-1536)
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Earth is dearer than gold.- Estonian (on nature)
Easier said than done. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
East, west, home's best. - W.K.Kelly (1859)
Easy does it. - T. Taylor (1863)
Easy come, easy go. - Chaucer (c.1343-1400)
Eat coconuts while you have teeth. - Singhalese (on youth and age)
Eat to live, not live to eat. - Socrates (469-399 BC)
Economy is the wealth of the poor and the wisdom of the rich. - French (on thrift)
E'er you remark another's sin, bid your own conscience look within. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Eggs have no business dancing with stones. - Haitian (on prudence)
Empty sacks will never stand upright. - Italian Proverb
Empty vessels make the most sound. - John Lydgate (c.1370-1451)
Enough is as good as a feast. - Sir Thomas Malory (d.1471))
Envy has no rest.- Middle Eastern (on jealousy and envy)
Envy is based on an incomplete understanding of the other person's situation. - George Chapman (c.1559-1634)
Envy of others always shows. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. - John Philpot Curran (1750-1817)
Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. - Korean (on common sense)
Even a sheet of paper has two sides. - Japanese (on differences)
Even a worm will turn. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580) "Treade a worme on the tayle and it must turn agayne."
Even Buddist priests of the same temple quarrel occasionally.- Singhalese (on the human comedy)
Even children of the same mother, look different. - Korean (on differences)
Even in Mecca, people make money. - Hausa (West African (on balance and moderation)
Even monkeys fall out of trees. - Japanese Proverb
Even the best laid plans go awry. - unknown
Even the best song becomes tiresome if heard too often. - Korean (on art and creativity)
Even the best writer has to erase. - Spanish (on books and writers)
Even the largest army is nothing without a good general.- Afghan (on leadership)
Even though you have ten thousand fields, you can eat but one measure of rice a day. - Chinese Proverb
Every adversity carries with it the seed of equal or greater benefit. - Napolean Hill ()
Every age has its book. - Arabic (on books and writers)
Every ass loves to hear himself bray. - English (on vanity and arrogance)
Every burro has his own saddle. - Equadoran (on differences)
Every cloud has a silver lining. - D.R. Locke (1863)
Every day of your life is a page of your history.- Arabic (on life and living)
Every dog has its day. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Every dog is allowed one bite. - V.S. Lean (1902)
Every garden may have some weeds. - English Proverb
Every head is a world. - Cuban (on differences)
Every herring must hang by his own gill. - S. Harwood (1609)
Every horse thinks his own pack heaviest. - Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
Every jack has his jill; if only they can find each other. - R. Cotgrave (1611)
Every land has its own law. - J. Carmichael (1628)
Every man for himself. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Every man has his price. - unknown
Every man has to seek his own way to make himself more noble and to realize his own true worth. - Albert Schweitzer
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. - Appius (c.470 BC)
Every peddlar praises his own needles. - Portuguese (on flattery and praise)
Every picture tells a story. - unknown
Every pot will find its lid.- Yiddish (on marriage)
Every tear has a smile behind it. - Iranian (on adversity)
Everybody makes mistakes. - unknown
Everyone gets their just deserts. - unknown
Everyone is ignorant only on different subjects. - Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Everyone is the age of their heart. - Guatemalan (on youth and age)
Everyone wants to live long but no one wants to be called old. - Icelandic (on youth and age)
Everything comes to those who wait. - unknown
Everything in moderation. - unknown
Everything is lovely when the geese honk high. - unknown
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. - Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Example is the best precept. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Expect the worst, but hope for the best. - unknown
Experience is the best teacher. - Latin Proverb
Experience is the mother of wisdom. - unknown
Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes. - James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) [/grade]

مأساة عمري

welcome dear to our corner..

i loved your participation.. i could stay reading this topic forever
i have always been interested in proverbs and wise sayings..
truly they teach us a lot.. if only we'd be prepared to listen..


this is a distinguished topic.. and i am waiting for more topics from you..

do not delay :)

thanks

:flower: :flower: :flower:

[grade="00008B FF6347 008000 FFA500"][align=left]العنيــــــدة™

I appreciate your response and I very happy that you liked my topic
I love to read these wise sayings because they inspire me alot

Today I will put for you wise old sayings starting by the letter F

Fact is stranger than fiction. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865)
Failure is a teacher; a harsh one, but the best. - Thomas J. Watson Sr. (1874-1956)
Failure is the path of least persistence. - unknown
Faint heart never won fair lady. - W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
Fair words can buy a horse on credit. - Trinidadian (on flattery and praise)
Fair words never hurt the tongue. - George Chapman (c.1559-1634)
Faith is the ability to not panic. - unknown
Falling is easier than rising. - Irish (on fame)
False friends leave you in times of trouble. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Familiarity breeds contempt. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. - German Proverb
Fear the Greeks bearing gifts. - Virgil (70-19 BC) "I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts."
Fear the person who fears you. - Middle Eastern (on courage and fear)
Feed a cold and starve a fever. - C. Morley (1939)
Fine feathers don't make fine birds. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Fine words butter no parsnips. - John Clarke (1639)
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. - German Proverb
First come, first served. - unknown
First food, then religion. - Afghan (on practicality)
First things first. - G. Jackson (1894)
Fish don't get caught in deep water. - Malay (on caution and care)
Fishing without a net is merely bathing. - Hausa (West African) (on authenticity)
Focus on what's right in your world instead of what's wrong. - unknown
Follow your dreams. - unknown
Following the path of least resistence is what makes both men and rivers crooked. - unknown - thanks to Brian Fierling
Fools and scissors require good handling. - Japanese (on foolishness)
Fools are like other folks as long as they are silent. - Danish (on foolishness)
Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread. - Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
For every bow there is an arrow. (For everyone there is someone.) - unknown
For news of the heart, ask the face.- Guinean (on life and living)
Forgive and forget. - unknown
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Forethought is easy, repentance is hard. - Chinese (on discretion)
Forewarn'd, forearm'd. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Four horses cannot overtake the tongue. - Chinese (on gossip)
Friends are God's way of taking care of us. -unknown
Friendship increases by visiting friends but visiting seldom. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Friendship is one mind in two bodies. - Mencius (c.371-289)
From the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks. - Jesus Christ
Froth is not beer. - Dutch (on appearance and reality) [/grade]

[grade="00008B FF6347 FFA500 4B0082"][align=left]G

Gather the breadfruit from the farthest branches first. - Samoan (on practicality)
Genius is only a great aptitude for patience. - Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788)
Genius is ninety percent perspiration and ten percent inspiration. - Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
Get out of harms way. - Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
Get to the root of the problem. - unknown
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat forever. - Chinese Proverb
Give an extra piece of cake to a stepchild.- Korean (on parenting and children)
Give assistance not advice in a crisis. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Give credit where credit is due. - M. Floy (1834)
Give even an onion, graciously. - Afghan (on generosity)
Give every man thy ear but few thy voice. - unknown
Give good and get good. - Estonian (on generosity)
Give the devil his due. - Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
Give thy thoughts no tongue. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Give up the ghost. - Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
Given a challenge, rise to the occasion. - unknown
Glass, china and reputation are easily crack'd and never well mended. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Go for it. - American (on ambition)
God did not create hurry. - Finnish (on balance and moderation)
God gave us music that we might pray without words. - unknown
God gave us the nuts but he doesn't crack them. - German Proverb
God grant me a good sword and no use for it. - Polish (on war and peace)
God helps those who help themselves. - George Herbert (1593-1632)
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts. - unknown
Going beyond is as bad as falling short. - Chinese (on balance and moderation)
Gold is the devil's fishhook. - Italian (on temptation)
Good counsellors lack no clients. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Good deeds are the best prayer. - Serbian (on prayer)
Good example is the best sermon. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Good memories are our second chance at happiness. - Queen Elizabeth II
Good things come in small packages. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Good things come when you least expect them. - unknown
Good to forgive, better to forget. - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Good wine needs no bush. - R. Taverner (1545)
Good words are worth much and cost little. - George Herbert (1593-1632)
Goodness does not consist in greatness but greatness in goodness. - Athenaeus (c.200)
Grace thou thy house and let not that grace thee. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Grain by grain a loaf, stone by stone, a castle. - Yugoslavian (on patience)
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Great actions are not always true sons of great and mighty resolutions. - Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
Great chiefs prove their worthiness. - Seneca Proverb
Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Great ideas are the fuel of progress. - unknown
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. - Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Great minds think alike. - "Punch" (c.1922)
Great oaks from little acorns grow. - Chaucer (c.1343-1400)
Great spenders are bad lenders. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Greed often overreaches itself. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Grin and bear it. - unknown [/grade]

thnx alot for the wise sayings
but where are the rest??

[grade="00008B FF6347 FF7F50 FFA500"][align=left]The letter H

Half a loaf is better than none. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Half the truth is often a whole lie. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Half the world knows not how the other half lives. - George Herbert (1593-1633)
Handsome is as handsome does. - Anthony Munday (1553-1633)
Happiness depends on ourselves. - Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Happiness is a state of mind. - unknown
Happiness isn't a goal, it's a by-product. - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Happy is as happy does. - unknown
Happy is the bride that the sun shines on. - Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
Happy is the person who learns from the misfortunes of others. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Happy nations have no history. - Belgian (on war and peace)
Hard words break no bones. - unknown
Haste has no blessing.- Swahili (East African) (on patience)
Haste makes waste. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Hasty climbers have sudden falls. - Robert Greene (c.1560-1592)
Have confidence in yourself and you can lick anything. - unknown
Have the courage of your convictions. - unknown
Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak. - Turkish (on discretion)
Hay is for horses. - Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
He lives long who lives well. - J. Wilson (1553)
He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. - Jewish Proverb
He that cannot obey, cannot command. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that complies against his will, is of the same opinion still. - Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
He that first cries out "stop thief" is often he that has stolen the treasure. - William Congreve (1670-1729)
He that goes aborrowing, goes asorrowing. - R. Taverner (1545)
He that hath a trade, hath an estate. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
He that is rich need not live sparingly and he that can live sparingly need not be rich. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that lies down with the dogs riseth with fleas. - George Herbert (1593-1633)
He that pays for work before it's done, has but a pennyworth for two pence. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that pays the piper, calls the tune. - unknown
He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that respects himself is safe from others. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that steals an egg will steal an ox. - George Herbert (1593-1633)
He that waits on fortune is never sure of a dinner. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that would eat the fruit, must climb the tree. - Scottish Proverb
He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself. - Phillip Massinger (1583-1640)
He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He who bites the hand that feeds him, ends up licking the boot that kicks him. - unknown (thanks to Dale Cade)
He who flees at the right time can fight again. - Marcus Trentius Varro (c.116-27 BC)
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
He who hesitates is lost. - Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
He who laughs last, laughs best. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
He who rules must fully humor as much as he commands. - George Eliot (1819-1880)
He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gates open. - R. Tagore Thakur
Health is better than wealth. - unknown
Hear reason or she will make you feel her. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. - William Congreve (1670-1729)
Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer. - Norwegian (on courage and fear)
His bark is worse than his bite. - George Herbert (1593-1632)
History repeats itself. - George Eliot (1819-1880)
Hit the nail on the head. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Hold a true friend with both your hands. - Nigerian Proverb
Hold fast to the words of your ancestors. - Maori (on proverbs)
Home is where the heart is. - J.J. McCloskey (1870)
Honesty is the best policy. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Honor is better than honors. - Flemish (on the conduct of life)
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. - Thomas Norton & Thomas Sackville (1536-1608)
Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper. - W. Rawley (1661)
Hope springs eternal. - Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
However long the night, the dawn will break. - African Proverb - Hausa Tribe
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood. - 14th Century French Proverb
Hunger is the best sauce. - French Proverb
Hurry is good only for catching flies. - Russian (on the conduct of life)
Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself. - Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) [/grade]

[grade="00008B FF6347 008000 4B0082"][align=left]The letter I

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.(1809-1865) thanks to Pete Hartzel of Woodstock Corporation, Boston, MA
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. - unknown
If evils come not then our fears are in vain; and if they do, fear but augments the pain. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding. - Yiddish (on balance and moderation)
If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty. - German proverb
If I keep my character, I'll be rich enough. - Plutonius
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. - American Saying
If it were not for hope, the heart would break. - Greek (on attitude)
If not today--when? - Kashmiri (on permanence and change)
If passion drives, let reason hold the reins. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If someone gives you advice, it is in his own interest. - Tunisian Proverb
If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot. - Japanese (on prudence)
If the eyes didn't see, the hands wouldn't take.- Yiddish (on opportunity)
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. - Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
If the rich could hire people to die for them, the poor could make a nice living. - Yiddish (on wealth and poverty)
If the shoe fits, wear it. - Nicholas Breton (c.1545-1626)
If the townspeople are happy, look to the chief.- Liberian (on leadership)
If you are afraid of something, you give it power over you. - Moroccan (on courage and fear)
If you are going a long way, go slowly.- Ilocano (Filipino) (on journeys)
If you are hiding, don't light a fire. - Ghanaian (on common sense)
If you are not a fish, how can you tell if the fish are happy? - Chinese (on experience)
If you are not good for yourself, how can you be good for others. - Spanish (on character and virtue)
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. - Chinese Proverb
If you believe everything you read, better not read. - Japanese (on books and writers)
If you buy things you don't need, you will soon be selling things you do need. - Pampango - Filipino (on buying and selling)
If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself. - Swedish (on thrift)
If you call one wolf, you invite the pack. - Bulgarian (on caution and care)
If you can't bite, better not show your teeth. - Yiddish (on common sense)
If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
If you can't serve, you can't rule.- Bulgarian (on leadership)
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. - Harry Truman (1884-1972)
If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be part of someone else's. - American (on planning)
If you don't laugh, you'll cry. - unknown
If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain. - Chinese (on rewards and consequences)
If you don't see the bottom, don't wade. - Scottish (on prudence)
If you don't want trouble, don't go looking for it. - unknown
If you fail to practice your art, it will soon disappear. - German (on art and creativity)
If you follow a fool, you are a fool yourself. - Jamaican (on foolishness)
If you foolishly ignore beauty, then you will soon find yourself without it. - Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959)
If you ford a river in a crowd, the crocodiles won't get you. (Ed. note: If your lucky!) - Malagasy (on strength and weakness)
If you give orders and leave, the work won't get done. - Portuguese (on business)
If you have, give; if you lack, seek. - Malay (on generosity)
If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything. - Yiddish (on business)
If you kick a stone in anger you will hurt your foot. - Korean (on anger)
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you. - Belizean (on character and virtue)
If you pray for another, you will be helped yourself. - Yiddish (on prayer)
If you think your bundle of clothes too heavy, try picking up your neighbor's. - Virgin Islander (on comparable worth)
If you want something done right, do it yourself. - unknown
If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else up.- Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself. - Haitian (on self-reliance)
If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months. - Italian (on business)
If you would get ahead, be a bridge. - Welsh (on ambition)
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
If you would live long, open your heart.- Bulgarian (on health and wellness)
If you would rise in the world, veil ambition with the forms of humanity.- Chinese (on hypocrisy)
If you'ld have a servant that you like, serve yourself. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If you've never run aground, you've never been anywhere! - unknown sailor - thanks to John M. [/grade]

[grade="00008B FFA500 FF6347 4B0082"][align=left]The letter J

Jealousy is a disease for the weak. - unknown
Judge not, lest ye be judged. Bible
Just because everybody's doing something, doesn't mean it's right. - unknown
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do, doesn't mean it's useless. - Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
Just because something is common sense doesn't mean it's common practice. - unknown
Justice is truth in action. - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)


and the letter K:

Keep a stiff upper lip. - unknown
Keep an open mind. - unknown
Keep conscience clear, then never fear. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Keep no more cats than will catch mice. - J. Dare (1673)
Keep plugging. - unknown
Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee. - George Chapman (c.1559-1634)
Keep your chin up. - unknown
Keep your eyes on the sun and you will not see the shadows. - Australian Aborigine Saying
Keep your friends close, your enemies even closer. - Sun Tzu
Keep your friendships in repair. - Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
Keep your head about you. - unknown
Keep your nose to the grindstone. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Keep your shirt on. - American Saying
Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
Kind words conquer. - Tamil (Asian Indian)(on courtesy and respect)
Kindness is more persuasive than force. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Kingdoms divided soon fall. - Bible (Matthew 12:25)
Know thyself. - Ancient Greek Proverb
Know which side your bread is buttered on. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Knowledge is power. - Francis Bacon (1561-1626) [/grade]

[grade="00008B FFA500 FF0000 00008B"][align=left]The letter L:

Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone. - Horace (65-8 BC)
Laugh every day; it's like inner jogging. - unknown
Laughter is the best medicine. - unknown
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free.- Scottish (on justice)
Learn from other peoples mistakes. - unknown
Learn from your mistakes. - unknown
Learning is best when put into practice. - unknown
Learning is better than house and land. - David Garrick (1716-1779)
Least said, soonest mended - unknown
Leave no stone unturned. - Euripides (480-406 BC)
Lend your money and lose your friend. - William Caxton (1421-1491)
Less is more. - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Let bygones be bygones. - Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Let pride go afore, shame will follow after. - George Chapman (c.1559-1634)
Let sleeping dogs lie. - English Proverb
Let the punishment fit the crime. - W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
Let your head be more than a funnel to your stomach. - German (on food and hunger)
Let your words be purrs instead of hisses. - Fannie Roach Palmer
Let's get things straight. - unknown
Liars often set their own traps. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Liars need good memories. - French (on truth and falsehood)
Liberty has no price. - Spanish (on freedom and slavery)
Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get. - unknown, truthfully I lost the submitter's name because when i print an email, for some reason, the printer omits the "to" and "from" email addresses.
Like father, like son. - Asian Proverb
Life has its little ups and downs. - unknown
Life is a journey, not a destination. - Cliff Nichols, [email][email protected][/email]
Life is like the moon: now full, now dark.- Polish (on permanence and change)
Life is not a dress rehearsal. - unknown
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away - unknown
Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Life is one big experiment. - unknown
Life is short and full of blisters.- African-American (on life and living)
Life is the greatest bargain; we get it for nothing.- Yiddish (on life and living)
Life is too short to waste. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Life is what you make it. - Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Life isn't all beer and skittles. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865)
Light gains make heavy purses. - George Chapman (c.1559-1634)
Lightning never strikes the same place twice. - P. H. Myers (1857)
Like a fish, one should look for holes in the net. - Samoan (on freedom and slavery)
Like breeds like. - R. Edgeworth (1557)
Like father, like son. - unknown
Little by little does the trick. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Little by little one walks far.- Peruvian (on journeys)
Little fish are sweet. - R. Forby (1830)
Little friends may prove great friends. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Little is spent with difficulty, much with ease. - Thai (on buying and selling)
Little leaks sink the ship. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Little pitchers have big ears.- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Little said is soonest mended. - George Wither (1588-1667)
Little strokes fell great oaks. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Little thieves are hanged but great ones escape. - 14th Century French Proverb
Live and learn. - George Gascoigne (c.1539-1577)
Live and let live. - Dutch Proverb
Live life to the fullest because you may not have it tomorrow. - reader's name lost
Live your own life, for you will die your own death.- Latin (on life and living)
Look at the bright side. - unknown
Look before you leap. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Lookers-on see most of the game. - John Palsgrave (d.1554)
Looks can be deceiving. - unknown
Loose lips sink ships. - World War II American slogan attributed to Mr. Anthony Modeski, an artillery factory worker who along with his fellow workers was asked to come up with slogans for war posters. Submitted by his grandson, Mike Kurinsky
Lost time is never found again. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Love is often the fruit of marriage.- French (on marriage)
Love isn't love until you give it away. - John H. MacDonald Jr. 1992
Love me, love my dog. - St. Bernard of Clairvaux (12th century)
Love will find a way. - unknown [/grade]

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