"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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Quotes on ADAGE and PROVERBS




"Traveler, there are no paths. Paths are made by walking.” ~Australian Aboriginal Proverb

“Those who lose dreaming are lost.” ~Australian Aboriginal Proverb

"We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love ... and then we return home." ~Australian Aboriginal Proverb



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"Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times." ~Asian Proverb

"He that will not reflect is a ruined man." ~Asian Proverb

"Judge not the horse by his saddle." ~Asian Proverb

"Make weapons before the war begins. Not after." ~East Asian Proverb 

“If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your present actions.”
-Buddhist saying

"Never let go the reins of the wild colt of the heart." ~Buddhist Saying

"In time of test, family is best." ~Burmese Proverb

"For news of the heart ask the face." ~Cambodian Proverb

"If the panther knew how much he is feared, he would do more than harm." ~Cameroonian Proverb 

"Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny." ~Celtic Proverb

"He who finds not love finds nothing." ~Chilean Proverb

"When the bee comes to your house, let her have a beer; you may want to visit the bee’s house someday." ~Congo Proverb

"Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance." ~Cowboy Proverb

"A lie runs until truth catches up to it." ~Cuban Proverb

“Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends." ~Czech Proverb

"Just act normal, that’s crazy enough." (doe maar normaal dan doe je al gek genoeg) ~Dutch Saying

"The acts of this life are the destiny of the next." ~Eastern Proverb

"He who eats from the flour of his own soul, dies before he dies." ~Egypt Proverb
Meaning: This proverb warns against selfishness and greed. It suggests that when you prioritize your own interests at the expense of others, you ultimately harm yourself and lose your sense of purpose.
"The kingdom of heaven is within you; and whosoever shall know himself shall find it." ~Egyptian Proverb

"When death comes, the rich man has no money, the poor man no debt." ~Estonian Proverbs

"Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage." ~Finnish Proverb

"Only ugly people need to dress up." ~Finnish Adage

"Neither seek nor shun the fight." ~Gaelic Proverb

"Everyone is the age of their heart." ~Guatemalan Proverb

"Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." ~Heathen (Ancient) Proverb

"To him who has had the experience, no explanation is necessary." ~Hermetic Saying

‪"Every time one laughs a nail is removed from one's coffin." ~Honduran Proverb ‬

"A good beginning makes a good ending." ~Icelandic Proverb

“Like the seaweed that clings to each other after each passing boat separates them, so too a family will come together with the passing of each crisis.” ~Indonesian Proverb

"The reader does not steal, and the thief does not read." ~Iraqi Proverb

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"Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river." ~Malagasy Proverb

"Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the root." ~Malay Proverb

"Time gives good advice." ~Maltese Proverb

“You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.” ~Maltese Proverb

"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you." ~Maori Proverb

"It's not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall." ~Mexican Proverb

"They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds." ~Mexican Proverb

"It is better to see one time than to hear one hundred times." ~Mongolian Proverb

"At the gate of patience there is no crowding." ~Moroccan Proverb 

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"A wise woman who knows her proverbs can reconcile difficulties." ~Nigerian Proverb

"Hold a true friend with both your hands." ~Nigerian Proverb

"The bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad." ~Nigerian Proverb

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"Afterthought is good, but forethought is better." ~Norwegian Proverb

"Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer." ~Norwegian Proverb

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"Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds." ~Ojibway Proverb

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"It is a rarity to find someone who can weigh other people's faults without putting his own thumbs on the scale." ~Paraguayan Proverb

"Little by little one walks far." ~Peruvian Proverb

"Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day." ~Polish Proverb

"The world is a rose; smell it and pass it to your friends." ~Persian Proverb

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"Eagles don't catch flies." ~Provencal Proverbs

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"To better hear the world outside, listen faithfully to the voice inside." ~Quaker Proverb

"No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back." ~Romanian Proverb

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"Go often to the house of a friend; For weeds soon choke up the unused path." ~Scandinavian Proverb

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"Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat." ~Scottish Proverb

"Love your friend and look to yourself." ~Scottish Proverb

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"Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars." ~Serbian Proverb

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"Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty." ~Sicilian Proverb

"Revenge is a dish best served cold." ~Sicilian Proverb

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"A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass." ~Sioux Proverb

“Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.” ~Slovenian Proverb

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"Bringing joy to one heart with love is better than one thousand repetitive prayer recitings." ~Sufi Proverb

"Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive." ~Sufi Proverb

"Why place your hand in a scorpion's nest if you cannot stand the sting." ~Sufi Saying


"He who shakes his neighbor's house will have his own house shaken."  ~Swiss Proverb

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"The journey is the reward." ~Tao Saying

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"The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure." ~Tibetan Proverb

"Tragedy should be utilised as a source of strength." ~Tibetan Saying

"When things are difficult, then let yourself be happy.’ ~Tibetan Saying

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"Friendship is a furrow in the sand." ~Tongan Proverb

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"A seed hidden in the heart of an Apple is an orchard invisible." ~Welsh Proverb

"Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people." ~Welsh Proverb

"Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild." ~Welsh Proverb

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OLD PROVERBS 

"Before you begin the journey, you own the journey. Once you have begun, the journey owns you." ~Old Proverb 

"Each person comes to life at a time when they have something to give to the world. " ~Old Proverb 

"Once bitten, twice shy." ~Old Proverb

"Whoever remains narrow of vision cannot be big of heart." ~Old Proverb 


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"When you run alone, you run fast. But when you run together, you run far." ~Zambian Proverb

"When you look into INFINITY, you realise that there are more important things to do than what people do all day." ~The Daily Zen (comic strip)

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PROVERBS and ADAGE

"A fish is caught by its own mouth." ~Proverb

"A friend at hand is better than a relative at a distance." ~Proverb

"A hero is a man who is afraid to run away." ~Proverb

"A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day." ~Proverb

"A small leak will sink a great ship."
~Proverb  

"A Sunday well-spent brings a week of content." ~Proverb

"Be sure, before you marry, of a house wherein to tarry." ~Proverb

"Begin to weave and the divine will provide the thread." ~Old Proverb 

‪"Better to be an old man's sweetheart than a young man's slave. ~Proverb‬

"Fake it until you make it." ~Old Proverb

"Fine words butter no parsnips." ~Proverb

"For every strength there is a weakness, and for every weakness, a strength." ~Proverbs

"Friendship is love with understanding." ~Proverb

"He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." ~Proverb

"If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours." ~Proverb

"If you're already walking on thin ice, you might as well dance." ~Proverb

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." ~Proverb

"Like blood, like good, and like age make the happiest marriages." ~Proverb

"Marriage with peace is the world's paradise: with strife, this life's purgatory." ~Proverb

“Nature is new every morning.”  ~Proverb

"No bees, no honey; no work, no money." ~Proverb

"No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow." ~Proverb

"Now is the watchword of the wise." ~Proverb

"Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something." ~Proverb

“Shallow streams make the most noise." ~Old Adage

"Speak when you are spoken to." ~Proverb

‪"The tallest the bamboo the lower it bends." ~Adage‬

"Those who wish to sing always find a song." ~Proverb

"Two cannot fall out if one does not choose." ~Proverb on Friendship

"We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it." ~Proverb

"When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars." ~Proverb

"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you." ~Proverb

"When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt." ~Proverb

"Who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing." ~Proverb

"You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable." ~Proverb

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ARAB PROVERBS

“A woman can hide her love for 40 years, but her disgust and anger not for one day” ~Arab Proverb

"Be a teacher to your son when he's young and a friend when he grows up" ~Arabic saying

"If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart." ~Arabian proverb

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OTHERS:

"An ancient proverb summed it up: when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life." ~Terry Pratchett

"Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake." ~John Bunyan

"Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience." ~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind." ~Leo Rosten

"The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself." ~Thomas S. Szasz

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