Subject: Proverbs (Page 2)

What the mulla says, you must do; what he does, you must not do.

Proverbs

You may laugh at a friend’s roof; don’t laugh at his sleeping accomodation.

Proverbs

Friends are like fiddle-strings and they must not be screwed too tightly.

Friends People Proverbs

The sinning is the best part of repentance.

Proverbs

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

Proverbs

Learn to laugh at yourself, we certainly have.

Emotions Laughter Proverbs

Jealousy and love are sisters.

Emotions Love Proverbs

A bird in the hand is usually dead.

Animals Proverbs

If an ass goes a-traveling, he'll not come home a horse.

Characteristics Proverbs Situations

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

Proverbs

If a patient dies, the doctor killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him.

Doctors Health Proverbs

People living in glass houses should not!

People Proverbs

Where there’s a will, there’s a relative.

Family Proverbs Relationships

The best way to get praise is to die.

Death Proverbs

Let every fox take care of his own tail.

Proverbs

Even a dog knows the difference between being tripped-over and kicked.

Animals Dogs Proverbs

When you throw dirt, you lose ground.

Proverbs

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Proverbs Situations

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall.

Animals Proverbs

You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

Activities Proverbs Sleep

Who depends on another man’s table often dines late.

Proverbs