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The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows. — Idries Shah

When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth - Persian Proverb — Jennifer Fallon

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. — Confucius

I said that I loved the wise proverb, Brief, simple and deep; For it I'd exchange the great poem That sends us to sleep. — Bryan Procter

There are two parts to the equation: feel good + take action. The ancient Sufi proverb says; Trust in Allah, but first tie your camel to a post. — Andrew Matthews

If you live to seek revenge, dig a grave for two. ANCIENT JEWISH PROVERB — Daniel Silva

The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

The second mouse gets the cheese! — Terry Pratchett

The most difficult battles in life are those we fight within. - Old Chinese Proverb — Camron Wright

My spirit thirst for the living water. — Lailah Gifty Akita

As a Turkish proverb says
it was going to be like digging a well with a needle. — Terry Hayes

When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail. — Idries Shah

A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful, says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example. — Samuel Smiles

To find what you seek in the road of life,
the best proverb of all is that which says:
Leave no stone unturned. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue - Russian Proverb — Rachel Van Dyken

A Saigon Proverb: Doe la chine tran, neu buon la thua. Life is a struggle in which sorrow leads to defeat. — Kim Thuy

There is no honour among thieves. — American Proverb.

There is a German proverb which says that Take-it-Easy and Live-Long are brothers. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Wealth Is Like Dung, Useful Only When Spread" - Chinese Proverb JIGGS — B.K. Froman

Of the Shaker society, it was formerly a sort of proverb in the country, that they always sent the devil to market. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. Jewish Proverb (p. 117) — Jenny Sanford

There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems. — Thomas Carlyle

In a good book the best is between the lines. — Swedish Proverb

Those who wish to sing always find a song. — Swedish Proverb

Cry is a sound in woman's ear; it is a volcano in man's heart. — Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Whoever is to be wise despises himself. Only the ignorant trust their own judgement. — Idries Shah

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. French Proverb — Lawrence W. Gold

Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy. — Stephen King

He remembered the old Chinese proverb, sometimes ascribed to Confucius: If you sit by the river for long enough, the body of your enemy will float by. — Salman Rushdie

The old proverb was now made good, the mountain had brought forth a mouse. — Plutarch

When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, and others build windmills. chinese proverb — Anonymous

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. — Anonymous

Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb. — Patricia Wentworth

Better to quarrel with a friend than to support enemies. — Idries Shah

If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot. Japanese Proverb — Bohdi Sanders

No colour comes after black. — Idries Shah

There is a proverb which says "As the soul is at three so it is at one hundred, — Yei Theodora Ozaki

The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it. — Mark Twain

A bench of bishops is the devils flower garden — Unattributed

A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible.
~Welsh Proverb~ — Elise McCune

A stolen kiss is not easily returned. — Idries Shah

If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living. — Yiddish Proverb

A religious person without no job is a dead person. (Iigbagbo ti koni ise oku ni. - Yoruba proverb) — Habeeb Akande

There are no endings, only beginnings that have been reborn. — D.B. Patterson

Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome. — Anthony Trollope

As long as a human being lives he will learn . — Lybian Proverb

There is no fool like an old fool. — American Proverb.

The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus - man is a wolf to man - ... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with other wolves. — Geoffrey Gorer

Where are the fish, though?"
"In the sea they say, in the boats we pray," said Dan, quoting a fisherman's proverb. — Rudyard Kipling

Begin thinking of death and you are no longer sure of your life. It's a Hebrew proverb. — Leo Gordon

Visits always give pleasure
if not the arrival, the departure. — Portuguese Proverb

god gives but does not share" --haitian proverb — Tracy Kidder

Better late than ever. — American Proverb.

No effort makes a black crow into a white hawk. — Idries Shah

Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth! — Nathaniel Parker Willis

An old fool is worse than a young one: For the young may always grow wise. (Zohair) — Idries Shah

As the Chinese proverb says, 'Those who say it can't be done shouldn't interrupt those who are doing it. — Mollie Culligan

Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Because sugar is not arsenic, many graves are full. — Idries Shah

An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb — Chinua Achebe

My favorite Proverb: If you argue with a fool, how will they know who the fool is? — C. Fern Cook

Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. — Chinua Achebe

You are never too old to learn. — American Proverb.

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. — Anonymous

He who makes no mistakes never makes anything.

-- English Proverb — Andrew Szlachetko

Stop hating yourself for the things you have not and start loving yourself for the things that you have. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Good things come to those who wait. English Proverb — Bey Deckard

One lie will keep out forty truths. — Idries Shah

I am always nearest to myself, says the Latin proverb. — Thomas B. Macaulay

There's an old Japanese proverb - to wait for luck is the same as waiting for one's death. We make our own luck, my old friend." "I — David Leadbeater

Satisfaction is a treasure which does not decay.
Proverb — Idries Shah

The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss. — Idries Shah

The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain. — Marian Keyes

The only way to tell a fable is to introduce a human. The only way to tell a proverb is to introduce your grandfather. — Bauvard

Conscience is the dog that can't bite, but never stop barking. — Proverb

There's a Hasidic proverb: 'While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.'" Jacob — Jonathan Safran Foer

The Chinese proverb says, when sleeping women wake, mountains move. — Sarah Bessey

Tell the truth and . . .run!"
Old Croatian proverb — Teresa Toten

If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear. — E.A. Bucchianeri

Early to rise,
early to bed.
A proverb worth following
until one is dead. — Ashwin Sanghi

The lion and the lamb may lie down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep. - An old desert proverb — Melissa McPhail

There is an end to every journey.
Even life will come to an end one moment in time. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God made man because He loves stories — Yiddish Proverb

There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards? — Josh Billings

You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan. — Idries Shah

Proverb: The caterpillar thought the world was ending, then it turned into a butterfly, — Marian Phair

Wise is the fool who becomes a master at laughter. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

When you see a new trail, or a footprint you do not know, follow it to the point of knowing. - SIOUX PROVERB — Jeff Brown

Silence is the door of consent. — Lybian Proverb

Wealth is like the morning dew
which dissipates with the
advent of the sunrise"
(A Ndebele Proverb)
— Ndaba Sibanda

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

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains." Dutch proverb — Nana Awere Damoah

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

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

Proverb. — Idries Shah

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 Szasz

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas). — Pliny The Elder

Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous. — Laura Fitzgerald

Each flies with its own kind: pigeon with pigeon, hawk with hawk. — Idries Shah

Your Gods and my Gods - do you or I know which are the stronger? - Native Proverb. — Rudyard Kipling

Fat Kid Proverb #52: Never miss an opportunity to dissect a compliment. — K.L. Going