Proverbs to live by, chosen by Sharcu

I went through all the quotes on here listed under a proverb and picked out my favorite one's.

  1. Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.
        Spanish Proverb   Best?
  2. Never give advice unless asked.
        German Proverb   Best?
  3. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  4. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  5. Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
        Arab Proverb   Best?
  6. Use soft words and hard arguments.
        English Proverb   Best?
  7. Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  8. When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
        Japanese Proverb   Best?
  9. Hold a true friend with both hands.
        Nigerian Proverb   Best?
  10. Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.
        Scandinavian Proverb   Best?
  11. Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
        Czech Proverb   Best?
  12. May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.
        Irish Proverb   Best?
  13. The road to a friend's house is never long.
        Danish Proverb   Best?
  14. Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
        Greek Proverb   Best?
  15. Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.
        Proverbs   Best?
  16. Everyone is wise until he speaks.
        Irish Proverb   Best?
  17. Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  18. As you teach, you learn.
        Jewish Proverb   Best?
  19. By asking for the impossible we obtain the possible.
        Italian Proverb   Best?
  20. Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
        Jewish Proverb   Best?
  21. Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  22. Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
        Malayan Proverb   Best?
  23. Solutions- The first step toward a cure is to know what the disease is.
        Latin Proverb   Best?
  24. Bad is never good until worse happens.
        Danish Proverb   Best?
  25. Even the longest day has its end.
        Irish Proverb   Best?
  26. Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.
        French Proverb   Best?
  27. Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.
        Persian Proverb   Best?
  28. He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  29. When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
        African Proverb   Best?
  30. If you believe everything you read, better not read.
        Japanese Proverb   Best?
  31. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  32. If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
        Latin Proverb   Best?
  33. Good habits result from resisting temptation.
        Ancient Proverb   Best?
  34. Charity sees the need not the cause.
        German Proverb   Best?
  35. Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.
        Native American Proverb   Best?
  36. It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
        Italian Proverb   Best?
  37. When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  38. What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.
        Jewish Proverb   Best?
  39. A full cup must be carried steadily.
        English Proverb   Best?
  40. When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.
        Czech Proverb   Best?
  41. If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.
        Spanish Proverb   Best?
  42. To change and to change for the better are two different things.
        German Proverb   Best?
  43. A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
        Spanish Proverb   Best?
  44. Where there is no vision, the people perish.
        Proverbs   Best?
  45. 'But' is a fence over which few leap.
        German Proverb   Best?
  46. The lazy man always does twice the work.
        Spanish Proverb   Best?
  47. A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.
        Native American Proverb   Best?
  48. A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.
        Irish Proverb   Best?
  49. A lie travels farther than the truth.
        Irish Proverb   Best?
  50. A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
        English Proverb   Best?
  51. Anger without power is folly.
        German Proverb   Best?
  52. Beginning is easy - Continuing is hard.
        Japanese Proverb   Best?
  53. Better the foot slip than the tongue.
        French Proverb   Best?
  54. Children speak in the field what they hear in the house.
        Scottish Proverb   Best?
  55. Dig the well before you are thirsty.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  56. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
        Persian Proverb   Best?
  57. Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.
        African Proverb   Best?
  58. Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
        Chinese Proverb   Best?
  59. Don't throw away your old shoes until you have got new ones.
        Dutch Proverb   Best?

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