- Never laugh at live dragons.
- Beauty won't make the kettle boil.
- Lose an hour in the morning and you'll be looking for it all day.
- Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.
- Don't put off to tomorrow what you could do today.
- Short cuts make long delays.
- There are fish in the sea better than have ever been caught.
- There's nothing so bad that it couldn't be worse.
- The friend that has to be bought is not worth buying.
- It's not a delay to stop and sharpen the scythe.
- Earth has no sorrows that Heaven cannot heal.
- Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
- You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
- There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.
- Oft in lies, truth is hidden.
- The wise speak only of what they know.
- One who cannot cast away a treasure at need is in fetters.
- Where there's life there's hope.
- If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at who He gives it to!
- A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
- There’s no point in keeping a dog if you are going to do your own barking.
- It is the heaviest ear of grain that bends its head the lowest.
- A light heart lives long.
- Might as well be hanged for a dragon as an egg.
- You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
- Idle dreamers have nothing to put in the pot.
- Digging holes produces nothing but holes.
- Trout made into fish cakes is still trout.
- If you don't look for Trouble, how can you know it's there?
- The proper place for a stew is in the pot.
- When you say what you think, be sure to think what you say.
- No matter where There is, when you arrive it becomes Here.
- What's done is finished.
- Put your nose ahead and your face will follow.
- You can't take a step without putting forth a foot.
- Look where you're going before you look back.
- A turtle should take fright at the sound of a boiling pot.
- A net across the Little Trickle won't catch fish in the Watercress River.
- The only good mushroom is a cooked mushroom.
- You never can tell from a Minnipin's hide what color he is down deep inside.
- Do what's right, come hell or high water, and God will give you the upper hand.
- I feel small; but so are stars, from a distance.
- Be humble, for you are made of earth; be noble, for you are made of stars.
apr 7 2014 ∞
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