- Much travel is needed before a raw man is ripened.
- Wealth comes like a turtle and runs away like a gazelle. This means it can take ages for you to find wealth, but spending it all is far too easy – it can disappear before you know it!
- Keeping a secret is a commitment.
- The best answer will come from the person who is not angry.
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- Tomorrow is close if you have patience, or, Tomorrow is another day.
- We have one language, and two ears for a reason: we need to listen more than we speak.
- Laughing without a reason is rude.
- The stupid might want to help you, but they just ended up hurting you.
- It’s better to avoid mistakes altogether than do something that you should apologize for after.
- A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.
- Distance equals disaffection.
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- Believe what you see and lay aside what you hear.
- The house of a tyrant is a ruin.
- Even if friend is honey, don’t lick them all up.
- The fruit of silence is tranquility.
- Do not delay today’s work for tomorrow. Don’t procrastinate!
- The smarter you are, the less you speak.
- Tougher than a stone.
- An envious person is the unhappiest.
- The carpenter’s door is loose. This might refer to the idea that people who make a profession or a habit of one thing might not have the time to even use that skill in their own life. They take care of everyone except for themselves.
- A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.
- The key to everything is determination.
- Winds blow counter to what the ship wants. You don’t always get everything your way.
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- Wishing does not make a poor man rich.
- Good health is a crown worn by the healthy that only the ill can see.
- There’s always tomorrow.
- Forgetting is the plague of knowledge.
- Good health is a crown worn by the healthy than only the ill can see.
- Do not eat your bread on somebody else’s table. This means that you shouldn’t benefit off of someone else’s expense; as in, you shouldn’t dirty someone else’s table if you’re just going to be eating your bread.
- Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Send a wise man; don’t advise him.
- Days are like countries. This means that a country might be great today, but not tomorrow. This applies to people as well.
- Ask your purse what you should buy.
- Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
- Time is made of gold.
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- Beware the levelheaded person if they’re angry. Levelheaded people are usually calm and collected, and don’t anger easily. This saying refers to the fact that if something set off a levelheaded person, you should be more worried!
- He makes a dome out of a grain. This is the equivalent of making a mountain out of a mole hill.
- Determination is the key to everything.
- Opinion comes before the bravery of the braves.
- Everyone is critical of the flaws of others, but blind to their own.
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- Like a fish in water. Another way to say that someone is a natural.
- You can’t clap with one hand.
- There is always something to learn from experimentation.
- He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light.
- Avoid that which requires an apology.
- Lack of intelligence is the greatest poverty.
- Arrogance diminishes wisdom.
- Avoid things that will require an apology. This means if you want to do something that you know you’ll have to apologize for, you should probably just not do it!
- In haste there is regret, but in patience and care there is peace and safety. This means you shouldn’t rush things, because if you rush something you’ll end up doing a poor job and regretting the results. If you take your time, you’re ensuring a good end result and can feel peace in knowing that.
- The wisest is the one who can forgive.
- Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out.
- A house divided cannot stand.
- A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
- If you have an opinion, you better be determined.
- If you’re unable to reward, then make sure to thank.
- What is learned in youth is carved in stone.
- Be in the world, but not of the world.
- Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.
- Falseness lasts an hour, the truth lasts until the end of time.
- The stingy have large porches and little morality.
- Unity is power.
- Every sun has to set.
- Silence is the sign of approval.
- Anger begins with madness, but ends in regret.
- Lying is a disease, and truth is a cure.
- A tree begins with a seed.
- Eat less to sleep more.
- Close the door that brings in the wind and relax. This means that sometimes, rather than taking a beating, you should just shut off the source of the noise, distraction, problem – that is, if you can – and take a break.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- With care do you realize your opportunities.
- You are striking cold iron. This means you’re trying to change something that you can’t.
- Be wary around your enemy once, and your friend a thousand times. A double crossing friend knows more about what harms you.
- Think of the going out before you enter.
- The mouth should have three gatekeepers. Is it true? Is it kind? And is it necessary?
- A tree begins with a seed.
- You reap what you sow.
- Few know how much we must know in order to know how little we know.
- Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time.
- Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment.
- If the wind blows, ride it.
- Avoid the company of liars, but if you can’t, don’t believe them. This one is pretty straightforward, isn’t it?
- If you are charitable, you are rich.
- A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.
- Ignorance is the most terrible acquaintance.
- Get together like brothers, but work together like strangers.
- Make distance between you and every dirtiness.
- The rope of lies is short. There is only so much leeway you have when you lie. Once that very short rope runs out, you’ll have to face the consequences.
- Visit rarely, and you will be more loved.
- Give your friends your money and your blood, but don’t justify yourself. Your enemies won’t believe it and your friends won’t need it.
- Go with the lesser of two evils.
- Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill.
- No crowd ever waited at the gates of patience.
- Be patient and you’ll get what you want.
- The envious were created just to be infuriated. This means that there’s no end result to envy other than fury. If you’re feeling envious, you’re only leading yourself down a path to anger.
- It’s better to fix what you have than wait to get what you don’t have.
- The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.
- Planning is half of living.
- More skillful than a silk worm.
- Discipline your son when he’s young, and be his friend when he grows up.
- Experimentation is the greatest science.
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