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First written on February 15, 2000 Revised and Updated on July 07, 2008 Proverbs and Old Sayings: We judge others by their acts, but ourselves by our intentions. -- American Proverb Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding. -- German Proverb  The road to greatness begins at home.-- Chinese Proverb You don't have to be in Who's Who to know what's what. -- Bennett Cerf True friendship is one soul shared by two bodies.  -- Mexican Proverb Eggs and vows are easily broken.   -- Japanese Proverb  When you open a door, don't forget to close it. Treat your mouth accordingly.   -- Jewish Proverb Whether you think you can or think you can't -- you're right. -- Henry Ford  If you put out another's candle, you also will be in the dark.  -- German Proverb  Advice is least heeded when most needed.  -- American Proverb  The very thing one likes, one does well. -- Japanese Proverb  In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these. -- Paul Harvey  The reality often belies the fame. -- Jewish Proverb  Do good and don't worry to whom.   -- Mexican Proverb Man proposes, God disposes. -- Chinese Proverb  We tend to get what we expect.--- American Proverb The difference between adults and children is that adults don't ask questions. -- American Proverb  The mouth is the cause of calamity. -- Japanese Proverb  Were there no fools, there would be no wise men. -- German Proverb  Never get in a battle of wits without ammunition. -- American Proverb  Truth is not determined by the volume of the voice. -- Chinese Proverb  Dirty hands make your nose itch. -- American Proverb  Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.  -- Scottish Proverb  If you look up, there are no limits. -- Japanese Proverb  Since God could not be everywhere, he created mothers. -- Jewish Proverb  All my successes have been built on my failures.  -- Benjamin Disraeli  Help thy brother's boat across, and lo! thine own has reached the shore. -- Hindu Proverb  It usually rains where it's already wet.  -- German Proverb  What we acquire without sweat,  we give without regret.  -- American Proverb  If you don't light fires, smoke won't get in your eyes.  -- German Proverb  A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words.  -- Russian Proverb  There is no death, only a change of worlds.  -- Native American Proverb   Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.  -- Chinese Proverb  Middle age is halfway between your age and one hundred. ----- American Proverb It is easy to be brave from a distance. -- Native American Proverb  Gossip about a person, and his shadow will appear. -- Japanese Proverb  The eyes are the mirror of the soul. -- Yiddish Proverb  The stars make no noise. -- Irish Proverb  Repair the roof before it rains. Make hay while the sun shines. -- Chinese Proverb  The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.    -- John F. Kennedy If the rich could hire someone else to die for them, the poor would make a wonderful living.--- Anonymous  A bargain is something you cannot use :: A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark. -- Chinese Proverb  A kind word is like a spring day.  -- Russian Proverb  A heavy burden does not kill on the day it is carried.  -- Kenyan Proverb  Tomorrow, tomorrow, not today, all the lazy people say.  -- German Proverb  Ambition never has its fill.-- Mexican Proverb  The beginning of sin is sweet; its end is bitter.-- Jewish Proverb Those who do not read are no better off than those who can not. -- Chinese Proverb  Mirth is the sugar of life. -- German Proverb  Life is a candle before the wind. -- Japanese Proverb  Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. -- Michelangelo  A child's tear rends the heavens -- Yiddish Proverb  Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand. -- Native American Proverb A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill. -- Scottish Proverb  The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes. -- Yiddish Proverb One who sits between two chairs may easily fall down.  -- Russian Proverb  Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat are going to fall into the river. -- Native American Proverb Hot passion cools easily -- Japanese Proverb  Don't be afraid to try something new. An amateur built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. -- Submitted by a Reader: Liba S. of Passaic, NJ to Bits & Pieces Accident is the mother of invention -- American Proverb  A silent mouth is sweet to hear.  -- Irish Proverb Coffee and love are best when they're hot.  -- German Proverb Success is when your mother reads about you in the newspaper. Good character, like good soup, is made at home. ----- Cited in BITS & PIECES Character is much easier kept than recovered. ------ Cited in More of...The Best of BITS & PIECES Nodding the head does not row the boat -- Irish Proverb  Time is like a river - it flows by and doesn't return. -- Chinese Proverb We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.      -- Native American Proverb  This is where you will win the battle -- in the playhouse of your mind. -- Maxwell Maltz Talking about bulls is not the same as facing them in the ring. -- Mexican Proverb  When need is greatest, God is nearest. -- German Proverb So you make your bed, so you will sleep.-- Russian Proverb  If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun. -- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.-- Native American Proverb  Man is complex - he makes deserts bloom and lakes die. -- Dr. Laurence J. Peter  A slanderer kills three: himself, his listener and the person who was slandered. -- Jewish Proverb  What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of man can achieve. -- Napoleon Hill God gives, but man must open his hand. -- German Proverb  The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.-- Russian Proverb The hearts of fools are in their mouths, but the mouths of the wise are in their hearts. -- Jewish Proverb  Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.-- Mark Twain Keep your counsel arrested until it's requested. -- Mexican Proverb  Rust comes from within the body. -- Japanese Proverb Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.-- Native American Proverb  Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.-- G. Gordon Liddy If you can't go over, you must go under.-- Yiddish Proverb  A cold needs the cook as much as the doctor.-- Scottish Proverb Men trip not on mountains! They trip on molehills.-- Chinese Proverb  Wish not so much to live long, as to live well. -- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply as a shepherd. -- Russian Proverb  Money matters make strangers.-- Japanese Proverb Don't let yesterday use up too much of today-- Native American Proverb  Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday- Anonymous When a gentle man becomes very angry, the earth cannot stand him - Tamil Proverb The proverbs are provided free by "Proverbs Plus" - a daily in box - electronic mail delivery service of : BITS & PIECES and is a copyright of The Economics Press, Inc., 12 Daniel Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004. All rights reserved with them. Written  by Madhavan T Gopalachary The views, opinions and interpretations are personal. Sponsorship does not mean that the sponsors endorse them. Editorial Policy © Copyright, Jul-08 . www.madgopes.com . Without prejudice. 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