Thoughts 01JUL2011

If you love him, don't lend him - Polish Proverb
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words - Chinese Proverb
Instinct is stronger than upbringing - Irish Proverb
Lend your money and lose your friend - English Proverb

Thoughts 30JUN2011

Love your neighbours, but don't pull down the fence - Chinese proverb
Love, pain, and money cannot be kept secret; they soon betray themselves - Spanish Proverb
A close friend can become a close enemy - Ethiopian Proverb
A hedge between keeps friendship green - French Proverb

Thoughts 29JUN2011

A hungry man is an angry man - English Proverb
A silent mouth is melodious - Irish Proverb
A son is a son till he gets him a wife; But a daughter's a daughter the rest of your life - Proverb of Unknown Origin
A teacher is better than two books - German Proverb

Thoughts 27JUN2011

Hygiene is two thirds of health - Lebanese Proverb
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing - Spanish Proverb
He that seeks trouble never misses - English Proverb (17th century)
Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom - French Proverb

Thoughts 24JUN2011

A thief believes everybody steals - Proverb of Unknown Origin
A trade not properly learned is an enemy - Irish Proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two - Yiddish Proverb
Advice when most needed is least heeded - English Proverb

Thoughts 21JUN2011

Patience is the best medicine - Proverb of Unknown Origin
Some people are masters of money, and some its slaves - Russian Proverb
Nothing dries sooner than tears - Latin Proverb
The best advice is found on the pillow - Danish Proverb

Thoughts 20JUN2011

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion - Chinese Proverb
The reverse side also has a reverse side - Japanese proverb
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names - Chinese Proverb

Thoughts 17JUN2011

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue - Russian Proverb
As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, the truest lover may turn into the worst enemy - Proverb of Unknown Origin
Death always comes too early or too late - English Proverb

Thoughts 16JUN2011

You cannot reason with a hungry belly; it has no ears - Greek Proverb
With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm - Chinese Proverb
Where there's music there can be love - French Proverb

Thoughts 15JUN2011

Well done is better than well said - Benjamin Franklin
Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve - Tehyi Hsieh
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years - Chinese Proverb

Thoughts 14JUN2011

The shortest answer is doing - Lord Herbert
Be content to act, and leave the talking to others - Baltasar Gracian
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action - Frank Tibolt

Thoughts 13JUN2011

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star - William Blake "Proverbs of Hell" (1790)
He who does not know one thing knows another - Kenyan Proverb
He that lives on hope will die fasting - North American Proverb

Thoughts 08JUN2011

One of these day is none of these days - English Proverb
Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet - French Proverb
One joy scatters a hundred griefs - Chinese Proverb

Thoughts 07JUN2011

The tongue is like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood - Chinese Proverb
The road to a friend's house is never long - Danish Proverb
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials - Chinese Proverb

Thoughts 06JUN2011

A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths - Chinese proverb
A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man - Turkish Proverb
A hard beginning maketh a good ending - John Heywood "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)

Thoughts 03JUN2011

When we sing everybody hears us, when we sigh nobody hears us - Russian Proverb
What belongs to everybody belongs to nobody - Spanish Proverb
To whom you tell your secrets, to him you resign your liberty - Spanish Proverb

Thoughts 02JUN2011

He who serves two masters has to lie to one - Portuguese Proverb
If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me - Italian Proverb
If the patient dies, the doctor has killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him - Italian Proverb