Proverbials!

Sayings about Foolishness & the Fools Old age is no protection against foolishness. ~ German Proverb Never trust a fool with a sword. ~ Arabian Proverb If you give in to a fool, he will say, "This is because they are afraid of me." ~ Arabian Proverb A fool is not afraid to lose his mind. ~ Russian Proverb It's a foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor. ~ Italian Proverb A fool who knows he is a fool has a little intelligence, but a fool that thinks he is intelligent is really a fool. ~ Sanskrit Proverb The more you flatter a fool, the more seriously he plays his game. ~ Spanish Proverb Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly in fools. ~ Ancient Proverb 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. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fo

Sayings about Housework Were everyone to sweep in front of his own house , every street would be clean. ~ Dutch Proverb No matter how many house chores you complete, there are always more to be done.~ African Proverb Marrying is easy, it’s housework that’s hard.~ Traditional Proverbs When a woman is not singing, she is not working much either. ~ Egyptian Proverb A woman's work is worth more than the talk of a thousand men. ~ Tajikistani Proverb A woman 's work is never done. ~ Traditional Proverb A new broom sweeps clean , but the old broom knows the corners. ~ Irish Proverb Quotations about Housework A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping .~ Henry David Thoreau Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.~ Marcelene Cox They’re sure housework won’t kill you, but why take the risk? ~ Author Unknown There was no need to do any housework at all. After

Sayings about Hell The road to hell is strewn with roses. ~ Mexican Proverb It is good to have friends, even in hell . ~ Spanish Proverb The best doctor is to be found in hell . ~ Hebrew Proverb If the devil is your godfather you will be welcome in hell . ~ Sri Lankan Proverb A young woman is to an old man the horse that he rides to hell . ~ Spanish Proverb In hell there are no fans. ~ African Proverb When war begins the devil makes hell bigger. ~ Spanish Proverb Transactions in Hell also depend upon money. ~ Japanese Proverb When you reject gifts from heaven you will be rewarded in hell . ~ Japanese Proverb Even in hell you meet relations. ~ Japanese Proverb Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool. ~ Yiddish Proverb Take one step to hell and you are already half way there. ~ German Proverb It is better to be in hell with a wise man than in heaven with an idiot. ~ Yiddish Proverb Hell and the courtroom are always open. ~ American

Sayings about Religion First food, then religion . ~ Afghan Proverb Religious contention is the devil's harvest. ~ French Proverb A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~ Latin Proverb Righteousness is half of religion . ~ Arabian Proverb A good religion does not need miracles. ~ Japanese Proverb Quotations about Religion Religion is love: in no case is it logic. ~ Beatrice Potter Webb Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. ~ Author Unknown Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions. ~ Oscar Wilde The point is, could God pass an examination in Theology? ~ Malcolm Muggeridge Each religion , by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. ~ George Santayana Most people’s religion is what they want to belie

Sayings about Waiting The while we keep a man waiting , he reflects on our shortcomings. ~ French Proverb The future is for those who know how to wait . ~ Russian Proverb Wait long, strike fast. ~ Chinese Proverb He who gives when he is asked has waited too long. ~ Traditional Proverb If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don’t wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~ African Proverb If you wait long enough, it will be good weather. ~ Japanese Proverb It’s good to hope, it’s the waiting that spoils it. ~ Yiddish Proverb Time waits for no one. ~ Japanese Proverb Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. ~ Chinese Proverb Everything in time comes to him who knows how to wait . ~ French Proverb He waits long that waits for another man’s death. ~ Dutch Proverb He that waits for a dead man’s shoes may long go barefoot. ~ French Proverb He that feeds himself from waiting could die of hunger. ~ Danish Proverb Ti

Sayings about Paradise Who kisses the feet of his mother, kisses the step of Paradise . ~ Turkish Proverb One would not be alone even in Paradise . ~ Italian Proverb For he who has the time even the jungle is a paradise . ~ Sri Lankan Proverb Without the companionship even paradise would be boring. ~ Arabian Proverb Taking the first step with the good thought, the second with the good word, and the third with the good deed, I enter paradise . ~ Iranian Proverb Without human companions, paradise itself would be an undesirable place. ~ African Proverb A beautiful funeral does not necessarily lead to paradise . ~ Creole Proverb You cannot get into Paradise without a guide. ~ Turkish Proverb Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool. ~ Yiddish Proverb Even in paradise it is no fun to be alone. ~ Romanian Proverb Patience is the key to paradise. ~ Albanian Proverb A man yearns for his paradise but it could become his hell. ~ Icelandic Prover

Sayings about Angles If Jesus Christ comes to help me, I laugh at the angels . ~ Russian Proverb Be sure to send a lazy man for the angel of death. ~ Jewish Proverb Crime is cunning; it puts an angel in front of every devil. ~ German Proverb Young angel , old devil. ~ German Proverb When the angels appear, the devils run away. ~ Egyptian Proverb Ugliness is the only guardian angel a woman has. ~ Yiddish Proverb Nowadays you have to go to heaven to meet an angel . ~ Polish Proverb Street angel , house devil. ~ German Proverb Quotations about Angles I … believe that angels , or something like them, sometimes live among us, hidden within our fellow human beings. ~ John Perry Barlow Music is well said to be the speech of angels . ~ Thomas Carlyle I believe we are free, within limits, and yet there is an unseen hand, a guiding angel , that somehow, like a submerged propeller, drives us on. ~ Rabindranath Tagore Death is terrible, tho’ borne on angels ’ wings! ~

Sayings about Events Great events may stem from words of no importance. ~ Congolese Proverb It is easy to be wise after the event . ~ Traditional Proverb Time is a river of passing events -- a rushing torrent. ~ Greek Proverb Events follow one another like the days of the week. ~ Tanzanian Proverb Quotations about Events Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events . Joy comes in sips, not gulps. ~ Sharon Draper Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. ~ Richard Bach We cannot make events . Our business is wisely to improve them. ~ Samuel Adams It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself. ~ Barbara Sher Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caugh

Sayings about Steps He who steps aside for someone broadens the way. ~ Chinese Proverb Step by step one goes very far. ~ Traditional Proverb No one likes to be the first to step on the ice. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb A well mannered man does not step on the shadow of his fellow man. ~ Chinese Proverb One step at a time is good walking. ~ Chinese Proverb Eat according to the limits of your provisions; walk according to the length of your step . ~ Tibetan Proverb Take one step to hell and you are already half way there. ~ German Proverb So long as you don't step on a snail's tail, he won't get up and bite you. ~ Romanian Proverb If you do not step on the dog's tail, he will not bite you. ~ Cameroonian Proverb He who thinks too much about every step he takes will stay on one leg all his life. ~ Chinese Proverb Taking the first step with the good thought, the second with the good word, and the third with the good deed, I enter paradise. ~ Irania