Proverbials!

Sayings about Poetry Three things that can't be taught: generosity, poetry and a singing voice. ~ Irish Proverb Growing rice gives you more than poetry will. ~ Japanese Proverb Poetry moves heaven and earth. ~ Japanese Proverb Quotations about Poetry What is poetry but impassioned truth—philosophy in its essence—the spirit of that bright consummate flower, whose root is in our bosoms? ~ Ebenezer Elliott Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious. ~ Thomas Carlyle An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. ~ Raymond Chandler Pretty conceptions, fine metaphors, glittering expressions, and something of a neat cast of verse are properly the dress, gems, or loose ornaments of poetry . ~ Alexander Pope Poetry should be vital--either stirring our blood by its divine movements or snatching our breath by its divine perfection. To do both is supreme glory, to do either ...

Sayings about Attack & Defense Attack is the best form of defense . ~ Traditional Proverb The attack tames the beast. ~ French Proverb A strong attack is half the battle won. ~ Spanish Proverb Great care is no defense against Fate. ~ Arabian Proverb When your enemies attack, bathe in their blood. ~ Islamic Proverb A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense. ~ American Proverb God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself. ~ Traditional Proverb Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. ~ German Proverb An accuser may not act as a defender . ~ Hebrew Proverb Admission by the defendant is worth a hundred witnesses. ~ Hebrew Proverb A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~ Chinese Proverb A man without a woman cannot defend himself against seductions. ~ Hebrew Proverb Quotations about Attack & Defense Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such thin...

Sayings about Destiny Even the stone you trip on is part of your destiny . ~ Japanese Proverb Often one finds one's destiny just where one hides to avoid it. ~ Chinese Proverb A tree falls the way it leans. ~ Bulgarian Proverb He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. ~ French Proverb They must stand high who would see their own destiny . ~ Danish Proverb If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water. ~ Yiddish Proverb Can I pull down the sun with a forked stick, or prevent it from running its course? ~ New Zealander Proverb As people go their own way, destiny goes with them. ~ Tamil Proverb New day -- new destiny . ~ Bulgarian Proverb The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny . ~ South African Proverb Fate and free-will both play an equal role in destinies . ~ Indian Proverb You often meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ French Proverb Quotations about Destiny What do I k...

Sayings about Hunting Hunt in every jungle, for there is wisdom and good hunting in all of them. ~ African Proverb All are not hunters who blow the horn. ~ French Proverb The arrow that has left the bow never returns. ~ Iranian Proverb If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot. ~ Japanese Proverb Noise and hunting don’t go together. ~ African Proverb The eagle was killed by an arrow made from its own feathers. ~ Armenian Proverb A hunter’s knife cannot carve its own handle. ~ Korean Proverb Deer -hunter , waste not your arrow on the hare. ~ Chinese Proverb He, who hunts two rats, catches none. ~ Ugandan Proverb He who has no falcon must hunt with an owl. ~ Danish Proverb If the hunter comes back with mushrooms, don’t ask him how his hunt was. ~ Ghanaian Proverb He who wants to catch foxes must hunt with geese. ~ Danish Proverb Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. ~ African Pro...

Sayings about Noises Empty houses are full of noises .~ Basque Proverb A noisy cow gives little milk. ~ Polish Proverb Time is a file that wears and makes no noise .~ English Proverb An empty barrel makes the most noise . ~ English Proverb There are more buyers than connoisseurs. ~ French Proverb Noise and hunting don't go together.~ African Proverb Where the river is deepest it makes the least noise .~ Spanish Proverb Clapping with only the right hand will not make a noise .~ Singaporean Proverb Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise they make. ~ Spanish Proverb When Madame drops her cup of tea it makes no noise . ~ Kurdish Proverb An empty barrel makes a lot of noise .~ Yiddish Proverb It's the grinding of his teeth that awakes the blacksmith's dog, not the noise of the hammer. ~ Spanish Proverb One coin in the money-box makes more noise than when it is full.~ Arabian Proverb It may be said that noisy barrels are e...

Sayings about Cars & Driving An army is driven back by courage and not by insults, however many. ~ Ghanaian Proverb You can't drive straight on a twisting lane. ~ Russian Proverb A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense. ~ American Proverb The camel and his driver -- each has his own plan. ~ African Proverb A mule driver is not aware of the stink of his animals. ~ Yemeni Proverb A lawyer and a wagon wheel must be well greased.~ German Proverb The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~ Yiddish Proverb A wheel that turns gathers no rust. ~ Greek Proverb He who rides upon an ass cannot help but smell its gas!~ African Proverb Badly oiled wheels will squeak. ~ Russian Proverb Before God and the bus driver we are all equal. ~ German Proverb A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.~ Italian Proverb Your wife and your wheelbarrow -- lend them to no one. ~ Luxembourg Proverb Ne...

Sayings about Grass Don't allow the grass  to grow on the path of friendship. ~ American Proverb Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. ~ Zen Proverb My donkey is dead; let no more grass grow. ~ Greek Proverb Soon grass , soon hay. ~ Dutch Proverb Better a bad harvest than a bad neighbor. ~ Croatian Proverb Mock the palm tree only when the date harvest is over. ~ Ethiopian Proverb Old oxen like soft grass . ~ Myanmar Proverb After the rain the grass will grow; after wine, conversation. ~ Swedish Proverb Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas. ~ Congolese Proverb A lucky person is someone who plants pebbles and harvests potatoes. ~ Greek Proverb The harvest of a whole year depends on what you sow in the springtime. ~ Chinese Proverb Have patience, the grass will be milk soon enough. ~ Chinese Proverb One can't give a grasshopper to a child if one has not caught it yet. ~ Malagasy...

Sayings about Counting People keep counting the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~ French Proverb Before you start up a ladder, count the rungs. ~ Yiddish Proverb Always count the cost. ~ American Proverb Many people count other people's faults and ignore their own. ~ Burmese Proverb Count not what is lost but what is left. ~ Chinese Proverb With a bottle and a girl one does not count the hours. ~ Polish Proverb There is no accounting for tastes. ~ Traditional Proverb Counted sheep are eaten by the wolf. ~ French Proverb Do not count the eggs that are in the chicken's ass. ~ Guadeloupe Proverb You can count the apples on a tree but you can't count the trees from one apple. ~ Gypsy Proverb Quotations about Counting The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. ~ Author Unknown Anyone can cut an apple open and count the number of seeds. But, who can look at a single seed and count the tr...

Sayings about Branches A man without a woman is a tree without leaves and branches . ~ Corsican Proverb The monkey knows which branch to swing on. ~ Creole Proverb (Southern U.S.) The trees with most leaves will not necessarily produce juicy fruit. ~ Brazilian Proverb No one can climb a tree with no branches . ~ Finnish Proverb A fallen blossom never returns to the branch . ~ Japanese Proverb No matter how tall the tree is, its leaves will always fall to the ground. ~ Chinese Proverb Woe to him who sits upon a branch . ~ Croatian Proverb Often a branch is broken off the tree by the one who has rested in its shadow. ~ Myanmar Proverb The nuts from a palm tree don't fall without dragging a few leaves with it. ~ Congolese Proverb God made low branches for birds that cannot fly so well.~ Turkish Proverb You shake in vain the branch that bears no fruit.~ Samoan Proverb A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch -- both cannot be s...

Sayings about Gambling At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~ Chinese Proverb Nobody has ever bet enough on a winning horse . ~ American Proverb There is no lock on the purse of a gambler . ~ French Proverb In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~ Traditional Proverb Gamblers do not contribute to the public welfare. ~ Hebrew Proverb I have denounced everything but wine. I have foresworn everything but gambling . ~ Persian Proverb Reform a gambler . Cure leprosy. ~ Chinese Proverb Young gamblers , old beggars. ~ German Proverb Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb One hundred alcoholics are better than one gambler . ~ Tunisian Proverb He who can persuade someone not to gamble has earned money for him. ~ Chinese Proverb Rich gamblers and old trumpeters are rare. ~ German Proverb There is no better gambling than not to gamble. ~ German Proverb There are two great pleasures in gambling : that of winning a...

Sayings about Absence Absence is the enemy of love.~ Italian Proverb Salt water and absence wash away love.~ Traditional Proverb Absence is a foe to love; away from the eyes, away from the heart. ~ Italian Proverb Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it. ~ English Proverb Absence and a friendly neighbor washes away love.~ Traditional Proverb A little absence does a lot of good.~ French Proverb Absence makes the heart forget.~ Kenyan Proverbs Long absence changes friends.~ French Proverb Separation secures manifest friendship. ~ Indian Proverb Never find fault with the absent .~ Saying Quotations about Absence Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. ~ Victor Hugo Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it. ~ Hannah More And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. ~ Khalil Gibran Absence -- that common cure of ...

Sayings about Shoulders Death is not found behind mountains but right behind our shoulders .~ Russian Proverb You must not expect old heads upon young shoulders .~ English Proverb It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.~ Traditional Proverb He who lets another sit on his shoulder will soon have him on his head. ~ Danish Proverb The back dies for the shoulder and the shoulder knows nothing about it.~ Creole Proverb God sends burdens... and shoulders .~ Yiddish Proverb A brother is like one's shoulder .~ Somali Proverb Quotations about Shoulders Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.~ Tom Stoppard If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work. ~ Heber J. Grant Put your shoulder to the wheel. ~ Aeso...