Measurement Proverbs
Sayings about Measurement Eat with pleasure; drink with measure . ~ French Proverb You can’t measure the whole world with your own yardstick. ~ Yiddish Proverb A three inch tongue — the iron bulwark of politics. ~ Japanese Proverb Your fingers can't be of the same length. ~ Chinese Proverb Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles. ~ Chinese Proverb The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size. ~ French Proverb If an ox doesn't know the size of his arse he won't eat an apricot stone. ~ Martiniquais Proverb Measure your guilt, and then stretch your legs. ~ Arabian Proverb An inch too short is as bad as a yard. ~ Dutch Proverb Man cannot stir one inch without the push of heaven’s finger. ~ Chinese Proverb Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wick