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Other Proverbs 1

It is by warfare that the soul makes progress.
Abba John the Short

Beware, the man of one book.
St. Thomas Aquinas

Dreams and visions are infused into men for their advantage and instruction...
Artemidoros

You may possess things, but you must not be possessed by them.
Aurobindo

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
John Barrymore

If you propose to speak, always ask yourself Is it true, is it necessary, is it kind?
Buddha

Carpenters bend wood; fletchers bend arrow; wise men fashion themselves.
Buddha

God promises a safe landing, but not a calm passage.
Bulgarian

Evil prevails when good men do nothing.
Thomas Burke (variation)

The still mind of the sage is a mirror of heaven and earth the glass of all things...
Chuang Tse

The great man always thinks of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
Confucius

Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.
Confucius

To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Confucius

Progress is a comfortable disease.
E. E. Cummings

Many a friend was lost through a joke, but none was ever gained so.
Czech

No man limps because another is hurt.
Danish

Insofar as the laws of mathematics are certain, they do not refer to reality; and insofar as they refer to reality, they are not certain.
Einstein

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

God is a circle whose center is everywhere and its circumference nowhere.
Empedocles

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Epictetus

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
Epictetus

Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
Epictetus

He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance.
Eskimo

One woman never praises another.
Estonian

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
Ethiopian

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides

Slight not what's near, when aiming at what's far.
Euripides

Impeach King George Now! Send him to the Hague later.

They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin

Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you.
Benjamin Franklin