Maxims, proverbs, aphorisms …
There is nothing wrong with learning from hindsight. (Akan proverb)
(Romanian equivalent: Oh God, give me the mind of the Romanian after the fact).
Guru Govind dohoo khadey kakey lagun paon,bal harie guru aapke jo govind diyo batayi....
means : If in front of master and God both are standing...you will touch whose feet ...you will touch the feet of master because he only shown you the path to find God.....Hindi Poet Kabirdas
wjwoodward wrote:Work fascinates me; I can watch it for hours! (old proverb from a lazy Canadian like me)
I liked yours, William! Even if it's NOT a proverb, Canadian or not, or good or bad or not...!
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"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
"'Vamos a ver,' dijo un ciego, y nunca vio."Â (Cuban saying, meaning, "We'll see,' said a blind man, and never saw."
A priest does not preach the same sermon twice on the same day. (Romanian proverb)
(Meaning: you have to pay attention to what is being said, and not interrupt with your question or ask the priest to say it again.
Priests speak to audiences and cannot stop just to talk to you).
AB ABUSU AD USUM NON VALET CONSEQUENTIAÂ (Latin proverb)
Consequences of abuse do not apply to general use.
A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries. (African proverb)
A true leader is he who tells his people what they must hear, not what they want to hear. (African proverb)
A leopard is chasing us, and you are asking me, "Is it a male or a female?"Â (African proverb)
(The equivalent of the Romanian proverb: the whole village is burning yet the old lady combs her hair).
A man does not run among thorns for no reason; either he is chasing a snake or a snake is chasing him. (African proverb)
A man who is putting on his armour for war should not boast like a man who is taking it off. (African proverb)
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