9-29-12

A miser is like a person with bread who is starving.      -- Middle Eastern (on greed)

A miss is as good as a mile.      -- unknown

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.      -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

A new broom sweeps clean but an old broom knows the corners.      -- Virgin Islander (on friendship)

A penny for your thoughts.      -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

A penny saved is a penny earned.      -- Scottish Proverb

A person has learned much who has learned how to die.      -- German (on death and dying)

A picture is a poem without words.      -- Latin (on art and creativity)

A picture's worth a thousand words.      -- unknown

A place for everything and everything in its place.      -- Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.      -- American (on proverbs)

9-18-12

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.      -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.      -- Laurence J. Peter

A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)

A man is known by the company he keeps.      -- M. Coverdale (1541)

A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life.      -- Chinese Proverb - (thanks to Alice Fonda-Marsland)

A man who desires revenge should dig two graves.      -- unknown

A man who never made a mistake, never made anything.      -- unknown

A man with a cough cannot conceal himself.      -- African proverb Yoruba Tribe

A man's got to do what a man's got to do.      -- unknown

A man's house is his castle.      -- Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634)

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones.      -- Proverbs 17:22

9-15-12

A great one must have a long heart.     -- Ethiopian (on leadership)

A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.      -- unknown

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.      -- English Proverb<

A hand ready to hit, may cause you great trouble.      -- Maori (on anger)

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.      -- John Heywood (c. 1497-1580)

A horse may run quickly but it cannot escape its tail.      -- Russian proverb (on conscience)

A house divided cannot stand.      -- Bible (Matthew 12:25)

A library is a repository of medicine for the mind.      -- Greek (on books and writers)

A little axe can cut down a big tree.      -- Jamaican (on permanence and change)

A little learning is a dangerous thing.      -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

A loan though old is not a gift.     -- Hungarian (on indebtedness)

9-14-12

A friend in need is a friend indeed.      -- James Ray (1678)

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.      -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

A friend's eye is a good mirror.      -- Gaelic (on friendship)

A full person does not understand the needs of the hungry.      -- Irish (on food and hunger)

A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair.     -- Iranian (on leadership)

A good book praises itself.      -- German (on books and writers)

A good example is the best sermon.      -- English (on advice)

A good lather is half the shave.      -- William Hone (1780-1842)

A good spectator also creates.      -- Swiss (on art and creativity)

A good spouse and health is a person's best wealth.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)

A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw.      -- English (on books and writers)

9-12-12

A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both.      -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)

A fault confessed is half redressed.      -- English Proverb

A few germs never hurt anyone.      -- unknown

A firm tree does not fear the storm.      -- Dayak (Indonesian) (on strength and weakness)

A fool and his money are quickly parted.      -- J. Bridges (1587)

10-28-11

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)

5/16/11

A fair exchange is no robbery. - Scottish Proverb

5/11/11

A drowning man will clutch at a straw. - Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)

5/10/11

A dripping June sets all in tune. - unknown

4/27/11

A dog's life is a miserable life. - Desiderius Erasmus (1465-1536)

4/22/10

A dog that will fetch a bone, will carry a bone. - R. Forby (1830) on gossip

4/18/11

A decision made at night may be changed in the morning.- Samoan (on permanence and change)

2/18/11

A day of travelling will bring a basketful of learning.- Vietnamese (on journeys)

2/14/11

A day is lost if one has not laughed. - French (on the conduct of life)

2/12/11

A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)

2/11/11

A crown's no cure for a headache. - English (on basic truths)

2/3/11

A crab walks, so walks his children. - African proverb Kpelle Tribe

1/31/10

A closed mouth catches no flies. - Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

01/17/11

A clever person turns great problems into little ones and little ones into none at all. - Chinese (on attitude)

01/14/11

A clear conscience is more valuable than wealth. - Tagalog (Filipino) (on conscience)

01/07/11

A change is as good as a rest. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

12/20/10

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. - Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904)

12/9/10

A cat in gloves catches no mice. - 14th Century French Proverb

12/7/10

A carpenter is known by his chips. - Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

12/05/10

A burden that one chooses is not felt. - Italian (on self-reliance)

12/3/10

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)

12/2/10

A body makes his own luck, be it good or bad. - unknown

11/23/10

A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind. - Iranian (on wisdom)

11/22/10

A beautiful thing is never perfect. - Egyptian (on beauty)

11/20/10

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. - Latin Proverb

Pride

A big tree attracts the gale. - Chinese (on pride)