"He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune."
– English proverb
"Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork."
– English proverb
"A joy that's shared is a joy made double."
– English proverb
"The work will teach you how to do it."
– Estonian proverb
"When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion."
– Ethiopian proverb
"No one is expected to achieve the impossible."
– French proverb
"When a man begins to reason, he ceases to feel."
– French proverb
"Against change of fortune set a brave heart."
– French proverb
"Justifying a fault doubles it."
– French proverb
"You often meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it."
– French proverb
"He who survives will see the outcome."
– French proverb
"Love is friendship set on fire."
– French proverb
"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience."
– French proverb
"Self-assurance is two-thirds of success."
– Gaelic proverb
"A great war leaves a country with three armies: an army of cripples,
an army of mourners, and an army of thieves."
– German proverb
"The wise man has long ears and a short tongue."
– German proverb
"To change and to improve are two different things."
– German proverb
"Who begins too much accomplishes little."
– German proverb
"The morning has gold in its mouth."
– German proverb
"A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs."
– German proverb
"Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.)"
– German proverb
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they
shall never sit in."
– Greek Proverb
"It is better in times of need to have a friend rather than money."
– Greek proverb
"The beginning is half of every action."
– Greek proverb
"Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence."
– Hebrew proverb
"Help your brother's boat across, and your own will reach the shore."
– Hindu proverb
"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."
– Hindu proverb