The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you. ' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
In Russia, we have proverb: Only bad soldiers don't want to be general.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
We live in a glass-soaked civilization, but as for the bird in the Chinese proverb who finds it so difficult to discover air, the substance is almost invisible to us. To use a metaphor drawn from glass, it may be revealing for us to re-focus, to stop looking through glass, and let our eyes dwell on it for a moment to contemplate its wonder.
The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.
There's an African proverb: 'When death finds you, may it find you alive. ' Alive means living your own damned life, not the life that your parents wanted, or the life some cultural group or political party wanted, but the life that your own soul wants to live.
If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. - Japanese Proverb
I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.
CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses. "
An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb
Money, says the proverb, makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more.
Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent. "
As the old proverb says: "Well-fed horses don't rampage.
Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
Believe! An old Latin proverb reads: "Believe that you have it and you have it. "
There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.
I said that I loved the wise proverb, Brief, simple and deep; For it I'd exchange the great poem That sends us to sleep.
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
