#proverb

To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on. --Shin'a'in saying ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#proverb #life

The second mouse gets the cheese!" - The Inimitable Terry Pratchett ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#proverb #buddhism

There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard. ↗

— John Motson

#proverbial #scoreboard #still

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. ↗

— Leo Rosten

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Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community. ↗

— Greg Mortenson

#education #inspiriational #proverb #sharing #women

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. ↗

— Libba Bray

#proverb #revelation #suffering #wisdom #wisdom

Life - with or without softener- is hard ↗

— Kate Papas

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Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#money

Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you. ↗

— Nicholson Baker

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