Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #wisdom

She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
#proverbs #ethiopian-proverbs

What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
#proverbs #portuguese-proverbs #gifts

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
#proverbs #ethiopian-proverbs #evil

Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
#love #cute

Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
#proverbs #death

The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #things

One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #ignorance

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
#quotes #kenneth-robert-livingstone #politics #london

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
#quotes #harold-pinter #art #language

The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
#quotes #albert-j-nock #society #knowledge

Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too. ~Kelley Armstrong
#quotes #kelley-armstrong

Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism #mind

We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
#quotes #david-lloyd-jones #god #christianity

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
#quotes #edith-wharton #hardship

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #rumors #speaking #hearing

A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
#quotes #george-stigler #sweden

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
#quotes #cole-porter #writing

A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #stupidity

If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
#quotes #nguyen-cao-ky #peace #united-states

For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
#proverbs #sanskrit-proverbs

If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
#quotes #walter-schloss #investing

A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
#proverbs #haitian-proverbs #mother

Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
#quotes #william-griffith-wilson #alcohol

Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
#quotes #william-faulkner #stars