Quotes: Sayings (17)

 Saying              274          "Better starve the body than the mind." Italian. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying              277          "They can because they think they can." Vergil. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying              280          "Quickly and well do not agree." Italian. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying              290          "Who shall guard the guards themselves?" Juvenal. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying              290          "Let him that stands take heed lest he fall." Vulgate. I Corinthians. x. 12. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 251 "Everybody's work is nobody's work." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 254 "Every perfect thing is threefold." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 265 "Little minds are caught with trifles." Ovid. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 265 "Step by step goes far." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 269 "To forgive is to conquer." Portuguese. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 237 "With a mere change of name, the story applies to yourself." Horace. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 238 "When your neighbor's house is on fire, you are in danger yourself; no time for sleeping with a fire next door." Horace. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 239 "I have not, I want not, I care not." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 241 "Apollo does not always keep his bow bent; high tension should be followed by relaxation." Horace. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 245 "There are no buts that are worthwhile." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 213 "Strife begets strife." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 226 "Judge not, that ye be not judged." Matt. vii. 1. Greek. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. If you do not judge others, they will not judge you. The heck they won't.

Saying 227 "The mind remains unconquered." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. You can imprison the body, but not a person's thoughts.

Saying 235 "Much on earth, little in heaven; rich here, poor hereafter." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Is there a hereafter?

Saying 236 "The world wishes to be deceived." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms.All the world's a sucker.

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Saying 188 "Sometimes the common people see aright." Horace. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 194 "The memory of mastered difficulties is sweet." Cicero. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 198 "No prudent fighter thinks lightly of his foe." Goethe. German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 206 "Appetite comes with eating." French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 206 "The tree does not fall at the first blow" French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 173 "Endure this evil, lest a greater come upon you:" Phaedrus. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Do not complain about this boss because the next boss you have will be worse.

Saying 177 "Physician, heal thyself." Luke. iv. 23. Greek. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Use the same methods you use with others yourself.

Saying 178 "Forgive others often, yourself never." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 179 "Fire is not extinguished by fire." Italian. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. A half-truth. Forest fires are often extinguished by setting controlled fires to reduce fodder for the major blaze.

Saying 188 "To [those with] understanding, few words suffice." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. The truly intelligent person does not need a lengthy explanation.

Quotes: Sayings (11).

Saying 144 “Deeds are males, words females.” Italian. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 149 “If heaven I cannot bend, then hell I'll stir.” Vergil. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. If Heaven won't help, I'll raise Hell.

Saying 155 “I went for wool and returned shorn. Spanish.” Dictionary of Foreign Terms. I went to buy wool and instead bought something worthless.

Saying 164 “Kindness produces kindness.” Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 165 “Some remedies are worse than the disease.” Publius Syrus. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms.Chemo therapy, for example.

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Saying 135 "Be not arrogant in prosperity nor abject in adversity." Cleobulus. Greek. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 137 "Rights are lost by disuse." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. If you don't use 'em, you will lose 'em.

Saying 139 "It is easy to add to things already invented." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 139 "The descent to (Hell) is easy." Vergil. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 141 "To act without talking; act unostentatiously." French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. In other words, don't telegraph what you plan to do. Just do it.

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Saying 123 “The knave always suspects knavery.” Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 132 “It is always the hour; it is always the right time.” Italian. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. In response to the statement, “Let’s wait until….”

Saying 132 “No man is a hero to his valet.” Goethe. German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Or to his family.

Saying 133 “There is a certain pleasure in weeping.” Ovid. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 135 “The sun shines even on the wicked.” Seneca. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 119 “From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.” Napoleon. French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 121 “More haste, less speed.” German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 122 “Misfortunes seldom come singly.” German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 123 “Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee.” Luke. xix. 22. Greek. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 123 “You are making an elephant out of a fly.” Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 106 "Might makes right". German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. The Nazi slogan?

Saying 107 "The devil stands behind the cross." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. The Cross, the sign of the Church, does not prevent people from the Church from doing evil.

Saying 110 "Has even Hell its rights?" Goethe. German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Even the Devil has rights.

Saying 112 "God deliver me from a man of one book." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Or, deliver me from one who has an obsession.

Saying 116 "I give that you may do." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. It would be easy to be cynical about this one, but I will refrain.

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Saying 100 "Though ten times repeated, it will always continue to please." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 100 "The first appearance deceives many." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 101 "May God defend me from myself." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 105 "It is wretched to be detected." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 106 "It is the outcome that gives deeds their title." Goethe. German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 86 "Contentment surpasses riches; enough is as good as a feast." French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 89 "He runs far who never turns. "Italian. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 89 "The corruption of the best is the worst". Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 91 "Short pleasure, long repentance." French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 91 "Believe that you have it, and you have it." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 60 "Those who cross the sea change only their climate, not their mind." Horace. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign

Saying 76 "He who has not, is not." Italian. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Without possessions, you are nobody.

Saying 82 "A common danger begets unity." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 82 "Short cuts are round-about ways." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Short cuts are not.

Saying 84 "I trust and am at rest." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 36 "A good face is a good recommendation." Ovid. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 37 "From words to blows." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 38 "Oil, wine and friend--the oldest is the best." Portuguese. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 45 "A handsome man is not wholly destitute." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 52 "Whoever spares the bad injures the good." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Term. Let him get away with one and he'll do it again.

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Saying 17 "The greatest are sometimes caught napping." Horace. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 24 "Do not sing your triumph before the victory." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 29 "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Greek. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. When things go bad, you've had enough for one day. (?)

Saying 31 "He has enough who is content". French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 34 "Today king, tomorrow nothing." French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

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Saying 4 "Abuse is no argument against proper use." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Just because everyone is saying "ain't" does not mean that "are not" or "am not" is no longer preferred.

Saying 5 "Everyone thinks his own burden heavy." French Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 5 "Every bird thinks its own nest fine." French Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying 12 "The shoemaker’s son has no shoes." French Dictionary of Foreign Terms. And the dentist's son has no teeth.

Saying 15 "Fools go in crowds." French Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Crowds do not think rationally; they react emotionally.