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

Quotes: Sayings (16)

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.