Tag: proverb
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April 10, 2008 06:29 PM EDT --
Okay, some Chinese proverbs. (How'd I get this idea?) Some are pretty straight forward - "Talk does not cook rice." I'll tell my husband that when I ask him to help with dinner. Confucius . . . more
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July 14, 2008 01:05 AM EDT --
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
- Spanish Proverb
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July 15, 2008 07:55 AM EDT --
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If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.
- Yiddish Proverb
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September 04, 2008 12:02 AM EDT --
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"When the character of a man is not clear to you,
look at his friends."
- Japanese Proverb
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September 16, 2008 01:57 AM EDT --
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"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom!"
- Greek Proverb
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April 20, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
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August 21, 2008 02:58 PM EDT --
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"If there is no wind, row."
- Latin Proverb
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April 20, 2008 04:58 PM EDT --
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Ali ibn Abi Talib, A Hundred Sayings
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April 20, 2008 08:35 AM EDT --
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one. Scottish proverb
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May 11, 2007 09:59 PM EDT --
Time (is) longer than twine. --Bajan proverb
The waves go in and out
pulling and pushing
bits of coral.
Bones of the island.
It has always been this way
since this island began
with the . . . more
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August 21, 2008 08:20 AM EDT --
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"Enjoy yourself.
It's later than you think."
- Chinese Proverb
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May 03, 2008 02:50 PM EDT --
I'm not somebody who thinks going in was wrong.
It's the fact that they didn't have a plan for getting out.
look at the numbers
More people have died since the initial fighting . . . more
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May 06, 2008 08:55 AM EDT --
I was roaming around in Gather at 5 am PST. Not quite awake yet... having my coffee and catching up on articles I have missed.
I always try to think of something intelligent . . . more
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October 12, 2006 06:38 PM EDT --
Obviously I didn't write this and I have no idea who did, but I've been saying it or parts of it for so long it seems like it ought to be mine. I always thought it was cute but it also has a message. . . . more
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May 01, 2008 04:45 PM EDT --
there can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity
Samuel Johnson
(May 19, 1750)
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July 20, 2008 08:27 AM EDT --
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Only when the last tree has died
and the last river been poisoned
and the last fish been caught
will we realise we cannot eat money.
- Cree Indian Proverb
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August 21, 2008 06:06 PM EDT --
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"Govern a family
as you would cook a small fish -- very gently."
- Chinese Proverb
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April 20, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said."
Peter Drucker
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May 02, 2008 02:24 PM EDT --
Tony the article was about bullying, and the ground breaking legislation that Florida is trying to pass.
With those posts the article was turned into a "I'M BETTER THAN YOU FIGHT"
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May 03, 2008 11:27 AM EDT --
First thing in the morning,
I get this phone call.
Every weekday,
(computerized voice) "Your car insurance is about to expire, on your 1999 Honda accord"
I don't have . . . more
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