Over the years, I’ve apparently collected quite a list of short sayings with unknown authors (old proverbs, maxims, adages, etc). Here are some to ponder…
25+ Short Sayings (Quotes, Adages, Maxims, Proverbs, etc)
“Do not speak unless it improves on silence.”
“Talk doesn’t cook rice.”
“If the hand does nothing, the mouth does not chew.”
“Once you carry your own water, you will learn the value of every drop.”
“The frog in the well knows nothing of the ocean.”
“Shallow rivers are noisy. Deep lakes are silent.”
“Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in the muscle.”
“A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey.”
“One who asks is a fool for a moment. One who does not ask is a fool for life.”
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”
“Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.”
“Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.”
“One who hurries has one foot in the grave.”
“When death comes to find you, may it find you alive.”
“Wherever you go, there you are.”
“Many die at age 27, but aren’t buried until 72.”
“First comes a full stomach, then comes ethics.”
“The hardest problem to face is that there isn’t one.”
“When all is said and done, more is said than done.”
“People aren’t against you, they are for themselves.”
“Anything that costs you your peace is too expensive.”
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
“One who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.”
“Enlightenment is an accident, but practice makes you accident prone.”
“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”
“When everybody is digging for gold, a few get rich selling them picks and shovels.”
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
“Any day is a good day for a midlife crisis—you never know when it will be the middle of your life.”
“We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.” (Pair with “Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.”)
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