98 98 Classic Proverbs for You to Ponder and Share
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Wikipedia Summary for Proverb
A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) is a simple and insightful, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and use formulaic language. Collectively, they form a genre of folklore.
Some proverbs exist in more than one language because people borrow them from languages and cultures with which they are in contact. In the West, the Bible (including, but not limited to the Book of Proverbs) and medieval Latin (aided by the work of Erasmus) have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs. Not all Biblical proverbs, however, were distributed to the same extent: one scholar has gathered evidence to show that cultures in which the Bible is the major spiritual book contain "between three hundred and five hundred proverbs that stem from the Bible," whereas another shows that, of the 106 most common and widespread proverbs across Europe, 11 are from the Bible. However, almost every culture has its own unique proverbs.

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Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.

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There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

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A brother is a friend God gave you; a friend is a brother your heart chose for you.

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To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.

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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.

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It is better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a mighty ocean.

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Fish, to taste right, must swim three times -- in water, in butter, and in wine.

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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart.

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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor.

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Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.

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A spoken word is not a sparrow. Once it flies out, you can't catch it.

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A real cousin (or friend) is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

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Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.

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Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.

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Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.

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If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.

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Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.

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Some have been thought brave because they didn't have the courage to run away.

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If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential.

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Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.

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The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

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The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.

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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.

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Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.
