tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66947021823471402922024-03-08T06:52:50.610-08:00Proverb WisdomProverbial wisdom from around the world!David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-80351934579875612722011-04-06T15:47:00.000-07:002011-04-06T15:48:47.074-07:00<b>"Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms."</b><div>-- English proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-48372775661044948692011-04-06T15:44:00.000-07:002011-04-06T15:46:32.410-07:00<b>"He who is late may gnaw the bones.</b>"<div>-- Yugoslav proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-22711850634375849612011-03-12T13:21:00.000-08:002011-03-12T13:22:30.003-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 19px; "><b>"A good fortune may forbode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune."</b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 19px; ">-- Chinese proverb</span></div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-73520736726381820542011-03-12T07:08:00.000-08:002011-03-12T07:09:45.879-08:00<b>"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cure's in the doctor's book."</b><div>-- Irish proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-89248120342167140232011-03-11T03:36:00.001-08:002011-03-11T03:37:18.693-08:00<b>"It is easier to go up into the mountains to catch tigers than to ask others for help."</b><div>-- Chinese proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-68555634279648680562011-03-11T03:34:00.001-08:002011-03-11T03:34:59.541-08:00<b>"What worth has beauty if it not seen?"</b><div>-- Italian proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-15318887199870821812011-03-09T10:45:00.000-08:002011-03-09T10:46:41.729-08:00<b>"The wise man is he who is contented with his lot.</b>"<div>-- Talmudic proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-7742965065164225882011-02-27T09:10:00.000-08:002011-02-27T09:11:50.928-08:00<b>"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance."</b><div>-- Japanese proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-70310407019396090712011-02-25T07:22:00.000-08:002011-02-25T07:23:43.160-08:00<b>"He who builds to every man's advice will have a crooked house."</b><div>-- Danish proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-3063127615256002452011-01-10T08:00:00.001-08:002011-01-10T08:05:16.483-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.”</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">-- Chinese proverb</span></span></span></div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-38128851652049150842010-11-11T16:55:00.000-08:002010-11-11T16:56:53.979-08:00<b>"Live to learn and you'll learn to live."</b><div>-- Portuguese proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-89991353592632797622010-11-11T16:54:00.000-08:002010-11-11T16:55:32.655-08:00<b>"If you can walk, you can dance.</b><div><b>If you can talk, you can sing."</b></div><div>-- Zimbabwe proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-25749499762197666842010-11-11T16:52:00.000-08:002010-11-11T16:53:47.403-08:00<b>"Learning is wealth that can't be stolen."</b><div>-- Philippine proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-76297296618725703782010-11-11T16:50:00.000-08:002010-11-11T16:52:09.988-08:00<b>"When one helps another both gain strength."</b><div>-- Ecuadorian proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-37981588068751888132010-10-11T13:43:00.000-07:002010-10-11T13:44:15.144-07:00<b>"I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap."</b><div>-- Spanish proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-77539388203885673452010-10-11T13:42:00.000-07:002010-10-11T13:43:10.681-07:00<b>"For the ignorant old age is winter; for the learned, it is a harvest."</b><div>-- Jewish proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-92054910207719324082010-10-11T13:41:00.001-07:002010-10-11T13:41:51.896-07:00<b>"A happy heart is better than a full purse."</b><div>-- Italian proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-48924584347796551702010-10-11T13:39:00.000-07:002010-10-11T13:40:43.847-07:00<b>"Continually give</b><div><b>Continually gain."</b></div><div>-- Chinese proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-37711246667137163012010-06-16T19:32:00.000-07:002010-06-16T19:33:29.885-07:00<b>"If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside us can do us no harm."</b><div>-- African proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-63800113177955106382010-04-27T09:08:00.000-07:002010-04-27T09:10:47.224-07:00<b>"If work were a good thing, the rich would have found a way to keep it to themselves."</b><div>-- Caribbean proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-50431003368506552642010-03-28T13:06:00.000-07:002010-03-28T13:07:59.497-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"Three things are essential: great doubt, great faith, great perseverance."</span><div>-- Zen proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-70356187186622282262010-03-28T13:04:00.000-07:002010-03-28T13:06:09.791-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"To get rid of your passions is not nirvana -- to look upon them as no matter of yours, that is nirvana."</span><div>-- Zen proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-9901769365572317242010-03-28T13:03:00.000-07:002010-03-28T13:04:36.837-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"All boats rise with the tide."</span><div>-- anonymous proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-72146259191378334222010-03-28T13:01:00.000-07:002010-03-28T13:03:13.584-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"To attain Buddhahood we must scatter life's aims and objects to the wind."</span><div>-- Zen proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694702182347140292.post-6432210451072345582010-02-13T13:43:00.000-08:002010-02-13T13:44:22.736-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"Sometimes it is necessary to travel far to find what is near."</span><div>-- Hasidic proverb</div>David Eastmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484619973167606627noreply@blogger.com0