COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

10/21/2013

English Proverbs



"Fools build houses, and wise men buy them." 


"No time like the present."


"Better to be envied than pitied." 


"Practice makes perfect." 


"While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it."


"Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst." 


"Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is."


"Where there's a will, there's a way." 


"Empty vessels make the most sound." 


"An idle brain is the devil's workshop." 





"Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today." 



"Faith will move mountains." 



  "Art is long and life is short."



"Example is better than precept." 


"Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim."



"East to live, not live to eat."



"The best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman."



"Do unto others as you would they should do unto you." 


"The mob has many heads but no brains."




"As you sow, so shall you reap." 



"Enough is as good as a feast." 


 
"Don't count your chickens before they are hatched." 



 "Do not throw pearls to swine." 






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