Monday, August 14, 2006

Some interesting quotes or proverbs for perusal

1.A peasant between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.-Spanish proverb
2.Writing is busy idleness.-Goethe
3.A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler,not a wife.-Greek proverb
4.May you have a wife who doesn't believe what she sees.-Paul Valery
5.The limits of my language are the limits of my world.-Ludwig Wittgenstein
6.Pride is the mask of one's own faults.-Jewish proverb
7.Be glad.Be good.Be brave.-Eleanor Hodgman Porter
8.A razor may be sharper than an ax,but it cannot cut wood.-African(Annang)proverb
9.Revenge does not long remain unrevenged.-German proverb
10.EXamine what is said,not who speaks.-Chinese proverb
11.The rich worry over their money,the poor over their bread.-Vietnamese proverb
12.The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.-Russian proverb
13.Anything we fully do is an alone journey.-Natalie Goldberg
14.One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of choking.-Chinese proverb
15.A bridge is not built from one piece of wood.-Chinese proverb
16.Leisure is work you volunteer for.-Richard Robinson
17.Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.-Gloria Steinem

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