Traditional proverbs

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too bus to take care of his tools.

Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away.

One can easily judge the character of a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them.

An army of deer would be more formidable commanded by a lion, than a an army of lions commanded by a stag.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost.

Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do.

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