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Quotes by Greek proverb

Greek proverb

“Middle age is when youre sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isnt for you”

“Beware of those earing gifts.”

“The liar and the thief rejoice in their first year only.”

“I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night.”

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom”

“If it were not for hope, the heart would break”

“A library is a repository of medicine for the mind”

Nothing will content him who is not content with a little.

Better the friend we can see than the money we cannot.

It is better in times of need to have a friend rather than money.

In times of difficulty friendship is on trial.

The beginning is half of every action.

If deeds are wanting all words appear mere vanity and emptiness.

Gray hair is a sign of age not of wisdom.

He who would be happy should stay at home.

A heart that loves is always young.

We must endure what fortune sends.

When the gods are angry with a man they give him what he asks for.

The net of the sleeper catches fish.

It is easier to talk than to hold ones tongue.