See a pin and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck; set a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Luck
Among the blind the one eyed is king.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Leaders, Leadership
When money is taken freedom is forsaken.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Money
Divide and conquer.
—Common Proverb
Never ask a favor of someone till they have had their dinner.
—Common Proverb
You must be fully prepared to lose a great deal in order to make a great deal.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Negotiation, Preparation
Pride comes before a fall
—Common Proverb
Topics: Pride
We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Procrastination
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Kindness, Friendship
An old man loved is winter with flowers.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Aging, Age
We learn by teaching.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Learning, Teaching
Don’t spur a willing horse.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Motivational, Motivation
Pay beforehand if you would have your work poorly done.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Quality
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Wine, Proverbs
No one is as angry as the person who is wrong.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Anger
A good face is a letter of recommendation.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Face
Every time you wake up and ask yourself, What good things am I going to do today?, remember that when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it.
—Common Proverb
Better to be known as a sinner than a hypocrite.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Hypocrisy
Every picture tells a story.
—Common Proverb
Never do things by halves.
—Common Proverb
As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Wealth
Battle doesn’t need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Purpose
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Morning
All roads lead to Rome.
—Common Proverb
Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound
—Common Proverb
Topics: Health
In for a penny, in for a pound.
—Common Proverb
The thoughts of the earth are my thoughts.The voice of the earth is my voice.All that belongs to the earth belongs to me.All that surrounds the earth surrounds me.It is lovely indeed, it is lovely indeed.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Wilderness, Proverbs
A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Wealth
Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile.
—Common Proverb
There’s no substitute for experience.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Experience
History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
—Common Proverb
Topics: History, Historians
One hour’s sleep before midnight, is worth two after.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Sleep
From small beginnings come great things.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Action
An apple-pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze.
—Common Proverb
Caution is the parent of safety.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Caution
Everything comes to him who waits.
—Common Proverb
Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer.
—Common Proverb
The most dangerous food to eat is a wedding cake.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Food, Weddings
Pride and poverty don’t get along, but often live together.
—Common Proverb
Topics: Togetherness, Pride
There’s no smoke without fire.
—Common Proverb