Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Beginning, Creativity
Sometimes you have to throw yourself into the fire to escape from the Smoke.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Bad Times
He who wants to be happy must stay at home.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Home
A civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they will never sit.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Proverbs
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Advice
Men who have lost heart never yet won a trophy.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Heart
He who would be happy should stay at home.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Happiness, Opportunities, Reality
Live today, forget the past.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Past
Act quickly, think slowly.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Humankind, Action
One minute of patience can mean ten years of peace.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Peace
A beard signifies lice, not brains.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Men
Give me today and you may keep tomorrow.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Tomorrow
Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers.
—Greek Proverb
Either dance well or quit the ballroom.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Dancing
He who thinks everything must be in bloom when the strawberries are in bloom doesn’t know anything about apples.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Nature
We must endure what fortune sends.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Resolve, Perseverance, Endurance
When at a loss how to go on, cough.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Speakers, Speaking
A person’s character is revealed by their speech
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Speech
Men never moan over the opportunities lost to do good, only the opportunities to be bad.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Opportunity
The beginning is half of every action.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Action, Getting Going, Inaction, Beginning, Act, Procrastination
Poor in my youth, and in life’s later scenes – Rich to no end, I curse my natal hour, Who naught enjoyed while young, denied the means; And naught when old enjoyed, denied the power
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Youth
You must keep quiet or say only things that improve silence.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Silence
To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: The Truth
As long as you have the blessing of your parents it does not matter even if you live in the mountains.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Parents
Those who fight with silver spears are sure of their victory.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Fighting
An old enemy never becomes a friend.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Enemies
A miser and a liar bargain quickly.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Negotiation, Business
But mortal bliss will never come sincere; Pleasure may lead, but grief blow brings up the rear
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Grief
A woman prefers a man without money to money without a man.
—Greek Proverb
From a broken violin do not expect fine music.
—Greek Proverb
Topics: Expectations