I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.
—Pablo Neruda (1904–73) Chilean Poet, Diplomat, Political leader
Big thunder, little rain.
—English Proverb
May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
—Irish Blessing
A deaf man may not have heard the thunder but he surely will see the rain.
—African Proverb
It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
All was silent as before –
All silent save the dripping rain.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
The rain is playing its soft pleasant tune fitfully on the skylight, and the shade of the fast-flying clouds passes with delicate change across my book.
—Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–67) American Poet, Playwright, Essayist
May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you and all your heart might desire.
—Irish Blessing
He who marries on a rainy day will be happy for the rest of his life.
—French Proverb
The rain follows after the forest.
—U.S. Proverb
Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
—John Updike (1932–2009) American Novelist, Poet, Short-Story Writer
He fled from the rain and sat down under the waterspout.
—Arabic Proverb
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
—Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Theologian
There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
—Casey Stengel (1890–1975) American Sportsperson
The drowning man is not troubled by rain.
—Persian Proverb
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Money is only good for a weekday, a holiday, and a rainy day.
—Russian Proverb
If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.
—William Lyon Phelps (1865–1943) American Author, Critic, Scholar
A curious woman is capable of turning around the rainbow just to see what is on the other side.
—Chinese Proverb
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
A visit is like rainwater; you pray for it when it stays away and its a problem when it rains too much.
—Hebrew Proverb
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
—Anatole France (1844–1924) French Novelist
It rains sorrow on him who is already wet.
—Spanish Proverb
Rain before seven; clear before eleven.
—English Proverb
Giving advice to the ignorant is like the rain falling on muddy ground.
—Persian Proverb
It rained on the mountaintop, but it was the valley below that got flooded.
—African Proverb
Save something for a rainy day.
—Common Proverb
There’s always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.
—Don DeLillo (b.1936) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
Rain does not stay in the sky.
—Finnish Proverb
The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday’s sneer and yesterday’s frown can never come over again.
—Charles Kingsley (1819–75) English Clergyman, Academic, Historian, Novelist