The rain wets the leopard’s spots but does not wash them off.
—African Proverb
The daily showers rejoice the thirsty earth, and bless the flowery buds.
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721) English Poet, Diplomat
The making of an American begins at that point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.
—James Baldwin (1924–87) American Novelist, Social Critic
A curious woman is capable of turning around the rainbow just to see what is on the other side.
—Chinese Proverb
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.
—Frank A. Clark
Women are like raindrops: some fall on palaces, others on rice fields.
—Vietnamese 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
Big thunder, little rain.
—English Proverb
A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing.
—African Proverb
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.
—Chinese Proverb
A banker is a man who lends you an umbrella when the weather is fair, and takes it away from you when it rains.
—Indian 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
When it rains, it pours.
—Common Proverb
Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella.
—Japanese Proverb
It rains sorrow on him who is already wet.
—Spanish 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 Literary Scholar, Academic
He fled from the rain and sat down under the waterspout.
—Arabic Proverb
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
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
Evening red and morning gray help the traveler on his way; evening gray and morning red bring down rain upon his head.
—Common Proverb
Giving advice to the ignorant is like the rain falling on muddy ground.
—Persian Proverb
April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.
—T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) American-British Poet, Dramatist, Literary 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
All was silent as before –
All silent save the dripping rain.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
If rain bothers you, you can always jump into the sea.
—Chinese Proverb
The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
How lovely is the sun after rain, and how lovely is laughter after sorrow.
—African Proverb
The rain follows after the forest.
—U.S. Proverb
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
—Common Proverb
May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
—Irish Blessing
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