253 Greek Proverbs / Page 4
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Don't trouble a quiet snake.62.
Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers.63.
Eat beans for lunch and have no friends at the dinner table.64.
Either remain quiet, or say things that improve the silence.65.
Empty barrels and insignificant people always make the most noise.66.
Endeavor to bear the ignorance of fortune with patience.67.
Envy accomplishes nothing.68.
Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom.69.
Even from an enemy a man can learn wisdom.70.
Every country is a fatherland.71.
Every story can be told in different ways.72.
Every tale can be told in a different way.73.
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.74.
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.75.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, prepare to die.76.
For lazy people it is always party time.77.
From a broken violin do not expect fine music.78.
From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn.79.
Give me today and you may keep tomorrow.80.
Good accounts make good friends.