2119 Proverbs about Thing / Page 35
681. Only what you have eaten is yours; other things may not be.
682. That which is exceptionally good is a forerunner of something bad.
683. The very fact that we are looking for something usually stands in the way of our finding it.
684. There are three things that a man must know to survive in this world: what is too much for him, what is too little, and what is just right.
685. When deeds speak, words are nothing.
686. If you want to keep something secret from black folks, put it between the covers of a book.
687. Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
688. Don't ignore the small things -- the kite flies because of its tail.
689. From small beginnings come great things.
690. If you eat a live toad first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen all day long.
691. Money talks -- everything else walks.
692. The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
693. There are three kinds of people; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those who don't know what's happening.
694. There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.
695. A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.
696. Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.
697. Everything is small at the beginning and then grows; except trouble, which is big at the beginning and still grows.
698. Four things come not back -- the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
699. He gets his passage for nothing and then winks at the captain's wife.
700. He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has every thing.
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