Great Throughts Treasury

"He who lives without discipline dies without honor."

"A bad rower blames the oar."

"A fall bodes a lucky journey from the house but not toward it."

"A dog bites the stone, not him who throws it."

"A greasy kitchen; a will with not much in it."

"A man yearns for his paradise but it could become his hell."

"A man without a book is blind."

"A fat woman warms the night."

"A man too busy to take care of his health is like a farmer too lazy to plant his field."

"A quarter depends on cultivation."

"A sitting crow starves."

"A story is only half told if there is only one side presented."

"All is not gold that glistereth."

"A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will."

"A system that works is worth golden."

"All sails do not suit every ship."

"All old sayings have something in them."

"Although he comes and cuts me down, I'll grow next spring."

"An unlucky girl may make a good woman."

"An offer of friendship to a friend's foe is unbecoming an honorable man."

"Bad birds seldom bring good weather."

"Better shoeless than bookless."

"Be straightforward in all your dealing and noble with strangers."

"Better wise language than well combed hair."

"Blind is a man without a book."

"Beware the man who does not drink."

"Cattle die, kinsmen die, and so shall you die too. But one thing I know that never dies: the fame of a dead man's deeds."

"Better to drink the milk than to eat the cow."

"Cultures are born and die, but the cheese is immortal."

"Easily grasped are the crimes of a hog."

"Every honest miller has a thumb of gold."

"Character is always corrupted by prosperity."

"Dragons often rise up on their tail."

"Everyone wants to live long, but no one wants to be called old."

"Everyone gets argr as he gets older."

"Every man likes the smell of his own farts."

"Few are like father, no one is like mother."

"Every story has two sides and every song has twelve versions."

"Fertile is water that runs under lava."

"Gold glitters in what is thrown away."

"Gold and green woods."

"He who knows only few things, has little to forget."

"Hate not the man, but the weakness."

"He who puts giants to flight rapidly advances."

"Hunger, work, and sweat are the best herbs."

"Iceland is the best land on which the sun shines."

"If one calls in the forest will one get a response."

"His door already has the hard part of the journey behind him."

"If only the wind would turn before I go home, said the woman rowing against the wind."

"If the icy snow carries you at midsummer, then we can expect a late spring."