Great Throughts Treasury

"Upon touching sand may it turn to gold."

"We have two ears and one mouth that we may listen the more and talk the less."

"We're going to get wool, but we'll come out shorn."

"Venice lost a needle."

"What doesn't concern you, don't ask about, and you'll never have bad (things in your life)."

"We must endure what fortune sends."

"What you learn as a child, you cannot forget as an old person."

"What you wish for when you're sober, you act-out when drunk."

"Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn."

"Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear."

"When at a loss how to go on, cough."

"When God wants to destroy the ant, he puts wings on him and it flies (to its destruction)."

"When it comes to taste anything goes, even eating the Zucchini Plant flower/tops."

"When the cat is absent, the mice dance."

"When God throws the dice are loaded."

"When the gods are angry with a man, they give him what he asks for."

"When poverty comes in through the door, love goes out through the window."

"When the month has no R put water in your wine."

"When the fox cannot reach the grapes he says they are not ripe."

"When you do what you can, you do what you must."

"When the wolf gets old, he becomes the clown of dogs."

"When you hear of many cherries, hold a small basket."

"Where many die, there is no fear of death."

"Where rage seeds, repentance reaps."

"Where there is a sea there are pirates."

"Who ceases to be a friend never was one."

"Where there is love there is no darkness."

"Whoever did not walk in a moonlit night, and in the morning with the dew, did not enjoy the world."

"Whoever has the beard, has the combs."

"Whoever gets burnt by (hot) soup blows the (cool) yogurt."

"Whoever was born in prison, remembers the prison."

"Whoever has a lot of pepper even puts it on cabbage."

"Wine and truth."

"Wine and children speak the truth."

"Wisdom is knowing the truth, and telling it."

"Wise people take precautions."

"With polite discussion, you spend your life."

"You are looking for fleas in the straw."

"Wonders will never cease."

"You can't catch an old fox in a trap."

"You cannot fully change yourself"

"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist."

"You are singing the song too high."

"You cannot reason with a hungry belly; it has no ears."

"Young wood makes a hot fire."

"You gave a knife, you'll take a knife."

"You will break the bow if you keep it always bent."

"Your child and your dog (behave) the way you teach them."

"Youth (or love) and a cough can't be hidden."