Great Throughts Treasury

"Every river knows where its water would not be soaked up into the earth, and that is where it flows past."

"Every kind of love is love, but self-love is supreme among them."

"Everybody joins to blame or condemn a child who overthrows the pot of soup."

"Everyone cut the grass. Cut the grass. Let no one call the others ?Prisoners?."

"Familiarity breeds contempt; distance breeds respect."

"Evil knows where evil sleeps."

"Farms cannot belong to father and son without a boundary."

"Flog my erring child comes from the lips, ?don?t hurt him/her? comes from the bottom of the heart."

"From the well of envy, only a fool drinks the water."

"Fire has no brother."

"Fishing without a net is just bathing."

"Fowls will not spare a cockroach that falls in their mist."

"Give me a push from my back does not mean give me a hunchback."

"Give and take is what makes the life easy, a farmer that want to eat bread would send yam to the baker."

"Grass does not grow on the nose of a thief."

"Guilt is like the footprint of a hippopotamus."

"God keeps away flies from the tailless cow."

"God swats flies for an animal that has no tail."

"He who boasts much can do little."

"He that doesn?t want to be splashed with water should not come near the stream."

"Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone."

"He who dines with the dogs will eat feces."

"He who digs a pit for others must invariably fall into it."

"He who does not look ahead always remains behind."

"He who does not lose his way by night will not lose his way by day."

"He who has people is richer than he who has money."

"He who has goods can sell them."

"He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is."

"He who is called a man must behave like a man."

"He who is courteous is not a fool."

"He who does not mend his clothes will soon have none."

"He who is afraid of doing too much always does too little."

"He who is sick will not refuse medicine."

"He who marries a beauty marries trouble."

"He who lives in the attic knows where the roof leaks."

"He who runs from the white ant may stumble upon the stinging ant."

"He who pelts another with pebbles asks for rocks in return."

"He who pursues an innocent chicken always stumbles."

"He who spits towards the sky is spitting on his face."

"He who waits for a chance may wait for a long time."

"He who rides the horse of greed at a gallop will pull it up at the door of shame."

"He who wishes to barter does not like his own property."

"He whose throat is longer than his arm must pray constantly for gods? protection."

"He who wishes to barter, does not like his belongings."

"How can man be remembered when the giant trees in the forest are soon forgotten."

"How long must feverish birds tremble in silence before their keeper?"

"However hard a thing is thrown into the air, it always falls to the ground."

"However long the moon disappears, someday it must shine again."

"Horns do not grow before the head."

"However far the stream flows, it never forgets its source."