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14 Proverbs about Hopes



1. There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.. German Proverb. There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.
German Proverb

2. Who is in the right fears, who is in the wrong hopes.. Italian Proverb. Who is in the right fears, who is in the wrong hopes.
Italian Proverb

3. Hopes delayed hang the heart upon tenter-hooks.. Latin Proverb. Hopes delayed hang the heart upon tenter-hooks.
Latin Proverb

4. He who lives in hopes, breakfasts ill and sups worse.. Spanish Proverb. He who lives in hopes, breakfasts ill and sups worse.
Spanish Proverb

5. What one hopes for is always better than what one has.. Ethiopian Proverb. What one hopes for is always better than what one has.
Ethiopian Proverb

6. The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for sunshine, and the gods hesitate.. Chinese Proverb. The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for sunshine, and the gods hesitate.
Chinese Proverb

7. There's no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.. German Proverb. There's no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.
German Proverb

8. A guest will not eat what he hopes for but what he finds.. Turkish proverb. A guest will not eat what he hopes for but what he finds.
Turkish proverb

9. None so old that he hopes not for a year of life.. Romanian Proverb. None so old that he hopes not for a year of life.
Romanian Proverb

10. Man hopes until his death.. Hungarian Proverb. Man hopes until his death.
Hungarian Proverb

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