Famous Proverbs
374 Proverbs about World / Page 18
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Only two things matter in this world: a son and a daughter.172.
The world flatters the elephant and tramples on the ant.173.
To the world wisdom is folly; to the wise the world is foolish.174.
Who is blind? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot.175.
Worldly prosperity is like writing on water.176.
The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey.177.
What is the world to a man when his wife is a widow.178.
"Yes" and "no" govern the world.179.
Of the wealth of the world each has as much as they take.180.
One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as the one who is ready to die.