The bad gardener quarrels with his rake
American Proverb
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AMBROSE BIERCE A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.
HUNGARIAN PROVERB Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry...
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.
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WAYLON JENNINGS To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a...
SAMUEL RICHARDSON It's going to be like stepping on a rake.
JUSTIN HAYES He who quarrels with a drunken man injures the absent
PROVERB He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks...
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ROBERT HALL He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The Constant Gardener
RALPH FIENNES If he avoids quarrels with these persons, he will be freed from all sins, and by suppressing ,all su...
GURU NANAK There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck-rake.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
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DEAN CAVANAGH A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
JEAN COCTEAU Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watche...
NICHOLSON BAKER His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
BIBLE A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three diff...
ADAM SMITH Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've wa...
NICHOLSON BAKER You hit the elbow and I'll rake the wrists.
TROY MURPHY He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
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AFRICAN PROVERBS God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.
ARABIC PROVERB Joseph is the wearisomest and self-righteous Pharisee who ever ransacked the Bible to rake the promi...
EMILY BRONTë Be both the gardener and the rose.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY The man who questions opinions is wise. The man who quarrels with facts is a fool.
FRANK GARBUTT The man who questions opinions is wise. The man who quarrels with facts is a fool.
FRANK A. GARBUTT A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS When two men quarrel, the one who yields first displays the nobler nature.
TALMUD The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
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BEDOUIN PROVERB I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to...
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MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.
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SIGMUND FREUD A long dispute means both parties are wrong
VOLTAIRE People generally quarrel because they can't argue.
G. K. CHESTERTON The falling out of faithful friends, renewing is of love.
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JEAN ROSTAND Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Be not the first one to quarrel, nor the last to make up
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
SPANISH PROVERB In quarreling the truth is always lost
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Quarreling is like cutting water with a sword.
CHINESE PROVERB The dove loves when it quarrels; the wolf hates when it flatters.
SAINT AUGUSTINE Those who in quarrels interpose - Must often wipe a bloody nose
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JOHN KEATS Loose lips sink ships
AMERICAN PROVERB A mill cannot grind with water that is past.
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't cry over spilled milk
AMERICAN PROVERB Feed a cold; starve a fever
AMERICAN PROVERB You can't fit a round peg in a square hole
AMERICAN PROVERB Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the least hypocritical.
AMERICAN PROVERB When it rains, it pours
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't hide your light under a bushel
AMERICAN PROVERB Ignorance is bliss
AMERICAN PROVERB Always count the cost.
AMERICAN PROVERB There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.
AMERICAN PROVERB The love of evil is the root of all money.
AMERICAN PROVERB The best things in life are free.
AMERICAN PROVERB Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
AMERICAN PROVERB You don't put robbers to work in a bank
AMERICAN PROVERB A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment.
AMERICAN PROVERB The wish is the father of the deed
AMERICAN PROVERB Cunning men deal in generalizations.
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't measure your neighbor's honesty by your own.
AMERICAN PROVERB It is better to be safe than sorry.
AMERICAN PROVERB Variety is the spice of life
AMERICAN PROVERB It's never over till it's over
AMERICAN PROVERB If your time ain't come not even a doctor can kill you.
AMERICAN PROVERB A clear conscience is a good pillow.
AMERICAN PROVERB Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.
AMERICAN PROVERB Dreams are wishes your heart makes.
AMERICAN PROVERB You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too
AMERICAN PROVERB If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself.
AMERICAN PROVERB If you look back, you'll soon be going that way.
AMERICAN PROVERB If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be a part of someone else's.
AMERICAN PROVERB Hope is the nurse of misery.
AMERICAN PROVERB He that lives on hope will die fasting.
AMERICAN PROVERB Each day provides its own gifts.
AMERICAN PROVERB Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
AMERICAN PROVERB Diligence is the mother of good luck.
AMERICAN PROVERB Character is what you are in the dark.
AMERICAN PROVERB Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown.
AMERICAN PROVERB Advice is least heeded when most needed.
AMERICAN PROVERB A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.
AMERICAN PROVERB A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
AMERICAN PROVERB A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.
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AMERICAN PROVERB A mill cannot grind with water that is past.
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't cry over spilled milk
AMERICAN PROVERB Feed a cold; starve a fever
AMERICAN PROVERB You can't fit a round peg in a square hole
AMERICAN PROVERB Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the least hypocritical.
AMERICAN PROVERB When it rains, it pours
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't hide your light under a bushel
AMERICAN PROVERB Ignorance is bliss
AMERICAN PROVERB Always count the cost.
AMERICAN PROVERB There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.
AMERICAN PROVERB The love of evil is the root of all money.
AMERICAN PROVERB The best things in life are free.
AMERICAN PROVERB Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
AMERICAN PROVERB You don't put robbers to work in a bank
AMERICAN PROVERB A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment.
AMERICAN PROVERB The wish is the father of the deed
AMERICAN PROVERB Cunning men deal in generalizations.
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't measure your neighbor's honesty by your own.
AMERICAN PROVERB It is better to be safe than sorry.
AMERICAN PROVERB Variety is the spice of life
AMERICAN PROVERB It's never over till it's over
AMERICAN PROVERB If your time ain't come not even a doctor can kill you.
AMERICAN PROVERB A clear conscience is a good pillow.
AMERICAN PROVERB Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.
AMERICAN PROVERB Dreams are wishes your heart makes.
AMERICAN PROVERB You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too
AMERICAN PROVERB If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself.
AMERICAN PROVERB If you look back, you'll soon be going that way.
AMERICAN PROVERB If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be a part of someone else's.
AMERICAN PROVERB Hope is the nurse of misery.
AMERICAN PROVERB He that lives on hope will die fasting.
AMERICAN PROVERB Each day provides its own gifts.
AMERICAN PROVERB Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
AMERICAN PROVERB Diligence is the mother of good luck.
AMERICAN PROVERB Character is what you are in the dark.
AMERICAN PROVERB Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown.
AMERICAN PROVERB Advice is least heeded when most needed.
AMERICAN PROVERB A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.
AMERICAN PROVERB A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
AMERICAN PROVERB A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.
AMERICAN PROVERB A good son makes a good husband.
AMERICAN PROVERB A contented mind is a continual feast.
AMERICAN PROVERB Never swap horses crossing a stream.
AMERICAN PROVERB If you can't lick 'em, join 'em
AMERICAN PROVERB Too many cooks spoil the broth
AMERICAN PROVERB For want of a nail the kingdom was lost
AMERICAN PROVERB A miss is as good as a mile
AMERICAN PROVERB Little pitchers have big ears
AMERICAN PROVERB People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
AMERICAN PROVERB It never rains, but it pours
AMERICAN PROVERB No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
AMERICAN PROVERB Crap or get off the pot
AMERICAN PROVERB Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked
AMERICAN PROVERB Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
AMERICAN PROVERB There are plenty of fish in the sea
AMERICAN PROVERB The worm turns
AMERICAN PROVERB In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, oh, the cheating that goes on.
AMERICAN PROVERB I'd rather be dead than red
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't bite more than you can chew.
AMERICAN PROVERB No good Indian but a dead Indian
AMERICAN PROVERB A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal.
AMERICAN PROVERB You made your bed, now lie in it
AMERICAN PROVERB The bad workman blames his tools
AMERICAN PROVERB Silence is golden; speech is silver
AMERICAN PROVERB You can't unscramble an egg
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't judge a book by its cover
AMERICAN PROVERB Take the bitter with the sweet
AMERICAN PROVERB It takes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on the job
AMERICAN PROVERB Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot.
AMERICAN PROVERB Practice what you preach
AMERICAN PROVERB All's fair in love and war.
AMERICAN PROVERB When pleasure interferes with business, give up business
AMERICAN PROVERB If you want anything done, give it to the busy man
AMERICAN PROVERB A good dog deserves a good bone
AMERICAN PROVERB The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
AMERICAN PROVERB Where there's smoke, there's fire
AMERICAN PROVERB Every dog is allowed one bite
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't give up the ship
AMERICAN PROVERB The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have
AMERICAN PROVERB Smith and Wesson or a Colt always beat four aces.
AMERICAN PROVERB Maternity is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.
AMERICAN PROVERB Eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow we die.
AMERICAN PROVERB The pen is mightier than the sword
AMERICAN PROVERB Easy come, easy go
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't upset the apple cart
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
AMERICAN PROVERB You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear
AMERICAN PROVERB The cobbler should stick to it's last
AMERICAN PROVERB Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe
AMERICAN PROVERB What's good for the goose is good for the gander
AMERICAN PROVERB It's never too late to mend your ways
AMERICAN PROVERB You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
AMERICAN PROVERB I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better
AMERICAN PROVERB A dog is a man's best friend
AMERICAN PROVERB If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be part of someone else's
AMERICAN PROVERB The only thing a heated argument ever produced is coolness
AMERICAN PROVERB I can't say I hate cats, but holy cow, dogs are a horse of another color.
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't whiz on the electric fence
AMERICAN PROVERB You cannot have all chiefs; you gotta have Indians too.
AMERICAN PROVERB It takes two to tango
AMERICAN PROVERB Once bitten, twice shy
AMERICAN PROVERB You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
AMERICAN PROVERB Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it
AMERICAN PROVERB If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't change horses while crossing a stream.
AMERICAN PROVERB Better to be safe than sorry.
AMERICAN PROVERB He who hesitates is lost
AMERICAN PROVERB From little acorns mighty oaks do grow
AMERICAN PROVERB Seeing is believing
AMERICAN PROVERB A Monday morning quarterback
AMERICAN PROVERB Bad news travels fast
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
AMERICAN PROVERB You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't close the barn door after the horse runs away
AMERICAN PROVERB Make love, not war
AMERICAN PROVERB The bigger they come the harder they fall
AMERICAN PROVERB It takes a thief to catch a thief
AMERICAN PROVERB Actions speak louder than words
AMERICAN PROVERB Nothing ventured, nothing gained
AMERICAN PROVERB It isn't over until the fat lady sings
AMERICAN PROVERB Love many, trust a few, and learn to paddle your own canoe.
AMERICAN PROVERB The one who pays the piper calls the tune
AMERICAN PROVERB A friend who shares is a friend who cares.
AMERICAN PROVERB. When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live you life in a manner so that when you die...
NATIVE AMERICAN PROVERB No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
NATIVE AMERICAN PROVERB No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Only when the last tree has been cut down; Only when the last river has been poisoned; Only when the...
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Only after the last tree has been cut down,
only after the last river has ben poisoned,
only a...
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB He who is present at a wrongdoing and does not lift a hand to prevent it, is as guilty as the wrongd...
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB What the people believe is true.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Do not speak of evil for it creates curiosityin the hearts of the young.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Pray to understand what man has forgotten.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A good chief gives, he does not take.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick axe.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB I have been to the end of the earth,
I have been to the end of the waters,
I have been to the ...
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Thoughts are like arrows: once released, they strike their mark. Guard them well or one day you may ...
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Every animal knows more than you do.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB White men have too many chiefs.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Talk to your children while they are eating;
what you say will stay even after you are gone.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A starving man will eat with the wolf.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The coward shoots with shut eyes.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life:
A fight is going on inside me, he said to th...
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creat...
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Truth does not happen, it just is.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The supreme law of the land is the Great Spirit's law, not man's law.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB No answer is also an answer.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A people without faith in themselves cannot survive.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Work hard, keep the ceremonies, live peaceably, and unite your hearts.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB In age, talk; in childhood, tears.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The greatest strength is gentleness.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A good soldier is a poor scout.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Our first teacher is our own heart.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Judge not by the eye but by the heart.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Our pleasures are shallow, our sorrows are deep.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB It is good to tell one's heart.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB All who have died are equal.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Treachery darkens the chain of friendship, but truth makes it brighter than ever.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Never sit while your seniors stand.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Knowledge that is not used is abused.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB One rain does not make a crop.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB You already possess everything necessary to become great.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The only things that need the protection of men are the things of men, not the things of the spirit.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB There is no death, only a change of worlds.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The rain falls on the just and the unjust.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB All dreams spin out from the same web.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The one who tells the stories rules the world.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for yo...
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB One finger cannot lift a pebble.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB In death, I am born.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Man has responsiblity, not power.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The way of the troublemaker is thorny.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB