The progressive Arts

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

There is no hand to catch time.

There is enmity between to dig and to let dig.

There is a great uproar made about the debt of a poor man.

There are three uncertainties: woman, wind, and wealth.

There are only two things from which to choose: profit or loss. 

There are many people who can sing, but don't know the words.

There are as many characters as there are individuals.

Theologians, dogs, and singers always disagree.

The worst kind of poverty is to have many debts.

The world flatters the elephant and tramples on the ant.

The word of a woman is a bundle of water.

The weakest go to the wall.

The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.

The voice of the poor has no echo.

The truth is half a quarrel.

The tree casts its shadow on everything, even upon the woodcutter.

The tongue is safe; even among thirty teeth.

The thief that is not caught is a king.

The spouse of a woman is a man, the spouse of a man is his livelihood.

The soldier's wife is always a widow.

The sieve says to the needle, "You have a hole in your tail."

The sandal tree perfumes the axe that fells it.

The potter sleeps soundly, for no one would steal clay.

The poor looks for food and the rich man for appetite.

The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment.

The nose didn't smell the rotting head.

The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.

The money you dream about will not pay your bills.

The man who has mounted an elephant will not fear the bark of a dog.

The lawyer's pouch is a mouth of Hell.

The hot sun melts away the snow; when anger comes, does wisdom go.

The heart at rest sees a feast in everything.

The hare that escaped had eight legs.

The hands of a lawyer are always in someone's pocket.

The grown-up pays attention to what you are doing; the child sees beyond that.

The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity.

The eyes do not see what the mind does not want.

The enemy's own punishment is his envy.

The dog's tail stays crooked even if he is buried for twelve years.

The deceitful have no friends.

The crow was killed by the storm-"He died by my curse," says the owl.

The crab instructs its young: "Walk straight ahead- like me."

The cock goes to town for only four days and returns home a peacock.

The snake will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr. Snake.

The baby has not been born yet, and yet you assert that his nose is like his grandfather's.

The answerer is inferior to the asker.

The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant.

That which blossoms must also decay.

Stolen sugar is the sweetest.

Speak like a parrot; meditate like a swan; chew like a goat; and bathe like an elephant.

Something done at the wrong time should be regarded as not done.

Smiles that you broadcast, will always come back to you.

Sit on the bank of a river and wait: Your enemy's corpse will soon float by.

Since love departs at dawn, create, O God, a night that has no morn.

September blow soft till the fruit's in the loft.

Separation secures manifest friendship.

Regularity is the best medicine.