Great Throughts Treasury

"Like the peanut, who forgets its shell."

"Limes from dry land, salt from the sea in the pot may meet eventually."

"Look at an elephant for its tusks, a tiger for its stripes. Look for evidence rather than hearsay."

"Love starts from the eyes and falls to the heart."

"Lose your wife and you can get another: lose your wits and you?re done for."

"Never take for granted a quiet person, for he may have qualities that belie his quiet nature."

"Lose when you buy, win when you wear."

"Most conflicts are not a zero-sum game. The vanquished will be reduced to ashes and the victor to charcoal."

"Measure your clothes to fit your own body."

"No matter how big the whale is, a tiny harpoon can kill him."

"No matter how good the squirrel is at leaping, it will still fall to the ground."

"No matter what happens, keep this a secret."

"No one will want to put their salt in the rain."

"No matter how good a squirrel is at jumping, sometimes it will fall."

"One buffalo brings mud and all the herd are smeared with it."

"One?s use of language will show one?s breeding and culture."

"One who sits by the well will never go thirsty. So too would one who mixes with the learned or the rich will never be wanting of knowledge or wealth."

"Once the fishing boat has passed, the river clovers will cluster back together."

"Out of the tiger's mouth and into the crocodile's."

"Once started , a job should be done to its completion."

"Pinch right thigh, left thigh feels pain."

"Plan gone awry on the way."

"Showers of gold in a foreign land are no better than a hail of stones in your own."

"Round object will not roll over, flat object will not fly over."

"Since you happen to put your hand in a container full of pickles, might as well dip your whole arm in the container."

"Some things we do can backfire. Smack a tray of water and you get to wash your face!"

"Start cultivating good values in a very early age. An English equivalent is ?Strike the iron while it?s hot.?"

"Sometimes, the teeth would bite the tongue."

"Someone trying to be something that he or she cannot be."

"Something is worth doing that is worth doing well. If you choose to hold a burning ember in your hand, hold fast until it turns to ashes. So too, should you decide to plunge your hand into a pot of pickles, go in all the way up to your elbow."

"Someone trying to fix something without proper knowledge is like a mouse trying to fix a pumpkin"

"Sun for a year is wiped out by rain for a day."

"Stay and fight instead of turn and run."

"Sweet words can break bones"

"Still water runs deep."

"Tap your chest and ask its pleasure."

"The ?eyes white? points to when the eyes turn away, the white eye part shows."

"The ?bones white? points to the color of the bone."

"The azalea bush is a tall tree in the middle of an empty field."

"The bad of others can be seen, one?s bad goes unnoticed."

"The betrothed of good is evil, The betrothed of life is death, The betrothed of love is divorce."

"The body pays for a slip of the foot, and gold pays for a slip of the tongue."

"The cradle is rocked but the baby is pinched."

"The eyes close in sleep, but the pillow remains awake."

"The deep sea can be fathomed, but who knows the hearts of men."

"The bull will make a big show of his fierceness but he will not fight."

"The dedap flower is red but it has no smell."

"The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates."

"The father pees standing up, the son pees while running."

"The holy man has a beard, but so does a goat."