Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor

Quote by German Proverb

Topics: Charity Quotes

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an...

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an...

Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy

Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy

The only real equality is in the cemetery

The only real equality is in the cemetery

Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors

Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors

Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either

Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs

Politeness is what warmth is to wax

Politeness is what warmth is to wax

He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

An old man loved is a winter with flowers

An old man loved is a winter with flowers

The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit

The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...

Beauty is a good letter of introduction

Beauty is a good letter of introduction

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

He who wants to warm himself in old age must build a fireplace in his...

He who wants to warm himself in old age must build a fireplace in his...

Experience is a long road and an expensive school

Experience is a long road and an expensive school

Loquacity and lying are cousins

Loquacity and lying are cousins

In bad luck hold out; in good luck, hold in

In bad luck hold out; in good luck, hold in

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss...

If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss...