The only real equality is in the cemetery

Quote by German Proverb

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Equality Quotes

When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

When a man is happy, he does not hear the clock strike

Ambition and fleas both jump high

Ambition and fleas both jump high

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...

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.

An example from the monkey: the higher it climbs, the more you see of its...

An example from the monkey: the higher it climbs, the more you see of its...

Work makes free

Work makes free

Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy

Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs

One does evil enough when one does nothing good

One does evil enough when one does nothing good

What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse

What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through...

Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through...

After Christmas comes Lent.

After Christmas comes Lent.

Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors

Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors

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

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

Charity sees the need, not the cause

Charity sees the need, not the cause

True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense

True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense

If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the...

If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...