Fortune knocks once…
Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate [door]. More »
Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s gate [door]. More »
What goes around comes around. / As you sow, so (shall) you reap. / Self do, self have. More »
The frog in the well does not know the ocean. – Zhuangzi [Zhuang Zhou / Chuang Tzu] (c. 369? – c. 286B.C.?) / He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill. More »
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) More »
Fear the worst; the best will save itself. More »
There is no rule without exceptions. [There is no general rule without some exceptions.] / The exception proves the rule. More »
(There is) No rose without a thorn. [Every rose has its thorn.] More »
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 82) More »
Willows are weak, yet they bind other wood. / Better bend, than break. / Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. More »
The pot calls the kettle black. / As good twenty as nineteen. More »