Great Quotes and Proverbs

Sorry if this has been done before. But you know those quotes that really make you think? Post them here. Preferably with the author's name.


When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. - Cherokee Nation Proverb


Just read this and it really sums up how you should live.

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Native American Ten Commandments

1. Treat the Earth and all that dwell therein with respect
2. Remain close to the Great Spirit
3. Show great respect for your fellow beings
4. Work together for the benefit of all Mankind
5. Give assistance and kindness wherever needed
6. Do what you know to be right
7. Look after the well-being of Mind and Body
8. Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater Good
9. Be truthful and honest at all times
10. Take full responsibility for your actions

Seems like a good code to live by

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A bit of a native American flavour at the moment

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When the big tree falls, the goat eats its leaves.

African proverb (don't know which country)

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We offered you help,you gave us blankets infected with pox..

We offered you food-you killed the buffalo.

So many native American tribes

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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.

Assyrian proverb

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Neither a borrower nor a lender be

Wm. Shakespeare

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In the present British climate:-

Ne'er cast a clout till May be out.

Attributed to Dr. Thomas Fuller

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A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

Woodrow Wilson

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

George S. Patton

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Rabbie Burns' quotes

Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion.