| Id | Proverb | Author | Source |
| 1 | The cat loves fish but does not want to touch the river. | (Medieval) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 2 | It is dangerous to trust and it is dangerous not to trust. | (Phaedrus 3.10.1) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 3 | He who is silent appears to give consent. | (Legal) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 4 | Everyone wants to know; no one wants to pay what is required. | (Juvenal, Satires 7.157) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 5 | Without wings it is not easy to fly. | (Anonymous) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 6 | It is said that for a sick person, while there is breath, there is hope. | (M. Tullius Cicero, Ad Atticum 9.10.3) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 7 | It is not permitted to know everything. | (Horace 4.4.22) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 8 | The one who wishes to do evil is never without a reason to do so. | (Publilius Syrus, Sententia 336) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 9 | It is foolish to seek justice from the unjust. | (Plautus, Amphitruo 36) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 10 | It is difficult to play out a joke with a sad mind. | (Lygdamus 6.34) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 11 | As a field, however fertile, is not able to be productive without cultivation, so is the mind without education. | (M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.13) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 12 | There is something wrong with the one who knows how to accept a kindness and does not know how to return one. | (Plautus, Persa 762) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 13 | Money does not know how to change a pure nature. | (Medieval) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 14 | Everyone wants to know everything, but they do not want to learn. | (Medieval) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 15 | You are holding a snake by the tail. | (Anonymous) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 16 | It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; but it is because we do not dare that things are difficult. | (Seneca, Epistuale Morales 104.26) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 17 | They seem to remove the sun from the world who remove friendship from life. | (M. Tullius Cicero, De Amicitia 23.47) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 18 | The same remedies are not appropriate for all sick people. | (Celsus, De Remediis 3.1.5) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 19 | Neither by force nor by speed nor by swiftness of body are great things done, but by plan, authority and purpose. | (M. Tullius Cicero, De Senectute 17) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 20 | Praise is a perpetual evil for kings. | (Q.Curtius Rufus, 8.5.14, adapted) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 21 | Those who so easily discern the crimes of others do not even see their own. | (Anonymous) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 22 | The outward appearances of things are deceiving. | (Seneca, De Beneficiis 4.34) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 23 | Praise is always near as a friend to great fortune. | (P. Valleius Paterculus, Historiae Romanae 2.102.3) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 24 | The fool does not accept the words of the wisdom. | (Anonymous) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 25 | The greatest remedy for anger is delay. | (Seneca, De Ira 2.29.1) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 26 | Friends hold all things in common. | (M.Tullius Cicero, Greek Proverb Quoted in De Officiis 1.16.51) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 27 | Repetition is the mother of learning. | (Anonymous) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 28 | There is no medical remedy in the garden for the problem of death. | (Medieval) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 29 | Ignorance of the law excuses no one. | (Legal) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 30 | Silence is a sign of wisdom, and talkativness is a sign of stupidity. | (Petrus Alphonsus, Disciplina Clericalis, 2) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 31 | What is food for some is a harsh poison for others. | (Anonymous) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 32 | The individual who accommodates himself to necessity is wise. | (Anonymous) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 33 | Often the individual who does not give reins to his mouth undergoes punishment. | (Medieval) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 34 | Conscience places reins on the tongue. | (Publilius Syrus, Sententia 665) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 35 | No day is long for the one who is really living. | (Seneca, Epistulae Morales 122.3) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 36 | How similar is flattery to friendship! | (Seneca, Epistulae Morales 45.7) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 37 | For the foolish person, silence stands in for wisdom. | (Publilius Syrus, Sententia 627) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 38 | The right moment comes along rarely and is easily lost. | (Publilius Syrus, Sententia 449) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 39 | They condemn what they do not understand. | (Anonymous; but cf. Quintillian Institutions 10.1.20) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 40 | The fearful one even sees dangers that are not there. | (Publilius Syrus, Sententia 452) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 41 | When the one who accuses is also the one who judges, violence, not law, is the winner. | (Publilius Syrus, Sententia 692) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 42 | Once a word has been sent flying out, it can not be called back. | (Horace, Epistulae 1.18.71) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 43 | The one who is running away from smoke falls into a fire. | (Medieval) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 44 | The one who catches a snake by the tail does not really have it. | (Medieval) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 45 | Leisure without learning is death. | (Seneca, Epistulae Morales 82.3) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 46 | You insanely seek water in the middle of the river. | (Propertius 1.9.16) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 47 | To pretend stupidity at the right time, in the right place, is the highest kind of wisdom. | (Anonymous) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 48 | It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid. | (Publilius Syrus, Sententia 580) | thanks to bob patrick |
| 49 | The saint who works no miracles isn't glorified. | wikiquote | |
| 50 | He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. | (Laozi) | |
| 51 | Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. | (Laozi) | |
| 52 | Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself. | (Laozi) | |
| 53 | One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him. | (Laozi) | |
| 54 | Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge. | (Laozi) | |
| 55 | When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. | (Laozi) | |
| 56 | A confessed sin is half a sin. |
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