Greek Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
77 Greek Proverbs
A different man, a different taste.
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A gift, though small, is welcome.
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A library is a repository of medicine for the mind.
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A lucky person is someone who plants pebbles and harvests
potatoes.
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A mad bull is not to be tied up with a packthread.
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A miser and a liar bargain quickly.
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A miser is ever in want.
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Act quickly, think slowly.
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After the war, aid.
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All things good to know are difficult to learn.
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An iron rod bends while it is hot.
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An open enemy is better than a false friend.
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Before you can score you must first have a goal.
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Character is habit long continued.
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Death is never at a loss for occasions.
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Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers.
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Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom.
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First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
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From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn.
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Good accounts make good friends.
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Gray hair is a sign of age, not wisdom.
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Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
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Great birth is a very poor dish at table.
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He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate.
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He who respects his parents never dies.
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