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| Saying - Author |
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| Observe all men; thyself most. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Of all the plants that cover the earth and lie like a fringe of hair upon the body of our grandmother, try to obtain knowledge that you may be strengthened in life.- Winnebago (Native American) (on nature) |
| Off with the old and on with the new. - unknown |
| Often, less is more. - unknown |
| Often there is eloquence in a silent look. - Latin (on eloquence) |
| Once a word is spoken, it flies, you can't catch it. - Russian Proverb |
| Once bitten, twice shy. - unknown |
| Once the rice is pudding, it's too late to reclaim the rice. - Indonesian (on time and timeliness) |
| Once you reach the top, take care as the only way left to go is down. - Darren Bateman |
| One day at a time. - unknown |
| One day in perfect health is much.- Arabic (on health and wellness) |
| One does evil enough when one does nothing good. - German proverb. |
| One enemy is too many and a hundred friends too few. - unknown |
| One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. - George Herbert (1593-1633) |
| One flower makes no garland. - George Herbert (1593-1632) |
| One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade. - Chinese Proverb |
| One good turn deserves another. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| One hand for yourself and one for the ship. - unknown |
| One hand washes the other. - Epicharmus (273 AD) |
| One head cannot hold all wisdom. - Maasai(East African)(on wisdom) |
| One man can make a difference. - unknown |
| One man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than everybody else. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| One man's beard is on fire; another man warms his hands on it. - Kashmiri (on perversity) |
| One man's junk is another man's treasure. - unknown |
| One man's meat is another man's poison. - unknown |
| One might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. - N. Rogers (1662) |
| One must not play on the nose of a sleeping bear. - German (on prudence) |
| One person can burn water, while another can't even burn oil. - Kashmiri (on differences) |
| One should learn to sail in all waters. - Italian (on the conduct of life) |
| One should speak little with others and much with oneself. - Danish (on the conduct of life) |
| One step at a time. - unknown |
| One step leads to another. - unknown |
| One swallow never makes a summer. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580) |
| One thing leads to another. - unknown |
| One today is worth two tomorrows. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| One who marries for love alone will have bad days but good nights.- Egyptian (on marriage) |
| One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| One who waits for chance, may wait a year.- Yoruba (West African (on opportunity) |
| One with the courage to laugh is master of the world. - Italian (on courage and fear) |
| Only a fool hates that which he knows nothing about. - unknown |
| Only a fool tests the water with both feet. - African Proverb |
| Only the foolish visit the land of the cannibals. - Maori (on foolishness) |
| Only the sufferers know how their bellies ache. - Burmese (on experience) |
| Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. - George Herbert (1593-1632) |
| Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. - Dalai Lama |
| Opportunities come but do not linger.- Nepalese (on opportunity) |
| Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. - unknown |
| Our deeds determine us as much as we determine our deeds. - George Eliot (1819-1880) |
| Our desires are the cause of our suffering and pain in life. - Old Buddist saying |
| Our fears always outnumber our dangers. - Latin (on courage and fear) |
| Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude. - Victor Frankl (1905-1997) |
| Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. - Thomas Edison (1847-1931) |
| Our handicaps exist only in our minds. - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) |
| Our life is what our thoughts make it. - Marcus Aurelius (121-180) |
| Out of adversity comes opportunity. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Out of debt, out of danger. - unknown |
| Out of sight, out of mind. - unknown |
| Out of the frying pan, into the fire. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580) |
| Out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks. - Chaucer (c.1343-1400) |
| Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. - Aesop, thanks to A. Fonda-Marsland |
