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| Saying - Author |
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| Walls have ears. - unknown |
| War ends nothing. - Zairean (on war and peace) |
| War is sweet to those who haven't experienced it. - Latin (on war and peace) |
| Waste not, want not. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. - unknown |
| Wealth and content are not always bedfellows. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Wealth is both an enemy and a friend. - Nepalese (on wealth and poverty) |
| Wealth is but dung; useful only when spread. - Chinese (on wealth and poverty) |
| Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| We boil at different degrees. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| We fear what we don't understand. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC) |
| We learn little from victory, much from defeat. - Japanese (on success and failure) |
| Well begun is half done. - Aristotle (384-322 BC) |
| Well done is better than well said. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| We'll never know the worth of water 'till the well goes dry. - Scottish Proverb |
| What breaks in a moment may take years to mend. - Swedish Proverb |
| What cannot be cured must be endured. - Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599) |
| What children say, they have heard at home.- Wolof (West African (on parenting and children) |
| What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger. - unknown, thanks to Raymond who because of this saying is now invincible. |
| What goes around, comes around. - unknown |
| What goes up must come down. - unknown |
| What good is honor when you are starving. - Yiddish (on food and hunger) |
| What good is running when you're on the wrong road. - German (on planning) |
| What is learned in the cradle lasts to the grave. - French(on habit) |
| What is true by lamplight is not always true in sunlight. - French (on appearance and reality) |
| What may not be altered is made lighter by patience. - Horace (65-8 BC) |
| What one hopes for is always better than what one has. - Ethiopian (on faith) |
| What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the natures of things. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| What you cannot avoid, welcome. - Chinese Proverb |
| What you do to others will bear fruit in you. - Singhalese (on generosity) |
| What you give is what you get. - unknown |
| What you have, hold. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580) |
| What you would seem to be, be really. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. - Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694-1773) |
| Whatever the boss says goes. - unknown |
| What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. - English Proverb |
| What's done is done. - Early 14th Century French Proverb |
| What's good for the goose is good for the gander. - John Ray "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." |
| What you see is what you get. - unknown |
| When a thief kisses you, count your teeth. - Yiddish |
| When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree. - Vietnamese (on gratitude) |
| When fortune calls, offer her a chair. - Yiddish (on fortune) |
| When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth. - Iranian |
| When I eat your bread, I sing your song. - German (on friendship) |
| When in doubt, do nothing. - George John Whyte-Melville (1821-1878) |
| When in Rome do as the Romans do. - unknown but thanks to Mamtasaransh |
| When life's path is steep, keep your mind even. - Horace (65-8 BC) |
| When love and skill go together, expect a masterpiece. - John Ruskin (1819-1900) |
| When money speaks, truth keeps silent.- Russian (on money) |
| When one door shuts, another opens. - unknown |
| When one is hungry, everything tastes good. - unknown |
| When strict with oneself, one rarely fails. - Confucious () |
| When surrounded by chaos, find peace within. - unknown, thanks to J. Scott. |
| When the apple is ripe it will fall. - Irish Proverb |
| When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy.- Chinese (on health and wellness) |
| When the heart is full, the tongue will speak. - Scottish (on eloquence) |
| When the moon is full, it begins to wane.- Japanese (on permanence and change) |
| When the music changes, so does the dance. - Hausa tribe of West Africa (on appropriateness) |
| When the pupil is ready, the teacher will come. - Chinese Proverb |
| When the tiger kills, the jackel profits. - Afghan (on business) |
| When the wind is in the east, tis neither good for man nor beast. - unknown |
| When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. - African Proverb |
| When we think we lead, we are most led. - Henry James Byron (1834-1884) |
| When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does. - Arabic (on attitude) |
| When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. - George Washington Carver |
| When you die, make others cry because you left something behind not because they lost something. - Submitter's name lost |
| When you drink water, remember the mountain spring. - Chinese (on gratitude) |
| When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out. - Chinese (on adversity) |
| When you go to a donkey's house, don't talk about ears. - Jamaican (on courtesy and respect) |
| When you say one thing, the clever person understands three. - Chinese (on wisdom) |
| When you see clouds gathering, prepare to catch rainwater. - African proverb Gola Tribe |
| When you taste honey, remember gall. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| When you're sad, learn something, - Merlin |
| Wherever you go, you can't get rid of yourself. - Polish (on basic truths) |
| Where is there a tree not shaken by the wind. - Armenian (on basic truths) |
| Where there is smoke there is fire. - unknown |
| Where there's a will, there's a way. - unknown |
| Where there's life, there's hope. - Theocritus (c.270 BC) |
| Where you were born is less important than how you live. - Turkish (on character and virtue) |
| While the cat's away, the mice will play. - James Ray (1670) |
| Who are a little wise, the best fools be. - John Donne (1573-1631) |
| Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Who is mighty? He who makes an enemy into a friend. - Hebrew (on friends and foes) |
| Who is rich? He that enjoys his portion. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Who waiteth for dead man's shoes will go long barefoot. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580) |
| Whoever has a tail of straw should not get too close to the fire. - Latin American (on caution and care) |
| Whoever wins the war gets to write the history. - unknown |
| Willing is not enough, we must do. - Johann Von Goethe (1749-1832) |
| Wink at small faults- remember thou hast great ones. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather. - Czech (on wisdom) |
| Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. - William Wordsworth (1770-1850) |
| Wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past. - unknown |
| Wish not so much to live long as to live well. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Wise men learn by others' harms; fools by their own. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
| Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. - Mark Van Doren (1894-1972) |
| With a stout heart, a mouse can lift an elephant. - Tibetan (on attitude) |
| With time even a bear can learn to dance. - Yiddish (on education) |
| Without kindness there can be no true joy. - Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) |
| Wonder is the beginning of wisdom, - Greek Proverb |
| Words are mere bubbles of water; deeds are drops of gold. - Tibetan (on words and deeds) |
| Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles. - Korean (on gossip) |
| Words once spoken can never be recalled. - Wentworth Dillon (c.1633-1685) |
| Words should be weighed not counted. - Yiddish (on discretion) |
| Words spoken are like eggs broken.- Sheri Glewen |
| Work and you will be strong; sit and you will stink.- Moroccan (on idleness) |
| Worldly prosperity is like writing on water. - Telagu (Asian Indian)(on wealth and poverty) |
| Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. - Swedish (on courage and fear) |
| Worrying never changed anything. - unknown |
| Worthless people blame their karma. - Burmese (on criticism) |
| Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) |
