It is all one a hundred years hence.

More proverbs about Wisdom

• Hungry men think the cook lazy. Impatient people blame external circumstances rather than acknowledging their own unreali…
• Bitter is sweet to hungry men. Hunger transforms even unpalatable sustenance into something desirable when survival is a…
• Idle folk have the least leisure. Procrastinators squander time worrying about undone tasks, leaving themselves perpetually…
• Idleness is the key of beggary. Lack of effort and activity inevitably leads to poverty and dependence on others' charity.
• Idleness must thank itself if it goes barefoot. Laziness creates its own poverty; those who refuse work cannot blame circumstances for th…
• Give him an inch, and he'll take an ell. Allowing someone a small concession encourages them to demand progressively larger ones.