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Funny Sayings
A ragged coat finds little credit.
A ragged colt may make a good horse.
A ragged colt often makes a powerful horse.
A ragged sack holds no grain, and a poor man is not taken into counsel.
A rainy morn oft brings a pleasant day.
A rash man, a skin of good wine, and a glass vessel, do not last long.
A rat who gnaws at a cat’s tail invites destruction.
A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood.
A reconciled friend is a double enemy.
A red chili, seven fathoms under the water, will still taste hot.
A red-nosed man may be a teetotaler, but will find no one to believe it.
A red-nosed man may not be a drunkard, but he will always be called one.
A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
A republic cannot be well conducted under the command of many.
A resolute heart endures no counsel.
A resourceful man knows to avoid a disadvantageous situation close at hand.
A respectful bow has its own reward.
A restful old age is the reward for a youth well spent.
A restive morsel needs a spur of wine.
A rich child often sits in a poor mother’s lap.
A rich farmer will still carry a basket on his back.
A rich man and a spittoon get dirtier as they accumulate.
A rich man carries God in his pocket, a poor man in his heart.
A rich man has no need of character.
A profitable rebuke does not smart.
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
A promise is a debt.
A promise makes you a debtor.
A promise must be kept not merely in the letter, but in the spirit.
A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.
A prospering man should remain at home.
A proud pauper and a rich miser are contemptible beings.
A Proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
A Proverb is the child of experience.
A Proverb is to speech what salt is to food.
A Proverb says what man thinks.
A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.
A prudent man may, on occasion, change his opinion, but a fool changes as often as the moon.
A prudent man will observe the indications of character which nature reveals in others.
A public insult requires a public apology.
A puff of wind and popular praise weigh alike.
A punishment always appears far more severe when it is inflicted by a merciful man.
A puppy fears not the lion.
A pure heart has few desires.
