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Funny Sayings
A puss in boots catches no mice.
A quarrel due to envy is not settled with the passage of time.
A quarrel is like buttermilk: once it’s out of the churn, the more you shake it, the more sour it grows.
A quarrelsome man has no good neighbors.
A Quarter of an hour is worth more than a thousand gold coins.
A quick temper does not bring quick success.
A quickly heated room quickly cools.
A quiet fool is half a sage.
A quiet tongue shows a wise head.
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 rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
A rich man is either an unjust man or the heir of one.
A rich man is never ugly in the eyes of a girl.
A rich man who is stingy is the worst of paupers.
A rich man’s foolish sayings pass for wise ones.
A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
A rich wife is a source of quarrel.
A rickety chair will not long serve as a seat.
A ridiculous accident has often been the making of many.
A right is said to have its beginning from possession.
A right sometimes sleeps, but never dies.
