They who deserve honour, fail of it; and they who obtain it, do not deserve it.
Proverbs and old sayings German about honour
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What fails to succeed, should not be forced.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
When all fruits fail welcome haws.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
Often have the likely failed and the unlikely prospered.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
No matter who succeeds or fails, the peacemaker will always suffer.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about suffering
Who acts not, fails not.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He who fails to plan, plans to fail.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He that never fails never grows rich.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wealth
One word let slip and four horses would fail to catch it.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word
If you cannot fail, you cannot succeed.
Proverbs and old sayings
The same failings attach not to all.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Limping justice ne'er will fail To hunt out the longest trail.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about justice
If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors--Rest, cheerfulness, and moderate diet.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about diets
A king, a master, a parent, a judge, may fail to frighten us; but sickness coming brings with it successful reproof.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about judges
A man fails seven times and rises eight times.
Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about man
Plans fail for lack of counsel but with many advisors, succeed.
Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about moral
If you fail to take away a strong man's sword when he is on the ground, will you do it when he gets up?
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man
Epigrams succeed where epics fail.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian
Friends and mules fail us at hard passes.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
We carry our neighbours' failings in sight; we throw our own crimes over our shoulders.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about criminals
