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20 Proverbs about Lifetime



1. A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.. Greek Proverb. A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.
Greek Proverb

2. If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.. Chinese Proverb. If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
Chinese Proverb

3. Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime.. Chinese Proverb. Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime.
Chinese Proverb

4. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.. Chinese Proverb. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Chinese Proverb

5. One moment's error becomes a lifetime of sadness.. Chinese Proverb. One moment's error becomes a lifetime of sadness.
Chinese Proverb

6. Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.. Chinese Proverb. Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.
Chinese Proverb

7. If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.. Chinese Proverb. If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.
Chinese Proverb

8. Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.. Ancient Proverb. Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.
Ancient Proverb

9. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.. English Proverb. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
English Proverb

10. Give me a fish and I will eat today, teach me to fish and I will eat for a lifetime.. African Proverb. Give me a fish and I will eat today, teach me to fish and I will eat for a lifetime.
African Proverb

11. If your vision is for a year plant wheat, if you vision is for a decade plant trees, and if your vision is for a lifetime plant people.. African Proverb. If your vision is for a year plant wheat, if you vision is for a decade plant trees, and if your vision is for a lifetime plant people.
African Proverb

12. All the honey a bee gathers during its lifetime doesn't sweeten its sting.. Italian Proverb. All the honey a bee gathers during its lifetime doesn't sweeten its sting.
Italian Proverb

13. Better visit hell in your lifetime than after you're dead.. Spanish Proverb. Better visit hell in your lifetime than after you're dead.
Spanish Proverb

14. The pleasure of love lasts but a moment, The pain of love lasts a lifetime.. French Proverb. The pleasure of love lasts but a moment, The pain of love lasts a lifetime.
French Proverb

15. A day is long, but a lifetime is short.. Russian proverb. A day is long, but a lifetime is short.
Russian Proverb

16. A dead man is mourned seven days;a fool, his lifetime.. Yiddish proverb. A dead man is mourned seven days;a fool, his lifetime.
Yiddish Proverb

17. The opportunity of a lifetime is seldom so labeled.. American Proverb. The opportunity of a lifetime is seldom so labeled.
American Proverb

18. You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.. Polish Proverb. You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.
Polish Proverb

19. When the father has eaten too much salt in his lifetime, then his son thereafter will have a great thirst.. Vietnamese Proverb. When the father has eaten too much salt in his lifetime, then his son thereafter will have a great thirst.
Vietnamese Proverb

20. If youthful pride were wealth, then every man would have had it in his lifetime.. Ghanaian Proverb. If youthful pride were wealth, then every man would have had it in his lifetime.
Ghanaian Proverb

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