34 Proverbs about Waiting

1. To wait for luck is the same as waiting for death.
2. Waiting for a rabbit to hit upon a tree and be killed in order to catch it.
3. Fortune does not stand waiting at any one's door.
4. It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes.
5. The waiting man gets the wind behind him.
6. The spider that knows what it will gain sits waiting patiently in its web. The praying mantis is never tired waiting all day.
7. The thirsty fig sits waiting patiently, waiting for the arrival of the rains.
8. He who solves a problem with a problem will always have a problem in waiting.
9. If someone is waiting for something important they wouldn't die until they achieve it.
10. The worm that exposes itself on the ground is waiting for a lucky bird to devour it.
11. A waiting appetite kindles many a spite.
12. He that feeds himself from waiting could die of hunger.
13. The waiting man thinks the time long.
14. Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot.
15. Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.
16. People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.
17. People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.
18. He who is waiting for someone else's bowl often dines late.
19. The while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings.
20. He who sits waiting for his neighbor will go to bed hungry.
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