The Irish have a reputation for telling great stories.
So much so, that (according to an Irish friend), the definition of a ‘fact’ in Ireland is:
“a story that is so good that it is retrospectively declared to be true”.
“This one makes a net
This one stands and wishes.
Would you like to bet
Which one gets the fishes?”
(Chinese proverb)
‘Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough, but not baked in the same oven’
(Yiddish proverb)
The world’s major religions all say something similar – this sign (spotted in Tamil Nadu, India) sums it up neatly.
“The best time to plant a tree is yesterday. The second best time is now”
(Chinese proverb)
“Knowledge in your head means food in your belly”
(Quotation painted on a plate produced by the St Petersburg Porcelain Factory in the 1920s)
Roadside sign seen on the way to Simla in the Himalayas
Whisky is Risky on Road
Couldn’t have put it better myself.
Seen in Pondicherry, Southern India
“When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends”
(Japanese proverb)
“To know what you do not know is the beginning of wisdom”
(Sanskrit verse)
travelling frogs 