Walls have ears. - unknown
War ends nothing. - Zairean (on war and peace)
War is sweet to those who haven’t experienced it. - Latin (on war and peace)
Waste not, want not. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. - unknown
Wealth and content are not always bedfellows. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Wealth is both an enemy and a friend. - Nepalese (on wealth and poverty)
Wealth is but dung; useful only when spread. - Chinese (on wealth and poverty)
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
We boil at different degrees. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
We fear what we don’t understand. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
We learn little from victory, much from defeat. - Japanese (on success and failure)
Well begun is half done. - Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Well done is better than well said. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
We’ll never know the worth of water ’till the well goes dry. - Scottish Proverb
What breaks in a moment may take years to mend. - Swedish Proverb
What cannot be cured must be endured. - Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599)
What children say, they have heard at home.- Wolof (West African (on parenting and children)
What doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger. - unknown .
What goes around, comes around. - unknown
What goes up must come down. - unknown
What good is honor when you are starving. - Yiddish (on food and hunger)
What good is running when you’re on the wrong road. - German (on planning)
What is learned in the cradle lasts to the grave. - French(on habit)
What is true by lamplight is not always true in sunlight. - French (on appearance and reality)
What may not be altered is made lighter by patience. - Horace (65-8 BC)
What one hopes for is always better than what one has. - Ethiopian (on faith)
What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the natures of things. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
What you cannot avoid, welcome. - Chinese Proverb
What you do to others will bear fruit in you. - Singhalese (on generosity)
What you give is what you get. - unknown
What you have, hold. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
What you would seem to be, be really. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. - Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694-1773)
Whatever the boss says goes. - unknown
What’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. - English Proverb
What’s done is done. - Early 14th Century French Proverb
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. - John Ray
What you see is what you get. - unknown
When a thief kisses you, count your teeth. - Yiddish
When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree. - Vietnamese (on gratitude)
When fortune calls, offer her a chair. - Yiddish (on fortune)
When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth. - Iranian
When I eat your bread, I sing your song. - German (on friendship)
When in doubt, do nothing. - George John Whyte-Melville (1821-1878)
When in Rome do as the Romans do. - unknown
When life’s path is steep, keep your mind even. - Horace (65-8 BC)
When love and skill go together, expect a masterpiece. - John Ruskin (1819-1900)
When money speaks, truth keeps silent.- Russian (on money)
When one door shuts, another opens. - unknown
When one is hungry, everything tastes good. - unknown
When strict with oneself, one rarely fails. - Confucious ()
When surrounded by chaos, find peace within. - unknown, thanks to J. Scott.
When the apple is ripe it will fall. - Irish Proverb
When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy.- Chinese (on health and wellness)
When the heart is full, the tongue will speak. - Scottish (on eloquence)
When the moon is full, it begins to wane.- Japanese (on permanence and change)
When the music changes, so does the dance. - Hausa tribe of West Africa (on appropriateness)
When the pupil is ready, the teacher will come. - Chinese Proverb
When the tiger kills, the jackel profits. - Afghan (on business)
When the wind is in the east, tis neither good for man nor beast. - unknown
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. - African Proverb
When we think we lead, we are most led. - Henry James Byron (1834-1884)
When what you want doesn’t happen, learn to want what does. - Arabic (on attitude)
When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. - George Washington Carver
When you die, make others cry because you left something behind not because they lost something. - Submitter’s name lost
When you drink water, remember the mountain spring. - Chinese (on gratitude)
When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out. - Chinese (on adversity)
When you go to a donkey’s house, don’t talk about ears. - Jamaican (on courtesy and respect)
When you say one thing, the clever person understands three. - Chinese (on wisdom)
When you see clouds gathering, prepare to catch rainwater. - African proverb Gola Tribe
When you taste honey, remember gall. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
When you’re sad, learn something, - Merlin
Wherever you go, you can’t get rid of yourself. - Polish (on basic truths)
Where is there a tree not shaken by the wind. - Armenian (on basic truths)
Where there is smoke there is fire. - unknown
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. - unknown
Where there’s life, there’s hope. - Theocritus (c.270 BC)
Where you were born is less important than how you live. - Turkish (on character and virtue)
While the cat’s away, the mice will play. - James Ray (1670)
Who are a little wise, the best fools be. - John Donne (1573-1631)
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Who is mighty? He who makes an enemy into a friend. - Hebrew (on friends and foes)
Who is rich? He that enjoys his portion. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Who waiteth for dead man’s shoes will go long barefoot. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Whoever has a tail of straw should not get too close to the fire. - Latin American (on caution and care)
Whoever wins the war gets to write the history. - unknown
Willing is not enough, we must do. - Johann Von Goethe (1749-1832)
Wink at small faults- remember thou hast great ones. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather. - Czech (on wisdom)
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. - William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past. - unknown
Wish not so much to live long as to live well. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Wise men learn by others’ harms; fools by their own. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. - Mark Van Doren (1894-1972)
With a stout heart, a mouse can lift an elephant. - Tibetan (on attitude)
With time even a bear can learn to dance. - Yiddish (on education)
Without kindness there can be no true joy. - Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom, - Greek Proverb
Words are mere bubbles of water; deeds are drops of gold. - Tibetan (on words and deeds)
Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles. - Korean (on gossip)
Words once spoken can never be recalled. - Wentworth Dillon (c.1633-1685)
Words should be weighed not counted. - Yiddish (on discretion)
Words spoken are like eggs broken.- Sheri Glewen
Work and you will be strong; sit and you will stink.- Moroccan (on idleness)
Worldly prosperity is like writing on water. - Telagu (Asian Indian)(on wealth and poverty)
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. - Swedish (on courage and fear)
Worrying never changed anything. - unknown
Worthless people blame their karma. - Burmese (on criticism)
Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
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