Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old reality quotes, reality sayings, and reality proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
The palest ink is brighter than the best memoryChinese saying. Thanks to Martin C Wojtkiewicz
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Anything with scales counts as a fish. Malay (on appearance and reality)
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Appearances are deceptive. Italian Proverb
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Carve the peg by looking at the hole. Korean (on appropriateness)
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Change is inevitable Benjamin Disraeli
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Circumstances alter cases. T. Rymer
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Cutting off a mule's ears doesn't make it a horse. Creole (on authenticity)
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Easier said than done. Aesop
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Even monkeys fall out of trees. Japanese Proverb
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Even the best laid plans go awry. unknown
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Every man has to seek his own way to make himself more noble and to realize his own true worth. Albert Schweitzer
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Expect the worst, but hope for the best. unknown
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Froth is not beer. Dutch (on appearance and reality)
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Give up the ghost. Miguel de Cervantes
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In a crisis, give help first and then advice. Aesop
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It is useless attacking the insensible. Aesop
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It never rains but it pours. unknown
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Life is not a dress rehearsal. unknown
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Looks can be deceiving. unknown
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No man can lose what he never had. George Herbert
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No one goes through life unscathed. unknown
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Nothing is black or white. unknown
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Nothing is certain but death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin
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Seeing is believing. unknown
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Sometimes, it's too little, too late. unknown
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Sometimes, less is more. William Shakespeare
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The best way to predict the future is to create it. unknown; thanks to rapstar.com
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The price of your hat is not always the measure of your brain. African American (on appearance and reality)
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The rain falls on every roof. African Proverb
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The teeth that laugh are also those that bite. Hausa tribe of West Africa (on appearance and reality)