{"id":571,"date":"2026-03-28T16:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehnologam.com\/en\/?p=571\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:07:57","slug":"my-favorite-proverbs-and-wise-sayings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehnologam.com\/en\/my-favorite-proverbs-and-wise-sayings\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Proverbs and Wise Sayings"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article I collect only those proverbs and wise sayings<\/strong> that, in my opinion, deserve attention. Sayings worth quoting to others. Sayings worth passing on to your children. Fair warning \u2014 my taste is specific, so not everything here will resonate with everyone. But as they say: tell me which proverbs you like, and I will tell you who you are.<\/p>\n

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  1. “Happiness is merely a side effect of a well-organized life.” \u2014 Mikhail Litvak<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. “A deep understanding of processes helps at work but seriously interferes with rest.” \u2014 heard on a technical forum<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. “Hay smells differently to lovers and to horses.” \u2014 Albert Einstein<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. “A goal without a step-by-step plan is just a dream.”<\/li>\n
  5. “Never laugh at someone else’s past. You do not yet know your own future.”<\/li>\n
  6. “Accept what you cannot change, but change what you cannot accept.”<\/li>\n
  7. “The wise man is not the one who knows much. The wise man is the one who knows what is needed.” \u2014 Aeschylus<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. “When things are tough, always remind yourself: if you give up, it will not get any easier.” \u2014 Mike Tyson<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. “I love listening to lies when I know the truth.” \u2014 Adriano Celentano<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. “Fast is just slow without breaks.” \u2014 Japanese proverb<\/em><\/li>\n
  11. “People without a sense of humor should be given a disability certificate.” \u2014 Arkady Raikin<\/em><\/li>\n
  12. “We buy things we do not need, with money we do not have, to impress people we do not like.” \u2014 Will Rogers<\/em><\/li>\n
  13. “Those who prepare themselves only to be harnessed to the plow will always have drivers.” \u2014 Olena Teliha<\/em><\/li>\n
  14. “Tradition is the passing of fire, not the worship of ashes.” \u2014 Gustav Mahler<\/em><\/li>\n
  15. “There are no irreplaceable people \u2014 only unrepeatable ones.” \u2014 Pablo Picasso<\/em><\/li>\n
  16. “A winner has many friends, but only a loser has real ones.” \u2014 Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli<\/em><\/li>\n
  17. “The road called ‘Later’ leads to the country called ‘Never’.” \u2014 Vladimir Nezhny<\/em><\/li>\n
  18. “Small people seek comfort, popularity, and money. Great people seek themselves.” \u2014 Innokenty Smoktunovsky<\/em><\/li>\n
  19. “You do not have to agree with someone to find common ground with them.” \u2014 Margaret Thatcher<\/em><\/li>\n
  20. “What is truly yours stays with you.” \u2014 from life<\/em><\/li>\n
  21. “Words were invented for lying; the truth is told by actions.” \u2014 Vladimir Vysotsky<\/em><\/li>\n
  22. “If you were destined to fly, do not forget those who helped you spread your wings.” \u2014 Bohdan Stupka<\/em><\/li>\n
  23. “The world consists of lazy people who want money without working, and fools who are ready to work without getting rich.” \u2014 George Bernard Shaw<\/em><\/li>\n
  24. “Good specialists are expensive, but bad ones cost even more.” \u2014 Henry Ford<\/em><\/li>\n
  25. “If you do not like what you are getting, change what you are giving.” \u2014 Carlos Castaneda<\/em><\/li>\n
  26. “Do not be afraid to bend a little \u2014 you will straighten out better later.” \u2014 Japanese proverb<\/em><\/li>\n
  27. “What good is a beautiful plate if it is empty? The same goes for people.”<\/li>\n
  28. “Either you create the world, or it creates you.” \u2014 Jack Nicholson<\/em><\/li>\n
  29. “I learned from Tibetan monks that the three most terrible things that can happen to a person are beauty, fame, and wealth.” \u2014 Brad Pitt<\/em><\/li>\n
  30. “If it is hard to remember, it will be hard to forget.” \u2014 Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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