A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.~ Benjamin Franklin
Even honey can taste bitter if it’s used as medicine.~ Korean Proverb
Flies will easily fly into the honey — their problem is how to get out.~ Iranian Proverb
Friendship is honey — but don’t eat it all.~ Moroccan Proverb
He who steals honey, licks his fingers.~ Turkish Proverb
He who wants to eat honey should endure the stings.~ Lebanese Proverb
Honey is bitter for a sore mouth.~ Basque Proverb
Honey is one thing, the price is another.~ Turkish Proverb
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.~ Robert Green Ingersoll
I expect some new phases of life this summer, and shall try to get the honey from each moment.~ Lucy Stone
If all the bees made honey, there would be enough for even gypsies to eat.~ Greek Proverb
If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.~ Dale Carnegie
Life is a flower of which love is the honey.~ Victor Hugo
Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you.~ English Proverb
No bees, no honey; no work, no money.~ Traditional Proverb
Of wine the middle, of oil the top, and of honey the bottom is best.~ English Proverb
Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea? ~ Rupert Brooke
Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.~ Anne Bradstreet
The bear knows seven songs and they are all about honey.~ Turkish Proverb
The bee gets honey from the same flower where the snake sucks her poison.~ Armenian Proverb
The devil sweetens another man’s wife with a spoonful of honey.~ French Proverb
The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison.~ Serbian Proverb
The fly that touches honey cannot use it’s wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it’s freedom and hinders contemplation.~ Ghose Aurobindo
The tar of my country is better than the honey of others.~ Moroccan Proverb
The wise man who does not put his knowledge into practice is like a bee that gives no honey.~ Iranian Proverb
To a starving man bread is sweeter than honey.~ Lithuanian Proverb
Until you have smoked out the bees, you can’t eat the honey.~ Russian Proverb
Vinegar that costs nothing is sweeter than honey.~ Turkish Proverb
When the sea turned into honey, the beggar lost his spoon.~ Bulgarian Proverb
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.~ Kenneth Kaunda
When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip its point in honey.~ Arabian Proverb
Who wouldn’t lick his fingers when they have been dipped in honey?~ Greek Proverb
Why would you use poison if you can kill with honey.~ Bosnian Proverb

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