Open Quotes

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A golden key will open every lock.~ Yiddish Proverb
Alms given openly will be rewarded in secret.~ Chinese Proverb
A person without a smiling face must never open a shop.~ Chinese Proverb
A silver hammer can open an iron gate.~ Basque Proverb
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow building echoes all sounds.~ Chinese Proverb
Bury truth in a golden coffin, it will break it open.~ Russian Proverb
Death has the key to open the miser’s chest.~ Ghanaian Proverb
Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile.~ Chinese Proverb
Do not walk into a snake pit with your eyes open.~ Somali Proverb
Every art requires the open person.~ French Proverb
Everyone is given the key to the gates of Heaven. The same key opens the gates of Hell.~ Traditional Proverb
Happiness opens the arms and closes the eyes.~ German Proverb
Have an open face, but conceal your thoughts.~ Italian Proverb
He who doesn’t open his eyes when he buys must still open his purse to pay.~ Danish Proverb
He who opens his heart for ambition, closes it for the rest.~ Chinese Proverb
If heaven above lets fall a plum, open your mouth.~ Chinese Proverb
If you open the eyes of a blind man he wants to go back to the darkness.~ Berber Proverb
If you would live long, open your heart.~ Bulgarian Proverb
Keep both eyes open before you are married and afterwards close only one.~ Jamaican Proverb
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.~ Traditional Proverb
Never open a door that you can’t lock again.~ Iranian Proverb
Nobles and dogs leave the door open.~ German Proverb
One gentle word opens a gate of iron.~ Bulgarian Proverb
Open confession is good for the soul.~ Scottish Proverb
Open your mouth before you eat.~ Mauritanian Proverb
Polite words open iron gates.~ Croatian Proverb
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.~ Chinese Proverb
The cripple is always the one to open the dancing.~ Austrian Proverb
The dead open the eyes of the living.~ Spanish Proverb
The door to virtue is heavy and hard to open.~ Chinese Proverb
The gates of hell are always open, even at midnight.~ Slovak Proverb
The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty.~ Chinese Proverb
The key that opens is also the key that locks.~ African Proverb
The mouth of a man is a terrible opening.~ Japanese Proverb
The open door invites the thief.~ Dutch Proverb
The open house makes a good man of the thief.~ Spanish Proverb
There are three things that have to be done quickly: burying the dead, opening the door for a stranger, and fixing your daughter’s wedding.~ Iranian Proverb
To open a business is very easy; to keep it open is very difficult.~ Chinese Proverb
To sin in secret is more pleasant than having pleasure in the open.~ Iranian Proverb
Unless you call out, who will open the door?~ Ethiopian Proverb
When God shuts one door, He opens another.~ Arabian Proverb
When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one to follow.~ Chinese Proverb
When fortune knocks open the door.~ German Proverb
When one door shuts, another opens.~ Traditional Proverb
When the giver comes, the gate opens by itself.~ German Proverb
When you have three daughters, you sleep with the door open.~ Korean Proverb
You don’t need to open your mouth at noon to cough in the evening.~ Surinamese Proverb