GRE Vocab; some Useful Proverbs for GRE

1. Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. (Spanish Proverbs )
2. It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind. (Chinese Proverbs)
3. Epigrams succeed where epics fail. (Persian Proverbs )
   
4. It is foolhardy to climb two trees at once just because one has two feet (African Proverbs)  
5. A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance. (Chinese Proverbs )