Quotations about Body


Famous quotations, sayings and proverbs about body

  1. "A man need never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his own door." Chinese Proverb 
  2. "Better to satisfy the body than to tarnish the soul." Chinese Proverb
  3. "Easier to bend the body than the will."Chinese Proverb
  4. "He who has a straight body is not worried about his crooked shadow."Chinese Proverb 
  5. "One body cannot perform two services." Chinese Proverb 
  6. "The mind is the emperor of the body." Chinese Proverb
  7. "When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy." Chinese Proverb 
  8. "Death is a shadow that always follows the body." English Proverb 
  9. "A healthy soul cannot live in a dry body." French Proverb 
  10. "The tiredness of the body is the health of the soul." French Proverb
  11. "Eating and drinking holds body and soul together." German Proverb 
  12. "Better a sick body than an ignorant mind." Greek Proverb 
  13. "The shadow should be the same length as the body." Indonesian Proverb
  14. "Sometimes the body becomes healthy by being very sick." Iranian Proverb
  15. "Thick body, weak soul." Iranian Proverb 
  16. "A bath refreshes the body, tea refreshes the mind." Japanese Proverb 
  17. "The character of a man lies not in his body but in his soul." Japanese Proverb 
  18. "What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul." Jewish Proverb“Like soap for the body so are tears for the soul.” Yiddish Proverb
  19. “The body is a sponge, the soul an abyss.” Yiddish Proverb
  20. “What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.” Yiddish Proverb
  21. “The soul goes to God, the body to the earth, and belongings to those to whom they should go.” Sicilian Proverb