Proverbs

Behind an able man there are always other able men. Chinese Proverb The absent are always at fault. Spanish Proverb Praise the ripe field not the green corn. Irish Proverb Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice. Italian Proverb Years and sins are always more than owned. Italian Proverb Nodding the head does not row the boat. Irish Proverb It is not good to be alone, even in Paradise. Yiddish Proverb There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale. German Proverb In America an hour is forty minutes. German Proverb If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. Chinese Proverb It is a good answer which knows when to stop. Italian Proverb With nice appearance people want to be deceived. German Proverb To ask is no sin and to be refused is no calamity. Russian Proverb Many things are lost for want of asking. English Proverb A man without a wife is likea man in winter without a fur hat. Russian Proverb The beautiful is less what one sees than what one dreams. Belgian Proverb Beauty and chastity are always quarreling. Spanish Proverb Chinese Proverb He who is outside the door has already a good part of his journey behind him. Dutch Proverb For a web begun God sends thread. Italian Proverb If you are bitter at heart,sugar in the mouth will not help you. Yiddish Proverb Boasting is not courage. African Proverb A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. Chinese Proverb Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains. Yiddish Proverb "But" is a fence over which few leap. German Proverb He who speaks the truth must have one foot in the stirrup. Armenian Proverb A bad cause requires many words. German Proverb To change and to improve are two different things. German Proverb If you hear that a mountain has moved, believe; but if you hear that a man has changed his character, believe it not. Islamic Proverb If you do not drive in sleet to the woods, singing, you have to drive crying. Czech Proverb The discontented child cries for toasted snow. Arab Proverb He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other. Japanese Proverb The town is new every day. Estonian Proverb When a camel is at the foot of a mountain then judge of his height. Hindu Proverb If you would be Pope, you must think of nothing else. Spanish Proverb Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying. Swiss-German Proverb Better a handful of dry dates and content therewith than to own the Gate of Peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel. Arab Proverb After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless. Chinese Proverb Three helping one another will do as much as six men singly. Spanish Proverb Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom. German Proverb Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. Latin Proverb A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. Yiddish Proverb He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor. Hindu Proverb Men can bear all things except good days. Dutch Proverb The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply as a shepherd. Russian Proverb One sprinkles the most sugar where the tart is burnt. Dutch Proverb They will be hushed by a good deed who laugh at a wise speech. French Proverb That's a wise delay which makes the road safe. Spanish Proverb From someone else's cart you have to get off halfway. Polish Proverb He who likes cherries soon learns to climb. German Proverb If we all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over. Yiddish Proverb The shortest answer is doing. English Proverb A dream grants what one covets when awake. German Proverb The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men seek for it in what is remote. Japanese Proverb The work will teach you how to do it. Estonian Proverb He need not search his pockets for words. Russian Proverb He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good. Yiddish Proverb Envy eats nothing but its own heart. German Proverb Other people's eggs have two yolks. Bulgarian Proverb One does evil enough when one does nothing good. German Proverb Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. Chinese Proverb Too far east is west. English Proverb It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom. French Proverb You have to dig deep to bury your Daddy. Gypsy Proverb The father in praising his son extols himself. Chinese Proverb When God wishes a man well, He gives him insight into his faults. Islamic Proverb Wink at small faults, for you have great ones yourself. Scottish Proverb Faults are thick where love is thin. Danish Proverb Fear is a fine spur, so is rage. Irish Proverb He who fears something gives it power over him. Moorish Proverb The way one eats is the way one works. Czech Proverb When God gives hard bread He gives sharp teeth. German Proverb He who cannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people. Czech Proverb There is no fool who has not his own kind of sense. Irish Proverb Nothing looks so like a man of sense as a fool who holds his tongue. German Proverb Luck sometimes visits a fool, but never sits down with him. German Proverb In every pardon there is love. Welsh Proverb The offender never forgives. Russian Proverb Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. Czech Proverb Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless. Turkish Proverb No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give. French Proverb To give quickly is a great virtue. Hindu Proverb He who gives to me teaches me to give. Danish Proverb God's a good man. English Proverb Better one good thing that is than two good things that were. Irish Proverb Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. Estonian Proverb What grows makes no noise. German Proverb Happiness is not a horse; you cannot harness it. Russian Proverb Nowhere are there more hiding places than in the heart. German Proverb Better be kind at home than burn incense in a far place. Chinese Proverb One joy scatters a hundred griefs. Chinese Proverb A kind word is like a Spring day. Russian Proverb Charity looks at the need and not at the cause. German Proverb He who is late may gnaw the bones. Yugoslav Proverb He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much master of the world as he who is ready to die. Italian Proverb He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. Danish Proverb Life is an onion which one peels crying. French Proverb If you would understand men, study women. French Proverb What was hard to bear is sweet to remember. Portuguese Proverb Only he who does nothing makes a mistake. French Proverb Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man. Arab Proverb From the promise to the deed is a day's journey. Bulgarian Proverb He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. Chinese Proverb A good rest is half the work. Yugoslav Proverb The world is a rose; smell it and pass it to your friends. Persian Proverb If you go only once around the room, you are wiser than he who sits still. Estonian Proverb Bygone troubles are good to tell. Yiddish Proverb To be loved is the best way of being useful. French Proverb Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted. Chinese Proverb Who is narrow of vision cannot be big of heart. Chinese Proverb The water that bears the ship is the same that engulfs it. Chinese Proverb He who can follow his own will is a king. Irish Proverb Everyone is wise until he speaks. Irish Proverb The world is a sure teacher, but it requires a fat fee. Finnish Proverb Being young is a fault which improves daily. Swedish Proverb