Tuesday, December 9, 2014

I love Proverbs

"Ne'er cast a clout till May be out." (English proverb)

"Hungry bear doesn't dance." (Bulgarian proverb)

"While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you." (Arabic proverb)

"Through falls and stumbles, one learns to walk." (Corsican proverb)

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."(English proverb)

"A mountain doesn't reach out to mountain, (but) a man is reaching out to a man." (Afghanistan proverb)

"Content is an everlasting treasure."(Arabic proverb)

"Better safe than sorry." (Croatian proverb)

"Eat to live, don't live to eat." (English proverb)

"A tilted load won’t reach its destination."(Afghanistan proverb)

"Lies are the plague of speech." (Arabic proverb)

"Those who had some shame are dead."(Egyptian proverb)

"A cat may look at a king." (English proverb)

"Walls have mice, mice [have] ears."(Afghanistan proverb)

"He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses." (Arabic proverb)

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." (Danish proverb)

"If the cap fits, wear it." (English proverb)

"With carefulness you realize your opportunity." (Arabic proverb)

"Do not wake sleeping dogs." (Dutch proverb)

"It ain't over till it's over." (English proverb)

"Words coming from far away are always half true, half false." (Bhutanese proverb)

"If the wind comes from an empty cave, it's not without a reason." (Chinese proverb)

"Homes among homes and grapevines among grapevines." (Corsican proverb)

"He who laughs last, thinks slowest."(English proverb)

"Politeness is not sold in the bazaar"(Azerbaijani proverb)

"Seek education from the cradle to the grave." (Arabic proverb)

"Many hands make light work." (Dutch proverb)

"Honesty is the best policy." (English proverb)

"Who travels will also get tired." (Albanian proverb)

"He fasted for a whole year and then broke his fast with an onion." (Arabic proverb)

"Don't judge the dog by its fur." (Danish proverb)

"Clothes maketh the man." (English proverb)

"Feed the goat to fill the pot." (Albanian proverb)

"The earth is a beehive; we all enter by the same door but live in different cells."(African proverb)

"Know what you say, but don't say all that you know." (Dutch proverb)

"Good eating deserves good drinking."(English proverb)

"When the poor man is burried, the large bell of the parish is silent" (Breton proverb)

"No one knows a son better than the father." (Chinese proverb)

"Life does not always go over roses."(Dutch proverb)

"All work and no play makes Jack filthy rich." (English proverb)

"Let sleeping dogs lie." (Agatha Christie)

"Words of wisdom comes out of simple people mouths." (Arabic proverb)

"Morning is smarter than evening."(Croatian proverb)

"A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all." (English proverb)

"The seeker is a finder." (Afghanistan proverb)

"Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself." (Arabic proverb)

"Words have no bones, but can break bones." (Corsican proverb)

"If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it probably needed fixing anyway." (English proverb)

"A good man does not take what belongs to someone else." (Native American proverb, Pueblo)

"The sky does not rain gold or silver."(Arabic proverb)

"A goose’s child is a swimmer." (Egyptian proverb)

"Money makes the mare go." (English proverb)

"When the poor man is burried, the large bell of the parish is silent" (Breton proverb)

"A mouth that praises and a hand that kills." (Arabic proverb)

"When the cat is not home, the mice dance on the table." (Dutch proverb)

"To each his own." (English proverb)

"The nice apples are always eaten by nasty pigs." (Bulgarian proverb)

"Every person is observant to the flaws of others and blind to his own flaws." (Arabic proverb)

"Think before you begin." (Dutch proverb)

"A creaking gate hangs long." (English proverb)

"The weather helps him who works."(Albanian proverb)

"The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss." (Arabic proverb)

"Better a good neighbour than a distant friend." (Dutch proverb)

"Birds of a feather flock together." (English proverb)

"If you start on a journey, you will also cross plains, mountains and stones."(Albanian proverb)

"Human thinks and God plans." (Arabic proverb)

"Hunger is the best spice." (Czech proverb)

"A creaking gate hangs long." (English proverb)

"The weather helps him who works."(Albanian proverb)

"The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss." (Arabic proverb)

"Better a good neighbour than a distant friend." (Dutch proverb)

"Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades." (English proverb)

"Complete idiot who can keep silent, to a wise man is similar" (Breton proverb)

"The monkey in his mother's eye is a gazelle." (Arabic proverb)

"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it." (Czech proverb)

"Still waters run deep." (English proverb)

"
Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future."(Native American proverb, Lumbee)

"Had the monkey seen its ass, it wouldn’t have danced." (Arabic proverb)

"Forbidden fruit tastes best." (Czech proverb)

"All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet." (English proverb)

"Who follows his head follows the head of an ass" (Breton proverb)

"If you speak the word it shall own you, and if you don't you shall own it." (Arabic proverb)

"Even the king saves his money." (Corsican proverb)

"No man can serve two masters." (English proverb)

"If there is no financial involvement between relatives, the relationship is harmonious." (Bhutanese proverb)

"A monkey that amuses me is better than a deer astray." (Arabic proverb)

"He who lives fast goes straight to his death." (Corsican proverb)

"The early bird gets the worm." (English proverb)

"A person is known by the company he keeps." (Bulgarian proverb)

"The weapon first, fighting second." (Arabic proverb)

"Let sleeping dogs lie." (Dutch proverb)

"Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot." (English proverb)

"We do not inherit the world from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)

"Give the dough to baker even if he eats half of it." (Arabic proverb)

"Half an egg is better than an empty shell."(Dutch proverb)

"Home is where the heart is." (English proverb)

"A good chief gives, he does not take."(Native American proverb, Mohawk)

"He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light." (Arabic proverb)

"The morning rainbow reaches the fountains; the evening rainbow fills the sails." (Corsican proverb)

"In the end, a man's motives are second to his accomplishments." (English proverb)

"Five fingers are brothers, not equals."(Afghanistan proverb)

"Journey and you will find replacement to the ones left behind." (Arabic proverb)

"Well started is half won." (Dutch proverb)

"He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon." (English proverb)

"When jobless, keep rattling the door."(Albanian proverb)

"The best friend is the one who does not joke around." (Arabic proverb)

"A good deed is worth gold." (Dutch proverb)

"Talk of the devil - and the devil appears."(English proverb)

"The flower has no front or back."(Afghanistan proverb)

"When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does." (Arabic proverb)

"Hasty speed is rarely good" (Dutch proverb)

"Heaven protects children, sailors and drunken men." (English proverb)

"There is no man nor thing without his defect, and often they have two or three of them" (Breton proverb)

"A weaning baby that does not cry aloud, will die on its mothers back." (Zimbabwean proverb)

"Barking dogs don't bite." (Dutch proverb)

"Old is gold." (English proverb)

"Money does not choose the people."(Albanian proverb)

"You'll catch a liar first than you'll catch a lame." (Catalan proverb)

"After a battle, everyone is a general."(Czech proverb)

"Fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time." (English proverb)

"In death, I am born." (Native American proverb, Hopi)

"Give your friend your blood and money."(Arabic proverb)

"With friends like these, who needs enemies?" (Croatian proverb)

"If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly."(English proverb)

"When there are too many carpenters, the door cannot be erected." (Bhutanese proverb)

"The only trick the incapable has, are his tears." (Arabic proverb)

"He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself." (Czech proverb)

"Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow ." (English proverb)

"Drop by drop - a whole lake becomes."(Bulgarian proverb)

"If the hair was precious, wouldn't grow on the ass." (Arabic proverb)

"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)

"First deserve then desire." (English proverb)

"Do not be shy of whom is shameless."(Albanian proverb)

"Bread and cheese, eat and dance."(Armenian proverb)

"The best helmsmen stand on shore"(Dutch proverb)

"Better the devil you know than the devil you don't." (English proverb)

"Wait for the night before saying that the day has been beautiful" (Breton proverb)

"Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market." (Arabic proverb)

"Every man has a price." (English proverb)

"There is no man nor thing without his defect, and often they have two or three of them" (Breton proverb)

"You left them lost and bewildered."(Arabic proverb)

"Too many cooks ruin the food." (Danish proverb)

"Money talks, bullshit walks." (English proverb)

"However tall the mountain is, there’s a road to the top of it." (Afghanistan proverb)

"Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out."(Arabic proverb)

"Empty barrels make more noise." (Danish proverb)


"Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow ." (English proverb)

"Drop by drop - a whole lake becomes."(Bulgarian proverb)

"If the hair was precious, wouldn't grow on the ass." (Arabic proverb)

"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)

"Only two things in life are certain; death and taxes." (English proverb)

"The seeker is a finder." (Afghanistan proverb)

"The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on." (Arabic proverb)

"A fortune-teller would never be unhappy."(Corsican proverb)

"Live and let die." (English proverb)

"The sun shines even when it is cloudy."(Albanian proverb)

"A bite from a lion is better the look of envy." (Arabic proverb)

"It's not only cooks that wear long knives."(Dutch proverb)

"Like father like son." (English proverb)

"The hand with mud, the bread with honey." (Albanian proverb)

"A problem is solved when it gets tougher."(Arabic proverb)

"Don't go to the pub without money."(Czech proverb)

"You can't have your cake and eat it too."(English proverb)

"There is no household without domestic fight" (Breton proverb)

"Silence is the sign of approval." (Arabic proverb)

"Postponement is cancellation." (Dutch proverb)

"You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours." (English proverb)

"To give happiness to another person gives such a great merit, it cannot even be carried by a horse." (Bhutanese proverb)

"Give the dough to baker even if he eats half of it." (Arabic proverb)

"If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is." (Egyptian proverb)

"Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." (English proverb)

"Every animal knows more than you do."(Native American proverb, Nez Perce)

"Envy is a weight not placed by its bearer."(Arabic proverb)

"He who protects himself from cold also wards off heat." (Corsican proverb)

"If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it probably needed fixing anyway." (English proverb)

"Not every sweet root give birth to sweet grass." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."(Arabic proverb)

"Just toss it in my hat and I'll sort it to-morrow." (Dutch proverb)

"Common sense ain't common." (English proverb)

"Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." (William Congreve)

"Old habits die hard" (Arabic proverb)

"He who changes, suffers." (Corsican proverb)

"You lose some... and you win some... and some you don't even bother to play".(English proverb)

"If you do not sow, you can't reap."(Albanian proverb)

"While they read the Bible to the wolf, it says: hurry up, my flock left." (Armenian proverb)

"Once a horse is old, ticks and flies flock to it." (Corsican proverb)

"Penny wise, pound foolish." (English proverb)

"Complaining to someone other than God is disgraceful." (Arabic proverb)

"The doctor comes to the house where the sun can't reach." (Corsican proverb)

"Starve a fever, feed a cold." (English proverb)

"Don't sell eggs in the bottom of hens"(Breton proverb)

"The weapon first, fighting second." (Arabic proverb)

"A goose’s child is a swimmer." (Egyptian proverb)

"Two heads are better than one." (English proverb)

"Singing is for dinner, grief for lunch."(Albanian proverb)

"Time is like a sword. If you did not cut it, it will cut you." (Arabic proverb)

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."(Corsican proverb)

"Still waters are the deepest." (English proverb)

"Blood is thicker than water." (Bulgarian proverb)

"A servant who has two masters, lies to one of them." (Arabic proverb)

"Hunger is the best cook." (Czech proverb)

"You will not rise to the occasion, you will default to the level of your training"(English proverb)

"Liberty has its roots in blood." (Albanian proverb)

"Lamb in the spring, snow in the winter."(Armenian proverb)

"The pen is mightier than the sword."(Dutch proverb)

"He that will steal an egg will steal an ox."(English proverb)

"Fun and pleasure are located below the navel; dispute and trouble are also located there." (Bhutanese proverb)

"The rope of lies is short." (Arabic proverb)

"You're correct, but the goat is mine."(Corsican proverb)

"Time is money." (English proverb)

"Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river." (Native American proverb, Tuscarora)

"Spring won't come with one flower."(Armenian proverb)

"Creaking carts last longest." (Dutch proverb)

"Unearned riches have no goods"(Azerbaijani proverb)

"You can't escape from destiny." (Armenian proverb)

"Some work, others merely daydream."(Corsican proverb)

"But an unwatched kettle over boils!"(English proverb)

"In age, talk; in childhood, tears." (Native American proverb, Hopi)

"Whatever you sow, that's what you'll reap." (Armenian proverb)

"Hasty speed is rarely good" (Dutch proverb)

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