"Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think."
--CHINESE PROVERB--
................................................................
"Behind an able man there are always other able men."
--CHINESE PROVERB--
...................................................................
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket."
--CHINESE PROVERB--
.......................................................
"A closed mind is like a closed book, just a block of wood."
--CHINESE PROVERB--
.......................................................
"Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still."
--CHINESE PROVERB--
.......................................................
"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
--CHINESE PROVERB--
.......................................................
"Do not employ handsome servants."
--CHINESE PROVERB--
.......................................................
"After three days without reading, talk becomes flavourless."
--CHINESE PROVERB--
.......................................

CZECH PROVERBS

"Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends."
--CZECH PROVERB--
...................................................................
"The big thieves hang the little ones."
--CZECH PROVERB--
...................................................................
Do not choose your wife at a dance, but on the field among the harvesters.
--CZECH PROVERB--

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DANISH PROVERBS

"It is a bold mouse that makes her nest in the cat's ear."
--DANISH PROVERB--
........................................................
"Bad is never good until worse happens."
--DANISH PROVERB--
................................................
"Children are a poor man's wealth."
--DANISH PROVERB--
...........................................................................
"The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage."
--DANISH PROVERB--
..............................

DUTCH PROVERBS

"He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him."
--DUTCH PROVERB--

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ENGLISH PROVERBS

"Different sores must have different salves."
-- ENGLISH PROVERB--
......................................
"Beware of a man of one book."
-- ENGLISH PROVERB--
............................................................
"The eyes are the window of the soul."
-- ENGLISH PROVERB--
.......................................................
"A full cup must be carried steadily."
-- ENGLISH PROVERB--
..................................................................
"Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork."
-- ENGLISH PROVERB--
......................................
"Every path has its puddle."
-- ENGLISH PROVERB--
...............................
"In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish."
-- ENGLISH PROVERB--
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FRENCH PROVERBS

"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet."
--FRENCH PROVERB--
........................................................
"A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on."
--FRENCH PROVERB--
.........................................
"A hedge between keeps friendship green."
--FRENCH PROVERB--
..............................................
"A healthy man is a successful man"
--FRENCH PROVERB--
..................................................
"A summer's sun is worth the having."
--FRENCH PROVERB--
.................................
"Everything passes, everything wears out, everything breaks"
(tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse)
--FRENCH PROVERB--
.........................................
"A black hen lays a white egg."
--FRENCH PROVERB--
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GAELIC PROVERBS

"Avoid the evil, and it will avoid you."
--GAELIC PROVERB--
..................................

GERMAN PROVERBS

"The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people."
--GERMAN PROVERB--
.........................................
"God gives the nuts but he does not crack them."
--GERMAN PROVERB--
.......................................................

GREEK PROVERBS

"All things good to know are difficult to learn."
--GREEK PROVERB--
..............................
"An iron rod bends while it is hot."
--GREEK PROVERB--
........................................................
"Eat and drink with your relatives, do business with strangers."
--GREEK PROVERB--
............................................
"The beginning is half of every action."
--GREEK PROVERB--
..............................................
"From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn."
--GREEK PROVERB--
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HAITIAN PROVERBS

"If work were good for you, the rich would leave none for the poor."
--HAITIAN PROVERB--
.................................
"If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself."
--HAITIAN PROVERB--
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INDIAN PROVERBS

"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."
--INDIAN PROVERB--
............................


IRANIAN PROVERBS


"The Arrow that has left the bow never returns."
-- IRANIAN PROVERB--
............................................


IRISH PROVERBS

"Better be quarrelling than lonesome."
--IRISH PROVERB--
...................................
"Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot."
--IRISH PROVERB--
........................................
"A dimple in the chin, a devil within."
--IRISH PROVERB--
.....................................
"All sins cast long shadows."
--IRISH PROVERB--
.........................................
"The only cure for sorrow is to kill it with patience."
--IRISH PROVERB--
.......................................
"Where everyone goes, the grass never grows."
--IRISH PROVERB--
..........................................
"The devil never grants long leases."
--IRISH PROVERB--
..............................................
"What's got badly goes badly."
--IRISH PROVERB--
...........................
"The day of the storm is not the time for thatching."
--IRISH PROVERB--
...........................................
"One must pay Health its tithes,
Sweet is the wine but sour is the payment."
--IRISH PROVERB--
......................................
"There is pain in prohibition."
--IRISH PROVERB--
.......................................
"There are harps in heaven, but cymbals in hell."
--IRISH PROVERB--
........................................
"One leg in the stocks, or two, 'tis all the same."
--IRISH PROVERB--
................................................
"Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth."
--IRISH PROVERB--
............................
"Where there is dowry, there is danger."
--IRISH PROVERB--
..........................................
"Your neighbour will never make a good boundary fence."
--IRISH PROVERB--
........................................
"Youth has a small head"
--IRISH PROVERB--
................................
"Nothing seems worse to a man than his death,
and yet it may be the height of his good luck."
--IRISH PROVERB--
.......................................
"Your own deeds will long be baptized on you".
--IRISH PROVERB--
............................................
"The bare right is almost injustice."
--IRISH PROVERB--
...............................................................
"The herb that can't be got is the one that heals."
--IRISH PROVERB--
......................................................
"The law of lending is to break the dish."
--IRISH PROVERB--
....................................................................................
"Girls need beauty a lot more than brains because guys can see a lot better than they can think. "
--IRISH PROVERB--
......................................
"Good luck beats early rising."
--IRISH PROVERB--
....................................................................
"He who is bad at giving lodgings is good at showing the way."
--IRISH PROVERB--
...........................................................
"If you loan your breeches don't cut off the buttons."
--IRISH PROVERB--
............................................................
"It is almost as good as bringing good news not to bring bad."
--IRISH PROVERB--
......................................................................
"It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a thief."
................................................
"It is not fish until it is on the bank."
--IRISH PROVERB--
..........................................................................
"Keep a thing for seven years and you'll find a use for it."
--IRISH PROVERB--
.............................................
"May the road rise to meet you.
-May the wind always be at your back.
-May the sun shine warm upon your face,
-the rains fall soft upon your fields,
----and until we meet again,
-------may God hold you
----------in the palm of his hand."
--IRISH PROVERB--
...............................................
"Nearest the heart comes first out."
--IRISH PROVERB--
......................................
"A bald head is soon shaven."
--IRISH PROVERB--
...............................................
"A good denial, the best point in law."
--IRISH PROVERB--
.....................................................
"A house can't be kept without talk."
--IRISH PROVERB--
..............................................................................
"A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners."
--IRISH PROVERB--
.................................................................................
"A service not asked for, neither God nor man is thankful for."
--IRISH PROVERB--
............................................
"Anything will fit a naked man."
--IRISH PROVERB--
.............................................................
"Be jogging while your boots are still green."
--IRISH PROVERB--
..............................................................................
"Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it."
--IRISH PROVERB--
..................................................
"Evening is speedier than morning."
--IRISH PROVERB--
...................................
"Every invalid is a physician."
--IRISH PROVERB--

ITALIAN PROVERBS

"Where the river is deepest, it makes the least noise."
--ITALIAN PROVERB--
..................................
"Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn off."
--ITALIAN PROVERB--
......................................
"Below the navel, there is neither religion nor truth."
--ITALIAN PROVERB--
............................................
"Bed is the poor man's opera."
--ITALIAN PROVERB--
..............................................
"After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box."
--ITALIAN PROVERB--
.........................................
"By asking the impossible, obtain the best possible."
--ITALIAN PROVERB--
..........................................
"The best armour is to keep out of range."
--ITALIAN PROVERB--
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JAPANESE PROVERBS

"After victory, tighten your helmet chord."
--JAPANESE PROVERB--
............................................
"The go-between wears out a thousand sandals."
--JAPANESE PROVERB--
.....................................................
"Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them."
--JAPANESE PROVERB--
..........................................
"Don't stay long when the husband is not at home."
--JAPANESE PROVERB--
.....................................
"A country may go to ruin but its mountains and streams remain."
-- JAPANESE PROVERB--
..................................
"The crow that mimics a cormorant is drowned."
--JAPANESE PROVERB--

JEWISH PROVERBS
SEE ALSO: YIDDISH


"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
--JEWISH PROVERB--
....................................
"Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile."
--JEWISH PROVERB--
.....................................
"Don't live in a town where there are no doctors."
--JEWISH PROVERB--
.........................................................
"Ask about your neighbours, then buy the house."
--JEWISH PROVERB--
..................................
"A half-truth is a whole lie."
--JEWISH PROVERB--
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KENYAN PROVERBS

SEE ALSO: AFRICAN

"He who does not know one thing knows another."
--KENYAN PROVERB--
...................................................................................  

KOREAN PROVERBS

"A habit that started at three will continue 'til eighty."
--KOREAN PROVERB--
.........................................

KURDISH PROVERBS

"Do not throw the arrow which will return against you."
--KURDISH PROVERB--
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LATIN PROVERBS

"If there is no wind, row."
--LATIN PROVERB--
.......................................
"He fishes well who uses a golden hook."
--LATIN PROVERB--
......................................
"By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn."
--LATIN PROVERB--
.......................................
It is easier to pull down than to build up.
--LATIN PROVERB--
.............................................
"Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water."
--LATIN PROVERB--
.......................................
"Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an opportunity of escaping."
--LATIN PROVERB--
.......................................
"Deliberate often, decide once."
--LATIN PROVERB--
............................
"The doctor is to be feared more than the disease."
--LATIN PROVERB--
.....................................
"Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you,
you will not be harmed unless you have sore places."
--LATIN PROVERB--

LIBYAN PROVERBS
"He who searches for pearls should not sleep."
--LIBYAN PROVERB--
........................................................
"God gave teeth; He will give bread."
--LITHUANIAN PROVERB--
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MALAYAN PROVERBS

"Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm."
--MALAYAN PROVERB--
.................................

MISCELLANEOUS PROVERBS

"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself."
--MISCELLANEOUS PROVERB--
............................................

MOORISH PROVERBS

"Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother."
--MOORISH PROVERB--
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NIGERIAN PROVERBS
SEE ALSO: AFRICAN

"When the mouse laughs at the cat there is a hole nearby."
--NIGERIAN PROVERB--
...............................................................................................................................

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.......................................
PERSIAN PROVERBS

"The blind man is laughing at the bald head."
--PERSIAN PROVERB--
.........................................

PHILLIPINE PROVERB

"Don't empty the water jar until the rain falls."
--PHILLIPINE PROVERB--
...............................................

POLISH PROVERBS

"Do not push the river, it will flow by itself. "
--POLISH PROVERB--
.............................................................................

"A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year."
--POLISH PROVERB--
....................................................
"The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then a sweetheart's."
--POLISH PROVERB--
..............................................................................
"Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine."
--POLISH PROVERB--
.................................................

PORTUGUESE PROVERBS

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ROMANIAN PROVERBS

"Abundance, like want, ruins many."
--ROMANIAN PROVERB--
...................................................

"Eating and scratching want but a beginning."
--ROMANIAN PROVERB--
................................................

"The anvil fears no blows."
--ROMANIAN PROVERB--
.....................................

RUSSIAN PROVERBS

"Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village
because from it he measures the sea."
--RUSSIAN PROVERB--
........................................
"You can't get two hides from one ox."
--RUSSIAN PROVERB--
..................................................
"The hammer shatters glass but forges steel."
--RUSSIAN PROVERB--
..................................................
"If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also."
--RUSSIAN PROVERB--

"Every road has two directions. "
--RUSSIAN PROVERB--


RWANDAN PROVERBS
SEE ALSO: AFRICAN

"You can outdistance that which is running after you,
but not what is running inside you."
--RWANDAN PROVERB--
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SENEGALESE PROVERBS

"A healthy ear can stand hearing sick words."
--SENEGALESE PROVERB--
............................................................................................................................................
"If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don't wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes."
--SENEGALESE PROVERB--
..................................................

SLOVAKIAN PROVERBS

"Don't shake the tree when the pears fall off themselves."
--SLOVAKIAN PROVERB--

SLOVENIAN PROVERBS

"All roads do not lead to Rome."
--SLOVENIAN PROVERB--
.....................................

SPANISH PROVERBS

"The first drink with water,
the second without water,
the third like water."
--SPANISH PROVERB--
.........................................................................
"Don't speak unless you can improve the silence."
--SPANISH PROVERB--
.....................
"When love is not madness, it is not love."
--SPANISH PROVERB--
..........................................
"Drink nothing without seeing it,
sign nothing without reading it."
--SPANISH PROVERB--
........................................

SWEDISH PROVERBS

"Don't throw away the old bucket
until you know whether the new one holds water."
--SWEDISH PROVERB--
..................................................
"Fear less, hope more,
eat less, chew more,
whine less, breathe more,
talk less, say more,
hate less, love more,
and all good things will be yours."
--SWEDISH PROVERB--
......................................................
"Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees."
--SWEDISH PROVERB--
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TEXAN PROVERBS

"When you throw dirt, you lose ground."

TIBETAN PROVERBS

"Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts."
--TIBETAN PROVERB--
........................................

TONGAN PROVERBS

"Friendship is a furrow in the sand."
--TONGAN PROVERB--

TURKISH PROVERBS

"A heart in love with beauty never grows old."
--TURKISH PROVERB--

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VENEZUELAN PROVERBS

"There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth."
--VENEZUELAN PROVERB--


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WELSH PROVERBS


"Better education than wealth."
--WELSH PROVERB--
........................................

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YIDDISH PROVERBS
SEE ALSO: JEWISH

"If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water."
--YIDDISH PROVERB--
...............................
"If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep."
--YIDDISH PROVERB--
..............................

YUGOSLAV PROVERBS
"Complain to one who can help you."
--YUGOSLAV PROVERB--

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...............................
ZUNI PROVERBS
"After dark all cats are leopards."
--ZUNI PROVERB--
..............................
ZULU PROVERBS
"Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby."