Selected proverbs - page 2
A fly doesn't enter in a closed mouth.
Portuguese Proverb
When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.
Hindi Proverb
A lie can annihilate a thousand truths.
African Proverb
Wise men honor their wives.
Bulgarian Proverb
The punishment of a liar is that he is never believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Jewish Proverb
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Chinese Proverb
Better a good neighbour than a distant friend.
Dutch Proverb
It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.
Hindi Proverb
When you have children yourself, you begin to understand what you owe your parents.
Japanese Proverb
If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot.
Korean Proverb
It's not shameful not to know, but it's shameful not to ask.
Azerbaijani Proverb
If you want something done and done well, do it yourself.
American Proverb
A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things.
Chinese Proverb
If you want to live in peace, neither borrow nor lend.
Assyrian Proverb
First mend yourself, and then mend others.
Jewish Proverb
Adam was the luckiest of men: he had no mother-in-law.
Jewish Proverb
Great talents mature late.
Japanese Proverb
Gravediggers have their own gravediggers too.
Bulgarian Proverb
Work is twice done by the man in a hurry.
Persian Proverb
Only when the last tree has withered, and the last fish caught, and the last river been poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.
Native American Proverb
God lives in an honest heart.
Japanese Proverb
Learn good manners from those who don't have them.
Persian Proverb
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