Selected proverbs - page 7
A camel can tolerate a heavy load, but not a crooked rope.
Somali Proverb
If you can give me no ointment for my wound, can you help me by not rubbing salt in?
Persian Proverb
He that has a white horse and a fair wife need never want for trouble.
Gypsy Proverb
He is still alive because he cannot afford a funeral.
Persian Proverb
Do not protect yourself with a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czech Proverb
Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.
Scottish Proverb
Fall seven times, stand up the eighth.
Japanese Proverb
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish Proverb
If you learn a lot, you'll age soon.
Russian Proverb
A word spoken is past recalling.
English Proverb
A bird in the hand has more worth than two flying.
Portuguese Proverb
The slower you go, the farther you will be.
Russian Proverb
Better one bird in the hand than ten in the sky.
Dutch Proverb
Shameful is not the one who doesn't know, but the one who doesn't ask.
Azerbaijani Proverb
As long as there's life, there is hope.
Dutch Proverb
Know what you say, but don't say all that you know.
Dutch Proverb
Friendship is friendship, but keep our tobacco apart.
Russian Proverb
Don't praise the day before sunset.
Polish Proverb
Practice makes perfect.
English Proverb
Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Bulgarian Proverb
A single bracelet does not jingle.
African Congo Proverb
Hope for the best, expect the worst.
English Proverb
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