Selected proverbs - page 8
If you can give me no ointment for my wound, can you help me by not rubbing salt in?
Persian Proverb
The cripple will always find a stone to kick.
Persian Proverb
He that has a white horse and a fair wife need never want for trouble.
Gypsy Proverb
You cannot hang everything on a single peg.
Russian Proverb
One doesn't tell a man ‘go away' but one shows him something so he will go.
Somali Proverb
Can the monkey know the taste of ginger?
Hindi Proverb
He is still alive because he cannot afford a funeral.
Persian Proverb
Doubt is the key to knowledge.
Persian Proverb
Do not protect yourself with a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czech Proverb
A mother's lesson – a son's success.
Bulgarian Proverb
Each ascent has a descent.
Kurdish Proverb
When you argue with a fool, make sure he is not doing the same.
American Proverb
He who envies does not see.
Bulgarian Proverb
While the smart man plans to get married, the foolish one ends up with a family.
Armenian Proverb
To err is human, to forgive divine.
English Proverb
Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.
English Proverb
Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.
Scottish Proverb
If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists.
Jewish Proverb
One swallow doesn't make a spring.
Bulgarian Proverb
Seven people don't wait for one.
Russian Proverb
As is well that ends well.
Russian Proverb
Habit is a second nature.
Russian Proverb
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