Advice is least heeded when most needed. 
     - English Proverb

After dark all cats are leopards. 
     - Native American Proverb 

After lunch; rest; after dinner walk a mile. 
     - Arab Proverb

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. 
      - Italian Proverb 

The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. 
      - Swedish Proverb

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless. 
     - Chinese proverb

After victory, tighten your helmet chord. 
     - Japanese Proverb

All roads lead to Rome. 
     - Roman Proverb 

All roads do not lead to Rome. 
      - Slovenian Proverb 

All sins cast long shadows. 
      - Irish Proverb 

All things good to know are difficult to learn. 
     - Greek Proverb 

All sunshine makes the desert. 
     - Arab Proverb

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions 
led by a sheep. 
      - Arab Proverb

An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold. 
     - Romanian Proverb

An iron rod bends while it is hot. 
     - Greek Proverb

The anvil fears no blows. 
     - Romanian Proverb

Ask a lot, but take what is offered. 
     - Russian Proverb

Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house. 
     - Jewish Proverb

Ask the experienced rather than the learned. 
     - Arabic proverb

Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee. 
     - Gaelic Proverb

Bad is never good until worse happens. 
      - Danish Proverb

Bed is the poor man's opera. 
     - Italian Proverb

The beginning is the half of every action. 
     - Greek Proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing 
still. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water. 
     - Latin Proverb

Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him. 
     - Scottish Proverb

The best armor is to keep out of range. 
     - Italian Proverb

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.. 
     - Turkish Proverb

Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all. 
     - Romanian Proverb

Better be quarreling than lonesome. 
     - Irish Proverb

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. 
     - Italian Proverb

Beware of a man of one book. 
     - English Proverb

Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting. 
     - Burmese Proverb
 
The big thieves hang the little ones. 
     - Czech Proverb 

The blind man is laughing at the baldhead. 
     - Persian Proverb

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 
     - Chinese Proverb

By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible. 
     - Italian Proverb

By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn. 
     - Latin Proverb

Children are a poor man's wealth. 
     - Danish Proverb

The church is near, but the way is icy / The tavern is far, 
but I will walk carefully. 
     - Ukrainian Proverb

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.
     - Chinese Proverb

Complain to one who can help you. 
     - Yugoslav Proverb

Confessed faults are half mended. 
     - Scottish Proverb

The country rooster dowse not crow in the town. 
     - African (Swahili) Proverb

The crow that mimics a cormorant is drowned. 
     - Japanese Proverb

When love is not madness, it is not love. 
     - Spanish Proverb
Deliberate often--decide once. 
     - Latin Proverb

A dimple in the chin; a devil within. 
     - Irish Proverb

The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage. 
     - Danish Proverb

The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. 
     - Portuguese Proverb

Do not bathe if there is no water. 
     - Shan Proverb

Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie. 
     - English Proverb

Do not employ handsome servants. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an opportunity 
of escaping. 
     - Latin Proverb

Do not push the river, it will flow by itself. 
     - Polish Proverb

Do not put your spoon into the pot, which does not boil 
for you. 
     - Romanian Proverb

Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby. 
     - African (Zulu) Proverb

Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles. 
     - Arab Proverb

Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter 
lest you be spewed out. 
     - Jewish Proverb

Don't fall before you're pushed. 
     - English Proverb

Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees. 
     - Swedish Proverb

Don't live in a town where there are no doctors. 
     - Jewish Proverb

Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been leant 
to you. 
     - Belgian Proverb

Don't offer me advice; give me money 
     - Spanish Proverb

Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile. 
     - Jewish Proverb

Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance. 
     - Biblical Proverb

Don't shake the tree when the pears fall off themselves. 
     - Slovakian Proverb

Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence. 
     - Spanish Proverb

Don't stay long when the husband is not at home. 
     - Japanese Proverb

Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is 
calm. 
     - Malayan Proverb

Drink nothing without seeing it; Sign nothing without reading 
it. 
     - Spanish Proverb 

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according 
to the measure of thy desire. 
     - Arab proverb

Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers. 
     - Greek Proverb

Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while 
standing makes one strong. 
     - Hindu Proverb

Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. 
     - Polish Proverb

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. 
     - Moorish Proverb

Everyone thinks his own burden heavy. 
     - French Proverb

Every path has its puddle. 
     - English Proverb

Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village because 
from it he measures the sea. 
     - Russian Proverb

Everything passes, everything wears out, everything breaks.
     - French Proverb

Examine what is said, not him who speaks. 
     -  Arab Proverb

Experience is the comb that nature gives us when we are 
bald. 
     - Belgian proverb

The eyes are the windows of the soul. 
     - English Proverb

The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people. 
     - German Proverb

Fast Ripe, Fast Rotten. 
     - Japanese Proverb

A father is a banker provided by nature. 
     - French 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

Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not 
be harmed unless you have sore places. 
     - Latin Proverb

First deserve, and then desire. 
     - English Proverb

Fish or cut bait. 
     - American Proverb

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. 
     - Chinese Proverb

A full cup must be carried steadily. 
     - English Proverb 

Get what you can and keep what you have; that's the way 
to get rich. 
     - Scottish Proverb

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, 
and you will have a fine pig and a bad child. 
     - Danish Proverb

Go and wake up your cook. 
     - Arab Proverb

God gives the nuts but he does not crack them. 
     - German Proverb

God sells knowledge for labor -- honor for risk. 
     - Arabic Proverb

A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad 
one must. 
     - Polish Proverb

The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then 
a sweetheart's. 
     - Polish Proverb

Great men are not always wise. 
     - Biblical Proverb

A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year. 
     - Polish Proverb

A half-truth is a whole lie. 
     - Jewish Proverb

The hammer shatters glass but forges steel. 
     - Russian Proverb

A handful of patience is worth a bushel of brains. 
     - Dutch Proverb

He fishes well who uses a golden hook. 
     - Latin Proverb

He is rich who owes nothing. 
     - French Proverb

He that does not ask will never get a bargain. 
     - French Proverb

He, who must die, must die in the dark, even though he sells 
candles. 
     - Colombian Proverb

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn. 
     - Persian Proverb

He who hurries cannot walk with dignity. 
     - Chinese Proverb

He who is not impatient is not in love. 
     - Italian Proverb

He who knows little quickly tells it. 
     - Italian Proverb

He who knows nothing doubts nothing. 
     - Italian Proverb

He who puts up with insult invites injury. 
     - Jewish Proverb

He who respects his parents never dies. 
     - Greek Proverb

If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful 
of water. 
     - Yiddish Proverb

If there is no wind, row. 
     - Latin Proverb

If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle. 
     - Spanish Proverb

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape 
a hundred days of sorrow. 
     - Chinese Proverb

If you bow at all, bow low. 
     - Chinese Proverb

If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.
     - Russian Proverb

If you can't go over, you must go under. 
     - Jewish Proverb

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the 
rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time. 
     - Chinese proverb

If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in 
yourself. 
     - Native American Proverb (Minquass)

If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot. 
     - Italian Proverb

If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in 
your range of vision, don't drink it. 
     - Chinese Proverb

If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. 
     - Spanish Proverb

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep. 
     - Yiddish Proverb

If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself. 
     - Haitian proverb

If you wish good advice, consult an old man. 
     - Romanian Proverb

If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if you employ 
him, don't suspect him. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Ignorance is bliss. 
     - American Proverb

In reviling, it is not necessary to prepare a preliminary 
draft. 
     - Chinese Proverb

In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times 
of adversity not one in twenty. 
     - 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

It is easier to pull down than to build up. 
     - Latin Proverb

It is not a fish until it is on the bank. 
     - Irish Proverb

It is not enough to aim. You must hit. 
     - Italian Proverb

It is the great north wind that made the Vikings. 
     - Scandinavian Proverb

It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to 
skin it. 
     - Latin Proverb

Judge not the horse by his saddle. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Love makes time pass. Time makes love pass. 
     - French Sundial Motto

Let every fox take care of his own tail. 
     - Italian Proverb

Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way. 
     - Native American Proverb (Blackfoot)

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf. 
     - Native American Proverb

Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, 
but follow no one absolutely. 
     - Chinese Proverb

A little pot boils easily. 
     - Dutch Proverb

Live together like brothers and do business like strangers. 
     - Arab Proverb

Live with wolves, and you learn to howl. 
     - Spanish Proverb

Live your own life, for you will die your own death. 
     - Latin Proverb

Long absent, soon forgotten. 
     - Romanian Proverb

Love and eggs are best when they are fresh. 
     - Russian Proverb

Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. 
     - Swedish Proverb

Love rules without rules. 
     - Italian Proverb

Love tells us many things that are not so. 
     - Ukrainian Proverb

Love your neighbor, but don't tear down your fence. 
     - German Proverb

The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when 
one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy. 
     - Persian Proverb

Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will 
come. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall 
out with your superiors. 
     - Jewish Proverb

Man has responsibility, not power. 
     - Native American Proverb (Tuscaloosa)

A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. 
     - Latin Proverb

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his 
own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. 
     - English Proverb

The man who does not learn is dark, like one walking in 
the night. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.
     - Greek Proverb

Measure a thousand times and cut once. 
     - Turkish Proverb

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. 
     - Spanish Proverb

Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything 
sitting that you can do lying down. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Never give advice in a crowd. 
     - Arab Proverb 

Never give advice unless asked. 
     - German Proverb

Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your 
mother-in-law. 
     - Japanese Proverb

Never squat with your spurs on. 
     - Texan Proverb

Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps 
from you all his joys. 
     - Jewish Proverb

Never write a letter while you are angry. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 
     - American Proverb

No call alligator long mouth till you pass him. 
     - Jamaican Proverb

No need to teach an eagle to fly. 
     - Greek Proverb

No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only 
in still water that we can see. 
     - Taoist Proverb

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor. 
     - Danish Proverb

Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults. 
     - Greek Proverb

One does evil enough when one does nothing good. 
     - German Proverb

One drink is just right; two is too many; three are too 
few. 
     - Spanish Proverb

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid 
it. 
     - French Proverb

One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures 
as in avoiding calamities. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. 
     - Indian Proverb

Pray, pray very much; but beware of telling God what you 
want. 
     - French Proverb

Ready money works great cures. 
     - French Proverb

The reverse side also has a reverse side. 
     - Japanese Proverb

A rich man has no need of character. 
     - Hebrew Proverb

Set a thief to catch a thief. 
     - French Proverb

Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. 
     - Italian Proverb

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can 
get. 
     - Spanish Proverb

The sinning is the best part of repentance. 
     - Arabic Proverb

A snake deserves no pity. 
     - Yiddish Proverb

Spread the table and contention will cease. 
     - English Proverb

Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are. 
     - Russian proverb

There is a pinch of the madman in every great man. 
     - French Proverb

There is no flying without wings. 
     - French Proverb

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. 
     - French Proverb

There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth 
     - Venezuelan Proverb

There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there 
were no real gold somewhere. 
     - Sufi Proverb

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return 
to the ground. 
     - Malayan Proverb

Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, 
and a man who thinks he is wise. 
     - Welsh Proverb

To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, 
share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the 
heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings 
of a dragon. 
     - Chinese Proverb

To change and change for the better are two different things. 
     - German Proverb

To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience 
with it. 
     - Greek Proverb

To know and to act are one and the same. 
     - Samurai Proverb

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. 
     - Chinese Proverb

A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense. 
     - American Proverb

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. 
     - Maori proverb

Under a ragged coat lies wisdom. 
     - Romanian Proverb

Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker. 
     - Spanish Proverb

Use power to curb power. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Use soft words and hard arguments. 
     - English Proverb

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake. 
     - Persian Proverb

Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without 
vision is a nightmare. 
     - Japanese Proverb

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine 
day. 
     - French Proverb

Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat 
on the brow. 
     - Spanish Proverb

We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it. 
     - French Proverb

What may be done at any time will be done at no time. 
     - Scottish Proverb

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 
     - French Proverb

What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks. 
     - Romanian Proverb

What was hard to endure is sweet to recall.
     - French  Proverb

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your 
mouth. 
     - Jewish Proverb

When a blind man carries a lame man, both go forward. 
     - Swedish proverb

When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him. 
     - Hindu Proverb

When a thing is done, advice comes too late. 
     - Romanian Proverb

When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted 
them. 
     - Chinese Proverb

When one shuts one eye, one does not hear everything. 
     - Swiss Proverb

When spiders unite they can tie down a lion. 
     - Ethiopian Proverb

When the fox preaches, look to the geese. 
     - German Proverb

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. 
     - African Proverb

When two quarrel, both are to blame. 
     - Dutch Proverb

When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within 
our reach. 
     - French Proverb

When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears. 
     - Czech Proverb

When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage. 
     - Jewish Proverb

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf 
of bread with one, and a lily with the other. 
     - Chinese Proverb

When you throw dirt, you lose ground. 
     - Texan Proverb

When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use 
both feet. 
     - Chinese Proverb

Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel. 
     - Spanish Proverb

Where there is a sea there are pirates. 
     - Greek Proverb

Where there is love, there is pain. 
     - Spanish Proverb

Where there are no swamps there are no frogs. 
     - German Proverb

Who depends on another man's table often dines late. 
     - Italian Proverb

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. 
     - Spanish Proverb

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the 
roar of a lion. 
     - Arab Proverb

Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than 
one. 
     - Japanese Proverb

The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 
     - German Proverb

The woman cries before the wedding and the man after. 
     - Polish Proverb

Words must be weighed, not counted. 
     - Polish Proverb

You may laugh at a friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleeping 
accommodation. 
     - Kenyan Proverb

Young pigs grunt as old pigs grunted before them. 
     - Danish Proverb

Your friend has a friend; don't tell him. 
     - Jewish Proverb 

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. 
     - Navajo Proverb

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your 
grandfather was. 
     - Irish Proverb

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