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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