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After dark all cats are leopards.
Native American 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 victory, tighten your helmet chord.
Japanese Proverb




All roads lead to Rome.
Roman Proverb




All roads do not lead to Rome.
Slovenian Proverb




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




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




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




Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
Chinese Proverb




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




Children are a poor man's wealth.
Danish Proverb




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




Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor.
(When love is not madness, it is not love.)
Spanish Proverb




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




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




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




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




Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether
the new one holds water.
Swedish Proverb




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




The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Arab Proverb




Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.
French Proverb




Every road has two directions.
Russian Proverb




Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
Arab 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




God could not be everywhere and therefore he made
mothers.
Jewish Proverb




Go often to the house of a friend; for weeds soon
choke up the unused path.
Scandinavian Proverb




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




Gossip needs no carriage.
Russian 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




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




He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who
does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb




He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne.
Russian Proverb




If there is no wind, row.
Latin Proverb


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




Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne
poimaesh'.
(If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either
one.)
Russian 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




A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
step.
Chinese Proverb




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




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




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




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




The reverse side also has a reverse side.
Japanese Proverb




Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a
sorrow.
Swedish Proverb




A single conversation with a wise man is better than
ten years of study.
Chinese Proverb




Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
African Proverb




Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not
remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
Native American Proverb




A true friend, is one that will take a bullet for you
in the war.
Italian Proverb




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




There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
French 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 change and change for the better are two different
things.
German Proverb




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




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




When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Confucius




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




Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
Spanish Proverb





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