Proverbs

A proverb from China.Denmark.
Never answer a letter while you are angry

A proverb from Turkey.
A listener needs more intelligence than a speaker.

A proverb from Arab Proverbs.
A sponge to wipe away the past; a rose to sweeten the present; a kiss to greet the future.

A proverb from Greece.
If the camel hadn’t knelt down, it could have been loaded.

A proverb from America.
I like to visit New York, but wouldn’t live there if you gave it to me.

A proverb from Portugal.
If you will make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again.

A proverb from Arab Proverbs.
Don't pour away your water on the strength of a mirage.

A proverb from China.
A Chinaman is ill only once in his life, and that is when he is dying.

A proverb from Holland.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A proverb from Estonia.
A green tree mush be felled; a rotten one falls by itself.

A proverb from Montenegro Yugoslavia.
Even an ant casts its shadow.

A proverb from England.
The quarrel of loves is the renewal of love.

A proverb from China.
It is the beautiful bird that gets caged.

A proverb from Arab Proverbs.
Fate loves a rebel.

A proverb from Arabia Islamic.
The wise aspire to know, the foolish to relate.

A proverb from Czechoslovakia.
Drink yourself drunk, and within one night you will commit all the sins there are.

A proverb from France.
One has always enough strength to bear the misfortunes of one’s friends.

A proverb from Nigeria.
Hold a true friend with both your hands.

A proverb from Arab Proverbs.
A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.

A proverb from Germany.
He who hardens his skin in his youth will not be pricked by thorns in his old age.

A proverb from Denmark.
No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.

A proverb from Germany Yiddish.
If one man calleth thee a donkey, pay him no mind. If two men calleth thee a donkey, get thee a saddle.

A proverb from Arab Proverbs.
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.

A proverb from Arab Proverbs.
An old lion will be mocked by the dogs.

A proverb from Finland.
He needs a long candle who awaits the death of another.