World Proverbs
World Proverbs
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
A good rest is half the work.
A good rest is half the work.
A rebellious female will be dragged in the mud.
What the people believe is true.
There is no medicine to cure hatred.
If you want your egg hatched, sit on them yourself.
Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
As the music is, so are the people of the country.
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.
Good will, like a good woman, is hard to get and easy to lose.
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
You must act as if it is impossible to fail.
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
Without effort, you can not even pull a fish out of the pond.
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.
You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge.
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
After a bad harvest; sow again.
A good rest is half the work.
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.
Talk does not cook rice.
Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse. (A rolling stone gathers no moss.)
Man who wants a good harvest will not sow bad seed.
If one person tells you that you have the ears of an ass, pay no attention. If two should tell you, go get yourself a saddle.
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.
Being young is a fault which improves daily.
A piece of incense my be as large as the knee, but unless burnt, emits no fragrance.
A good resolution is like an old horse which is often saddled but rarely ridden.
The herb one knows one should bind to one's finger.
Great trees are envied by the wind. - Even Withered Trees Give Prosperity.
Your head is your house; furnish it.
If you are reluctant to ask the way, you will be lost.
All are not maidens that wear fair hair.
Work hard in harvest time.
We grow too soon old and too late smart.
Great minds discuss ideas, medium minds discuss events, and little minds discuss people.
A good example is like a bell that calls many to church.
The tools to him who has the ability to handle them.
If your neighbor is an early riser, you will become one.
Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet.
One going to take a pointed stick to poke a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.
A frog in a well shaft seeing the sky.
Memorable World Proverbs
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.
The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.
Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
When the wick is small it gives a tiny light.
There is no flying without wings.
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
A stumble may prevent a fall.
World Proverbs cards
When the heart overflows, it comes out through the mouth.
When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow.
From fame to infamy is a much traveled road.
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
Love is like a chief: the best prize to hold fast to.