Proverbs From Around the World.
Anonymous, that prolific pontificator, wrote, "Proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought."
These are by no means the only proverbs from around the world, Nor are they the best. They are simply those that I happened to read and like. Feel free to add your own.
American Proverbs
Never swap horses crossing a stream
A louse in the cabbage is better than no meat at all. (Pennsylvanian Dutch.)
A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass. (Sioux)
In the beginning God gave to every people a cup of clay, and from this cup they drank their life. (Norther Paiute)
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. (Vermont)
Belgian Proverb
Chinese Proverbs
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
Blessings never come in pairs; misfortunes never come alone.
English Proverbs
As bad as marrying the devil's daughter and living with the old folks.
Estonian Proverb
French Proverb
German Proverbs
An old error is always more popular than a new truth.
Begin to weave and God will give you the thread.
Haitian Proverb
Indian Proverb
Irish Proverbs
Patience cures many an old complaint.
When the apple is ripe, it will fall.
Italian Proverbs
There is no thief like a bad book.
By asking for the impossible, we obtain the best possible.
Japanese Proverbs
To teach is to learn.
A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple.
The nail that sticks up get hammered down.
A good husand is healthy and absent.
At the first cup man drinks wine; at the second cup wine drinks wine; at the third cup wine drinks man.
Jewish Proverb
Norwegian Proverb
Persian Proverb
Polish Proverbs
When I have money, everyone called me brother.
The woman cries before the wedding, the man afterward.
Portuguese Proverb
Russian Proverbs
The eggs do not teach the hen.
Live with the wolves, howl like a wolf.
A sleeping fox counts hens in its dreams.
When money speaks, the truth is silent.
Sicilian Proverb
Scottish Proverbs
A man is a lion in his own cause.
Spanish Proverbs
An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.
There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness.
It is better to be a mouse in a cat's mouth than a man in a lawyer's hands.
If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we'll see.
Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.
Habits are at first cobwebs then cables.
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.
Welsh Proverbs
He understands badly who listens badly.
Better one word before than two after.
Yiddish Proverb
Yugoslavian Proverb
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