Mar 16, 2011

TOP PROVERBS FROM THE WORLD


Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. Lebanese Proverb

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks. Eskimo Proverb

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. Chinese Proverb

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb

Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.
French Proverb

The road to a friend's house is never long.
Danish Proverb

Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. Chinese Proverb

An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold. Chinese Proverbs

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
German Proverb

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.  Chinese Proverb

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.
Persian Proverb

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth. Jewish Proverb

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan. English Proverb

A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue. Russian Proverb

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

The road to a friend's house is never long.
Danish Proverb

If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.
Chinese Proverbs

It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them. German Proverb

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool. Chinese Proverb

Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him. -Scottish Proverb

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. Chinese Proverb

If you suspect a man, don't employ him, & if you employ him, don't suspect him. -Chinese Proverb

Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.  Chinese Proverb

One joy scatters a hundred griefs. Chinese Proverbs

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African Proverb

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
Spanish Proverb

A fall into a ditch makes you wiser. Chinese Proverb

Use soft words and hard arguments. English Proverb

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

He that seeks trouble never misses. French Proverb

You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. Rwandan Proverb

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, educate people. Chinese Proverb

Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Ancient Proverb

Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys. Jewish Proverb

Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself. African Proverb

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his Tools. 
Spanish Proverb

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.  Chinese Proverb

Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die. African Proverb

A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
Chinese Proverb

A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.  American/African Proverb

What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away. Chinese Proverb

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool. Chinese 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 are yours. Swedish Proverb

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.  English Proverb

It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood. Danish Proverb

Life is not holding a good hand. Life is playing a poor hand well. Danish Proverb



There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. French Proverb

If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up. 
Chinese Proverb

Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die. African Proverb

Better to remain silent and be considered as a fool that to speak and remove all doubt. English Proverb

The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. Russian Proverb

To everyone is given the key to heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell. Ancient Proverb

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.
Chinese Proverb

Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. English Proverb

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. African Proverb

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies. Arabian Proverb

He has enough who is content. English Proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. Chinese Proverb

An empty purse frightens away friends.
English Proverb

Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself. African Proverb

He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy. German Proverb

Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.  Italian Proverb

A heart that loves is always young. Greek Proverb

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Spanish Proverb

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them. But do not let them master you. - Hellen Keller

Your smile makes you pretty. Your body makes you sexy. Only your mind makes you beautiful. - Anon

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Spanish Proverb