Browse Dozens of Proverbs
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- "A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship."
- "A fool dreams of wealth, a wise man, of happiness."
- "A good companion shortens the longest road."
- "A heart in love with beauty never grows old."
- "A hungry stomach has no ears."
- "A kind word warms a man through three winters."
- "A knife-wound heals, but a tongue-wound festers."
- "A man is as wise as his head, not his years."
- "A man is judged by his work."
- "A neighbor's hen looks as big as a goose, and his wife as young as a girl."
- "A red apple invites stones."
- "A small key opens big doors."
- "A thousand friends are too few; one enemy is one too many."
- "A tribulation is better than a hundred warnings."
- "A visitor comes with ten blessings, eats one, and leaves nine."
- "A wise man does his own work."
- "A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them."
- "Ability has no school."
- "Activity breeds prosperity."
- "An illness comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce."
- "An open door invites callers."
- "At table keep short hand; in company keep a short tongue."
- "Beauty passes; wisdom remains."
- "Better a calf of one's own than a jointly owned cow."
- "Better a wise foe than a foolish friend."
- "Both the hunted and the hunter rely on God."
- "Do not roll up your trousers before reaching the stream."
- "Do what your teacher says but not what he does."
- "Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on."
- "Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them."
- "Empty words will not fill an empty stomach."
- "Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot."
- "Every "bad" has its "worse"."
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Every sheep is hung by his own leg." - "Fear an ignorant man more than a lion."
- "For every wise man there is one still wiser."
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Give nine, save ten." - "God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly."
- "God has created us brothers but has given us separate purses."
- "Guests bring good luck with them."
- "Habit is worse than rabies."
- "If God closes one door, He opens a thousand others."
- "If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher."
- "If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong."
- "If you give him cloth, he'll ask for the lining."
- "If you wish to do a good deed, consult no one."
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In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain." - "It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason."
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It is easy to catch a serpent with someone else's hand." - "It is easy to say "Come" difficult to say "Go"."
- "It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world."
- "Kind words will unlock an iron door."
- "Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once."
- "Many will show you the way once your cart has overturned."
- "No matter where you go, your destiny follows you."
- "Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest."
- "Once a friend, always a friend."
- "One beats one's breast who does not beat one's child."
- "One gives twice who gives quickly."
- "One can never repay one's debt to one's mother."
- "One is equally indebted to one's teacher and to God."
- "Open your eyes, not your mouth."
- "Part with your head, but not with your secret."
- "Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit."
- "See with your mind; hear with your heart."
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Stairs are climbed step by step." - "Stretch your feet according to your blanket."
- "Study from new books but from old teachers."
- "The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste."
- "The miser and the open-handed spend the same in long run."
- "The rich man's wealth tires the poor man's jaw."
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Thorns and roses grow on the same tree." - "Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know."
- "To speak is to sow; to listen is to reap."
- "What is loaned goes away smiling but returns weeping."
- "What the heart thinks, the mouth speaks."
- "What you give away you keep."
- "When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice."
- "Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size."
- "Whoever is fond of cream should should take the cow around with him."
- "Whoever speaks evil to you of others will speak evil of you to others."
- "Wish well, be well."
- "With patience, mulberry leaves become satin."
- "Work as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."
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