If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.
ARABIAN PROVERBS Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are o...
ARABIAN PROVERBS A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.
ARABIAN PROVERBS The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
ARABIAN PROVERBS A friend is known when needed.
ARABIAN PROVERBS None but a mule denies his family.
ARABIAN PROVERBS If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.
ARABIAN PROVERBS Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
ARABIAN PROVERBS When danger approaches, sing to it.
ARABIAN PROVERBS The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
ARABIAN PROVERB All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and tho...
ARABIAN PROVERB Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly.
ARABIAN PROVERB Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
ARABIAN PROVERB Arrogance diminishes wisdom
ARABIAN PROVERB If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
ARABIAN PROVERB He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light
ARABIAN PROVERB The virtue of deeds lies in completing them.
ARABIAN PROVERB Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
ARABIAN PROVERB A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing.
ARABIAN PROVERB He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light.
ARABIAN PROVERB The sinning is the best part of repentance.
ARABIAN PROVERB When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.
ARABIAN PROVERB When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
ARABIAN PROVERB He fasted for a whole year and then broke his fast with an onion
ARABIAN PROVERB Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, ad the neglected opportun...
ARABIAN PROVERB The sinning is the best part of repentance
ARABIAN PROVERB A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
ARABIAN PROVERB A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain
ARABIAN PROVERB Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
ARABIAN PROVERB He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
ARABIAN PROVERB A fool may be known by six things: anger, without cause; speech, without profit; change, without pro...
ARABIAN PROVERB The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry.
ARABIAN PROVERB The fruit of silence is tranquillity.
ARABIAN PROVERB At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend
ARABIAN PROVERB A man's capacity is the same as his breadth of vision
ARABIAN PROVERB Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion.
ARABIAN PROVERB Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies
ARABIAN PROVERB Live together like brothers and do business like strangers
ARABIAN PROVERB Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are o...
ARABIAN PROVERB Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade
ARABIAN PROVERB The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
ARABIAN PROVERB When you heard that a mountain was moved, believe it; but when you hear that someone changed his cha...
ARABIAN PROVERB Examine what is said, not who speaks
ARABIAN PROVERB Keep your friends close - hold your enemies closer
ARABIAN PROVERB Not Since Nineveh.
ARABIAN NIGHTS Who will change old lamps for new? . . . new lamps for old?
ARABIAN NIGHTS Open Sesame!
ARABIAN NIGHTS Ask the experienced rather than the learned
ARABIAN PROVERB All sunshine makes the desert
ARABIAN PROVERB Choose the neighbor before choosing the house.
ARABIAN PROVERB A horse of good breed is not dishonored by his saddle
ARABIAN PROVERB If the Giver gives you a hill to plough, don’t level it.
ARABIAN PROVERB When you are an anvil be patient; when a hammer, strike
ARABIAN PROVERB Compete, don't envy
ARABIAN PROVERB The willing contemplation of vice is vice
ARABIAN PROVERB One hand cannot applaud
ARABIAN PROVERB The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry
ARABIAN PROVERB He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses
ARABIAN PROVERB He who eats alone chokes alone.
ARABIAN PROVERB Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.
ARABIAN PROVERB A book is a garden carried in the pocket
ARABIAN PROVERB The best part of repentance is little sinning
ARABIAN PROVERB The world belongs to the rascals, Heaven belongs to the good
ARABIAN PROVERB If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.
ARABIAN PROVERB Eat whatever thou likest, but dress as others do
ARABIAN PROVERB If you have no power to prevail over someone, leave it to God.
ARABIAN PROVERB I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.
CHINESE PROVERBS It is foolhardy to climb two trees at once just because one has two feet. - Ethiopia
AFRICAN PROVERBS That man's a fool whose sheep flees twice. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERBS A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS Blind belief is dangerous. - Luyia , Western Kenya
AFRICAN PROVERBS A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia
AFRICAN PROVERBS People know each other better on a journey. Plaatje
AFRICAN PROVERBS It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
AFRICAN PROVERBS Hold a true friend with both hands. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
AFRICAN PROVERBS To be happy in one's home is better than to be a chief. Yoruba, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back
CHINESE PROVERBS He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself
CHINESE PROVERBS A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion
CHINESE PROVERBS A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books
CHINESE PROVERBS A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by consta...
CHINESE PROVERBS One joy shatters a hundred griefs
CHINESE PROVERBS If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are ...
CHINESE PROVERBS It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting
CHINESE PROVERBS Education is not received. It is achieved.
CHINESE PROVERBS Politeness wins the confidence of princes
CHINESE PROVERBS When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for lif...
CHINESE PROVERBS A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard...
CHINESE PROVERBS Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say.
CHINESE PROVERBS Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
CHINESE PROVERBS Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
CHINESE PROVERBS If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.
CHINESE PROVERBS To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art
CHINESE PROVERBS He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool for...
CHINESE PROVERBS Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manne...
CHINESE PROVERBS Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes
CHINESE PROVERBS The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities
CHINESE PROVERBS Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others th...
CHINESE PROVERBS The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.
CHINESE PROVERBS The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything...
CHINESE PROVERBS Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day
CHINESE PROVERBS The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand
CHINESE PROVERBS If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.
CHINESE PROVERBS There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn
CHINESE PROVERBS Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.
CHINESE PROVERBS Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases
CHINESE PROVERBS To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on steppin...
CHINESE PROVERBS Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
CHINESE PROVERBS Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
CHINESE PROVERBS I give thee flight without wings.
BEDOUIN PROVERBS He who shares my bread and salt is not my enemy.
BEDOUIN PROVERBS At the narrow passage, there is no brother and no friend.
BEDOUIN PROVERBS As the camel falls to its knees, more knives are drawn.
BEDOUIN PROVERBS It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.
AMERICAN PROVERBS The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.
AMERICAN PROVERBS It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
AMERICAN PROVERBS A malignant sore throat is a danger, a malignant throat not sore is worse.
AMERICAN PROVERBS Never swap horses crossing a stream.
AMERICAN PROVERBS The early bird gets the worm.
AMERICAN PROVERBS If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.
CHINESE PROVERBS If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the qu...
CHINESE PROVERBS Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.
CHINESE PROVERBS If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily
CHINESE PROVERBS A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens
CHINESE PROVERBS Kill a chicken before a monkey.
CHINESE PROVERBS He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.
CHINESE PROVERBS A dog in desperation will leap over a wall
CHINESE PROVERBS Kill one to warn a hundred.
CHINESE PROVERBS Outside noisy, inside empty
CHINESE PROVERBS Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely
CHINESE PROVERBS A man need never revenge himself, the body of his enemy will be brought to his own door
CHINESE PROVERBS The journey is the reward.
CHINESE PROVERBS To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish
CHINESE PROVERBS A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river
CHINESE PROVERBS Pick up a sesame seed but lose sight of a watermelon.
CHINESE PROVERBS Dream different dreams while on the same bed
CHINESE PROVERBS The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher
CHINESE PROVERBS There is no one to sweep a common hall
CHINESE PROVERBS Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook
CHINESE PROVERBS Regular feet can't be affected by irregular shoes.
CHINESE PROVERBS Of all the stratagems, to know when to quit is the best
CHINESE PROVERBS The best soldiers are not warlike
CHINESE PROVERBS A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealth...
CHINESE PROVERBS Steal a bell with one's ears covered
CHINESE PROVERBS An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold
CHINESE PROVERBS Pure gold does not fear furnace
CHINESE PROVERBS The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame
CHINESE PROVERBS Talk doesn't cook rice.
CHINESE PROVERBS The best cure for drunkenness is whilst sober, to observe a drunken person
CHINESE PROVERBS Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them
CHINESE PROVERBS It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow sho...
CHINESE PROVERBS It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun
CHINESE PROVERBS Before you beat a dog, find out who its master is
CHINESE PROVERBS Rise and fall of a nation rests with every one of its citizens.
CHINESE PROVERBS Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifeti...
CHINESE PROVERBS Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.
CHINESE PROVERBS Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished
CHINESE PROVERBS A camel standing amidst a flock of sheep.
CHINESE PROVERBS The crafty rabbit has three different entrances to its lair
CHINESE PROVERBS When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy
CHINESE PROVERBS Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat.
CHINESE PROVERBS A people without faith in themselves cannot survive
CHINESE PROVERBS The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
CHINESE PROVERBS Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.
CHINESE PROVERBS A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when ...
CHINESE PROVERBS Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet
CHINESE PROVERBS Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself
CHINESE PROVERBS Anyone who angers you conquers you
CHINESE PROVERBS Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.
CHINESE PROVERBS Little things please little minds.
ENGLISH PROVERBS He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog
CHINESE PROVERBS When you drink from the stream remember the spring
CHINESE PROVERBS If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it
CHINESE PROVERBS If you share a man's wealth, try to lessen his misfortune
CHINESE PROVERBS A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles...
CHINESE PROVERBS Lock your door and keep your neighbor honest
CHINESE PROVERBS A flea on the top of a bald head.
CHINESE PROVERBS May your every wish be granted
CHINESE PROVERBS The arrogant army will lose the battle for sure
CHINESE PROVERBS Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored
CHINESE PROVERBS A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
CHINESE PROVERBS If what we see is doubtful, how can we believe what is spoken behind the back
CHINESE PROVERBS existence is what people defend while searching for a possible fix. Living by the commercials and me...
CHINESE PROVERBS To go beyond is as bad as to fall short
CHINESE PROVERBS Going beyond is as bad as falling short
CHINESE PROVERBS A frog in a well shaft seeing the sky.
CHINESE PROVERBS Lift a stone only to drop on your own feet.
CHINESE PROVERBS Use attack as the tactic of defense
CHINESE PROVERBS A weasel comes to say "Happy New Year" to the chickens
CHINESE PROVERBS My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon
CHINESE PROVERBS When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one to follow
CHINESE PROVERBS Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
CHINESE PROVERBS If you are in a hurry you will never get there
CHINESE PROVERBS Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.
CHINESE PROVERBS There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same
CHINESE PROVERBS If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain
CHINESE PROVERBS Reshape one's foot to try to fit into a new shoe.
CHINESE PROVERBS Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it
CHINESE PROVERBS A tiger never returns to his prey he did not finish off.
CHINESE PROVERBS