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 The early bird gets the worm.
AMERICAN PROVERBS 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 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 Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion.
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 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 A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles
CHINESE PROVERBS Talk does not cook rice.
CHINESE PROVERBS Men trip not on mountains, they trip on molehills
CHINESE PROVERBS Medicine can only cure curable disease, and then not always
CHINESE PROVERBS There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
CHINESE PROVERBS Once on a tiger's back, it is hard to alight.
CHINESE PROVERBS A dish of carrot hastily cooked may still has soil uncleaned off the vegetable.
CHINESE PROVERBS The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life
CHINESE PROVERBS Two barrels of tears will not heal a bruise
CHINESE PROVERBS A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all
CHINESE PROVERBS When you are poor, neighbors close by will not come; once you become rich, you'll be surprised by vi...
CHINESE PROVERBS Virtue never dwells alone; it always has neighbors
CHINESE PROVERBS Like ants eating a bone.
CHINESE PROVERBS A maker of idols is never an idolater
CHINESE PROVERBS Two good talkers, not one good listener
CHINESE PROVERBS When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much supplies us with plent...
CHINESE PROVERBS Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime
CHINESE PROVERBS Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
CHINESE PROVERBS The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
CHINESE PROVERBS To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true...
CHINESE PROVERBS Gold is tested by fire, man by gold
CHINESE PROVERBS Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve
CHINESE PROVERBS A whitewashed crow soon shows black again
CHINESE PROVERBS Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding
CHINESE PROVERBS Dismantle the bridge shortly after crossing it.
CHINESE PROVERBS You think you lost your horse? Who knows, he may bring a whole herd back to you someday.
CHINESE PROVERBS The soldier who retreated 50 paces jeered at the one who retreated 100 paces
CHINESE PROVERBS No wind, no waves
CHINESE PROVERBS Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers
CHINESE PROVERBS You can't expect both ends of a sugar cane are as sweet
CHINESE PROVERBS All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them
CHINESE PROVERBS From the lowly perspective of a dog's eyes, everyone looks short
CHINESE PROVERBS When your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins
CHINESE PROVERBS Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted
CHINESE PROVERBS Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain.
CHINESE PROVERBS A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
CHINESE PROVERBS Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck leads the flock to fly and follow.
CHINESE PROVERBS A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.
CHINESE PROVERBS An overcrowded chicken farm produce fewer eggs.
CHINESE PROVERBS The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names
CHINESE PROVERBS You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from bui...
CHINESE PROVERBS Sorrow is the child of too much joy
CHINESE PROVERBS A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy
CHINESE PROVERBS It is only when the cold season comes that we know the pine and cypress to be evergreens
CHINESE PROVERBS He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me
CHINESE PROVERBS Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.
CHINESE PROVERBS It is the beautiful bird which gets caged
CHINESE PROVERBS Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come
CHINESE PROVERBS A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind
CHINESE PROVERBS Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
CHINESE PROVERBS He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument
CHINESE PROVERBS If one branch doesn't move, the many branches won't stir. T: 'If someone does not lead, no one will ...
CHINESE PROVERBS A smile will gain you ten more years of life
CHINESE PROVERBS Honey in his mouth, knives in his heart
CHINESE PROVERBS A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it
CHINESE PROVERBS The taller the bamboo grows, the lower it bends.
CHINESE PROVERBS An ant may well destroy a whole dam.
CHINESE PROVERBS