Proverbs Sayings From Different Countries And Places

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“Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.”
– French Proverb

“Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth.”
– French Proverb

“God heals, and the physician takes the fee.”
– French Proverb

“Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.”
– French Proverb

“He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.”
– French Proverb

“Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.”
– French Proverb

“A dimple on the chin, the devil within.”
– Gaelic Proverb

“A bad cause requires many words.”
– German Proverb

“A clear conscience is a soft pillow.”
– German Proverb

“A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.”
– German Proverb

“Anger without power is folly.”
– German Proverb

“Charity sees the need not the cause”.
– German Proverb

“Never give advice unless asked.”
– German Proverb

“Who begins too much accomplishes little.”
– German Proverb

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
– Greek Proverb

“First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.”
– Greek Proverb

“A monkey never thinks her baby‘s ugly.”
– Haitian Proverb

“Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills.”
– Hebrew Proverb

“A loan though old is not gift.”
– Hungarian Proverb

“A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.”
– Hungarian Proverb

“An ox remains an ox, even if driven to Vienna.”
– Hungarian Proverb

“Call on God, but row away from the rocks.”
– Indian Proverb

“Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.”
– Indian Proverb

“Call on God, but row away from the rocks.”
– Indian Proverb

“Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.”
– Indian Proverb

“A hen is heavy when carried far.”
– Irish Proverb

“A hound’s food is in its legs.”
– Irish Proverb

“A lock is better than suspicion.”
– Irish Proverb

“A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.”
– Irish Proverb

“A silent mouth is melodious.”
– Irish Proverb

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