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Misfortune is easier to bear, if you share it with many others. ~Arab proverb
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It is better to sit with a wise man in prison than with a fool in paradise. ~American Proverb
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Who asks a lot will get wiser. ~Estonian Proverb
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The person who is well prepared has already won half of the battle. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A warning to the wise is a blessing, to the fool an insult. ~Swahili Proverb
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A truly educated person is a gem. ~Kashmir Proverb
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Someone who doesn't listen to others deserves not to be listened too. ~African Proverb
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Many see more with one eye than others with two. ~German Proverb
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anyone can be trapped. ~Kashmir Proverb
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One may have good eyes and see nothing. ~Italian Proverb
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He who always wants the last word, ends up talking to himself. - Breton Proverb (Breton is a language spoken in France 🇫🇷)
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He who cannot cut the bread evenly, cannot get on well with people. ~Czechoslovakian proverb
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He who deceives shall be deceived. ~Welsh ~Proverb
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A country without freedom is like a prisoner with shackled hands. - Filipino Proverb
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Many people count other people's faults and ignore their own. ~Burmese Proverb
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A wise man without a book is like a workman with no tools. ~Moroccan Proverb
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The eye cannot penetrate darkness. ~Maasai Proverb Our eyes cannot see everything in the dark, we need a flashlight. A flashlight is created by other humans. We cannot survive alone.
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A man who has learned much, is rich. ~Estonian Proverb
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Even monkeys fall from trees. – Korean Proverb
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Three things come into the house uninvited: debts, age, and death. ~German Proverb
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It takes sweat to work on things, but it only takes saliva to criticize things. ~Taiwanese Proverb
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Love blinds the eyes to faults, and hatred blinds the eyes to virtues. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Believe what you see and lay aside what you hear. ~Arabic Proverb
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Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even the tallest tree, started as a seed. ~Indian proverb
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The cat also likes fish but keeps away from water. ~Hungarian Proverb Even cats don't always get what they want.
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A lover's anger is short-lived. ~Italian Proverb
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To live in peace one must be blind, deaf and mute. ~Turkish Proverb
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Poor or rich, death makes us all equal. ~German Proverb
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To love and be wise is incompatible. ~Portuguese Proverb If you have a 'crush' or 'feelings' on someone you don't know or just met, please find out if they feel the same. Why? Because you'd be surprised that sometimes they don't. And this can cause you a lot of unnecessary pain.
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Who tells me of my faults is my teacher; who tells me of my virtues does me harm. ~Chinese Proverb
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A patient man will eat ripe fruit. ~ African Proverb
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If you take too long to choose,you will end up with the leftovers. - Croatian Proverb
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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Hold on tight to the words of your ancestors. - New Zealander Proverb
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A fool thinks he needs no advice, but a wise man listens to others. ~Biblical proverb Often, I'm the fool. (edited)
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Blind belief is dangerous. ~Western Kenyan Proverb
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Better be kind at home than burn incense in a far place. ~Chinese Proverb I read that the problems we have at home unresolved can spread from family to family, city to city, country to country. Starts small like a flame then fire. (edited)
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He who envies, suffers. ~German Proverb
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