This is my proverbs page, hope you enjoy them.
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
Romanian Proverb
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
Chinese Proverb
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czech Proverb
Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Malayan Proverb
Go often to the house of a friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.
Scandanavian Proverb
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Chinese Proverb
If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
Chinese proverb
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.
Swedish Proverb
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Long absence, soon forgotten.
What the heart thinks, the mouth speaks.
A woman's advice is not a great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool.
"They say so" is half the lie.
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.
Cool words, cool more than cold water.
Who spits against the wind, gets spit in face.
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
All that glitters is not gold.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Spanish Proverb
Better to die fighting, than to live life on your knees.
Spanish Proverb
Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice.
Italian Proverb
To ask is no sin and to be refused is no calamity.
Russian Proverb
He who is outside the door has already a good part of his journey behind him.
Dutch Proverb
If you are bitter at heart, sugar in the mouth will not help you.
Yiddish Proverb
A dream grants what one covets when awake.
German Proverb
Wink at small faults, for you have great ones yourself.
Scottish Proverb
He who has courage to laugh is almost as much master of the world as he who is ready to die.
Italian Proverb
