I dreamed of a thousand new paths...
in the morning I woke and walked my old path.
-Chinese Proverb
If you don't want anyone to know it,
don't do it.
-Chinese Proverb
It is not the same to talk of bulls
as to be in the bullring.
Do not speak of evil
for it creates curiosity in the hearts of the young.
-American Indian Proverb
Desires tie.
-Kenyan Proverb
The want of a thing is more than its worth.
-Jamaican Proverb
He who likes cherries soon learns to climb.
-German Proverb
As soon as the monkey has climbed a tree,
it will start abusing you from its elevated position.
-Namibian Proverb
What's good is often forgotten;
what's bad is often hidden.
-Norwegian Proverb
Distance makes the mountain blue
and the man great.
-Icelandic Proverb
One can't realize the size of a bundle
while it is still on the ground in front of you.
-Cameroonian Proverb
If a load falls from the head,
it falls on the shoulders.
-Cameroonian Proverb
Do not kill a hen for her eggs.
-Chinese Proverb
The future is blind,
the past is sighted.
-Cameroonian Proverb
You'll never plow a field
by turning it over in your mind.
-Irish Proverb
To walk for nothing is better than to sit down for nothing.
To lose your way is one way of finding it.
-East African Proverb
A slow ox goes slowly
and a fast ox goes slowly too.
-Chinese Proverb
If you like coasting downhill,
you must like pulling the toboggan uphill.
-Russian Proverb
Three feet of ice does not result
from one day of cold weather.
-Chinese Proverb
Don't lie down in low places, flood will take you,
don't lie down in high places, wind will take you.
-Turkish Proverb
The nail that sticks out is hammered down.
-Japanese Proverb
You cannot hang everything on one nail.
-Russian Proverb
An empty sack cannot stand up.
-Chinese Proverb
New broom sweeps clean,
but old broom knows the corner.
-Jamaican Proverb
Don’t throw away the old bucket
until you know whether the new one holds water.
-Swedish Proverb
Only the spoon knows
what is stirring the pot.
-Sicilian Proverb
There is no burnt rice to a hungry person.
-Philippine Proverb
The older the ginger
the more it bites.
-Chinese Proverb
Even nectar is poison if taken to excess.
-Hindu Proverb
Where there is too much,
something is missing.
-Yiddish Proverb
Everyone pushes a falling fence.
-Chinese Proverb
Rotten wood cannot be carved.
-Chinese Proverb
Do not build a new ship out of old wood.
-Chinese Proverb
Depend on your walking stick,
not other people.
-Japanese Proverb
You are compared with the person
you are seen with.
-Egyptian Proverb
Surrounding yourself with dwarfs
does not make you a giant.
-Yiddish Proverb
A thousand pound bow and arrow
won't hit a mouse.
-Japanese Proverb
Not my circus;
not my monkeys.
-Polish Proverb
What is not sharpened does not cut.
-East African Proverb
Too much sharpness
cuts the sharpener.
-Kenyan Proverb
The best carpenters make the fewest chips.
-German Proverb
A tree is straightened when it is young.
-African Proverb
All knowledge is not taught in one school.
-Hawaiian Proverb
A blind man will not thank you
for a looking glass.
-English Proverb
When you're hungry, sing;
when you're hurt, laugh.
-Israeli Proverb
Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up;
don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.
-Jewish Proverb
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more;
hate less, love more;
and all good things are yours.
-Swedish Proverb
-Chinese Proverb
Between saying and doing,
many a pair of shoes is worn out.
-Italian Proverb
If you walk on snow,
you cannot hide your footprints.
-Chinese Proverb
many a pair of shoes is worn out.
-Italian Proverb
If you walk on snow,
you cannot hide your footprints.
-Chinese Proverb
Do not handle mud when there is no water.
-African Proverb
Touch black paint,
have black fingers.
-Chinese Proverb
-African Proverb
Touch black paint,
have black fingers.
-Chinese Proverb
If you don't want anyone to know it,
don't do it.
-Chinese Proverb
Guilt never decays.
-African Proverb
-African Proverb
as to be in the bullring.
-Spanish Proverb
When you throw dirt, you lose ground.
-Texan Proverb
-Texan Proverb
Do not speak of evil
for it creates curiosity in the hearts of the young.
-American Indian Proverb
Whoever gossips to you
will gossip about you.
-Spanish Proverb
Desires tie.
-Kenyan Proverb
The want of a thing is more than its worth.
-Jamaican Proverb
He who likes cherries soon learns to climb.
-German Proverb
As soon as the monkey has climbed a tree,
it will start abusing you from its elevated position.
-Namibian Proverb
He who can lick can bite.
-French Proverb
What's good is often forgotten;
what's bad is often hidden.
-Norwegian Proverb
Distance makes the mountain blue
and the man great.
-Icelandic Proverb
'I have taken a shortcut'
says he who has gone astray.
-African Proverb
One can't realize the size of a bundle
while it is still on the ground in front of you.
-Cameroonian Proverb
If a load falls from the head,
it falls on the shoulders.
-Cameroonian Proverb
Do not kill a hen for her eggs.
-Chinese Proverb
Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.
-Indian Proverb
One who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
-Chinese Proverb
One who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
-Chinese Proverb
The future is blind,
the past is sighted.
-Cameroonian Proverb
Can't see?
Steal your own things.
-Korean Proverb
You'll never plow a field
by turning it over in your mind.
-Irish Proverb
To walk for nothing is better than to sit down for nothing.
To lose your way is one way of finding it.
-East African Proverb
A slow ox goes slowly
and a fast ox goes slowly too.
-Chinese Proverb
That which pecks on a rock
should have a tough beak.
-African Proverb
Anyone who is satisfied to stand still
should not complain when others pass him.
-Traditional Proverb
should have a tough beak.
-African Proverb
Anyone who is satisfied to stand still
should not complain when others pass him.
-Traditional Proverb
Not to know is bad,
not to wish to know is worse.
-African Proverb
not to wish to know is worse.
-African Proverb
If you like coasting downhill,
you must like pulling the toboggan uphill.
-Russian Proverb
Three feet of ice does not result
from one day of cold weather.
-Chinese Proverb
Don't lie down in low places, flood will take you,
don't lie down in high places, wind will take you.
-Turkish Proverb
The nail that sticks out is hammered down.
-Japanese Proverb
You cannot hang everything on one nail.
-Russian Proverb
An empty sack cannot stand up.
-Chinese Proverb
New broom sweeps clean,
but old broom knows the corner.
-Jamaican Proverb
Don’t throw away the old bucket
until you know whether the new one holds water.
-Swedish Proverb
Only the spoon knows
what is stirring the pot.
-Sicilian Proverb
There is no burnt rice to a hungry person.
-Philippine Proverb
The older the ginger
the more it bites.
-Chinese Proverb
Even nectar is poison if taken to excess.
-Hindu Proverb
Every bubble bursts.
-Polish Proverb
Where there is too much,
something is missing.
-Yiddish Proverb
Everyone pushes a falling fence.
-Chinese Proverb
Rotten wood cannot be carved.
-Chinese Proverb
Do not build a new ship out of old wood.
-Chinese Proverb
Depend on your walking stick,
not other people.
-Japanese Proverb
You are compared with the person
you are seen with.
-Egyptian Proverb
Surrounding yourself with dwarfs
does not make you a giant.
-Yiddish Proverb
A thousand pound bow and arrow
won't hit a mouse.
-Japanese Proverb
Not my circus;
not my monkeys.
-Polish Proverb
When you discover that you are riding a dead horse,
the best strategy is to dismount.
-Native American Proverb
What is not sharpened does not cut.
-East African Proverb
Too much sharpness
cuts the sharpener.
-Kenyan Proverb
The best carpenters make the fewest chips.
-German Proverb
The forest was shrinking
but the trees kept voting for the axe,
for the axe was clever and convinced the trees
that because his handle was made of wood,
he was one of them.
-Turkish Proverb
"If" married "But"
and they had a son called "Maybe."
-Persian Proverb
Young people tell us what they are doing,
old people what they have done,
and fools what they wish to do.
-French Proverb
After three days without reading,
talk becomes flavorless.
-Chinese Proverb
What little Johnny has not learned,
big John will not know.
-Polish Proverb
and they had a son called "Maybe."
-Persian Proverb
Young people tell us what they are doing,
old people what they have done,
and fools what they wish to do.
-French Proverb
After three days without reading,
talk becomes flavorless.
-Chinese Proverb
What little Johnny has not learned,
big John will not know.
-Polish Proverb
A tree is straightened when it is young.
-African Proverb
All knowledge is not taught in one school.
-Hawaiian Proverb
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
-Native American Proverb
A blind man will not thank you
for a looking glass.
-English Proverb
People who fight on the ground
should not go up the tree together.
-African Proverb
The fire you kindle for your enemy
often burns yourself more than him.
-Chinese Proverb
should not go up the tree together.
-African Proverb
The fire you kindle for your enemy
often burns yourself more than him.
-Chinese Proverb
Bad is never good until worse happens.
-Danish Proverb
A promise is a debt.
-East African Proverb
In the midst of great joy,
do not promise anyone anything.
In the midst of great anger,
do not answer anyone's letters.
-Chinese Proverb
If you can laugh at it,
you can live with it.
-American Proverb
-East African Proverb
In the midst of great joy,
do not promise anyone anything.
In the midst of great anger,
do not answer anyone's letters.
-Chinese Proverb
If you can laugh at it,
you can live with it.
-American Proverb
When you're hungry, sing;
when you're hurt, laugh.
-Israeli Proverb
Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up;
don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.
-Jewish Proverb
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more;
hate less, love more;
and all good things are yours.
-Swedish Proverb
When you have gone so far
that you can't manage one more step,
then you've one just half the distance
that you're capable of.
-Greenland Proverb
Even if the sky should fall,
there is always a way out.
-Korean Proverb
