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Fifty Proverbs

1. Always was, always will be.
   – Aboriginal Australian
   always was always will be
2. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
   – Chinese
   a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
3. Many hands make light work.
   – English
   many hands make light work
4. Love overlooks defects, hatred magnifies them.
   – Lebanese
   love overlooks defects hatred magnifies them
5. If you want a well, dig only in one place.
   – Korean
   if you want a well dig only in one place
6. Don’t poison someone who you can kill with sweets.
   ‍– Indian
   do not poison someone who you can kill with sweets
7. Wealth is both an enemy and a friend.
   – Nepalese
   wealth is both an enemy and a friend
8. If you can’t live longer, live deeper.
   – Italian
   if you can not live longer live deeper
9. When the pain has passed, one forgets the medicine.
   – Vietnamese
   when the pain has passed one forgets the medicine
10. Age is honourable. Youth is noble.
    – Irish
    age is honourable youth is noble
11. When I drown, the whole world drowns.
    – Tamil
    when I drown the whole world drowns
12. Before you score, you first must have a goal.
    – Greek
    before you score you first must have a goal
13. Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead.
    – Scottish
    be happy while you are living for you are a long time dead
14. The whiteness of the crane appears only when it flies.
    – Sri Lankan
    the whiteness of the crane appears only when it flies
15. A beautiful thing is never perfect.
    – Egyptian
    a beautiful thing is never perfect
16. If bamboo makes a loud sound, it is empty.
    – Filipino
    if bamboo makes a loud sound it is empty
17. Where the army goes there is no grass.
    – Croatian
    where the army goes there is no grass
18. One teacher is better than two books.
    – German
    one teacher is better than two books
19. Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
    – Pakistani
    pride is concerned with who is right humility is concerned with what is right
20. There is no shame in not knowing. The shame lies in not finding out.
    – Russian
    there is no shame in not knowing the shame lies in not finding out
21. Examine what is said, not who speaks.
    – Arabian
    examine what is said not who speaks
22. Do not push the river, it will flow by itself.
    – Polish
    do not push the river it will flow by itself
23. Be thine enemy an ant, see in them an elephant.
    – Turkish
    be thine enemy an ant see in him an elephant
24. The shadow should be the same length as the body.
    – Indonesian
    the shadow should be the same length as the body
25. Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new.
    – Spanish
    do not rejoice at my grief for when mine is old yours will be new
26. The morning is wiser than the evening.
    – Serbian
    the morning is wiser than the evening
27. Time flows like the flow of water in a river.
    – Bengali
    time flows like the flow of water in a river
28. Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never is.
    – French
    good advice is often annoying bad advice never is
29. In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed.
    – Thai
    in a battle between elephants the ants get squashed
30. Time is precious and cannot be bought.
    – Maltese
    time is precious and cannot be bought
31. Movement is a blessing.
    – Syrian
    movement is a blessing
32. A bird’s feather, a person’s friend.
    – Hungarian
    a birds feather a persons friend
33. We must convince by reason, not prescribe by tradition.
    – Cypriot
    we must convince by reason not prescribe by tradition
34. The accomplice is as bad as the thief.
    – Portuguese
    the accomplice is as bad as the thief
35. Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, small wisdom.
    – Taiwanese
    deep doubts deep wisdom small doubts small wisdom
36. Ants die in sugar.
    – Malay
    ants die in sugar
37. Fall seven times, stand up eight.
    – Japanese
    fall seven times stand up eight
38. A mountain never meets a mountain, but a person meets a person.
    – Iranian
    a mountain never meets a mountain but a person meets a person
39. Those who dig an evil hole will fall into it. The empty gives way to the full.
    – Palestinian
    those who dig an evil hole will fall into it the empty gives way to the full
40. Hope takes you a long way.
    – Punjabi
    hope takes you a long way
41. The waves rise high and the swimmer tries to go higher.
    – Fijian
    the waves rise high and the swimmer tries to go higher
42. Sometimes you have to sacrifice your beard in order to save your head.
    – Iraqi
    sometimes you have to sacrifice your beard in order to save your head
43. They who are outside their door already have a hard part of their journey behind them.
    – Dutch
    they who are outside their door already have a hard part of their journey behind them
44. Friendship is a furrow in the sand.
    – Tongan
    friendship is a furrow in the sand
45. If you take big paces, you leave big spaces.
    – Burmese
    if you take big paces you leave big spaces
46. You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.
    – American
    you scratch my back and I will scratch yours
47. Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.
    – Maori
    turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you
48. Let the wind choose as to the quickness of a canoe.
    – Samoan
    let the wind choose as to the quickness of a canoe
49. Under a ragged coat lies wisdom.
    – Romanian
    under a ragged coat lies wisdom
50. To be willing is only half the task.
    – Armenian
    to be willing is only half the task