proverbs from all around the world

1. A good scare is worth more than good advice.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. (English proverb) em
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper. (Chinese proverb) bcm
The tongue can paint what the eye can't see. (Chinese proverb) sl
I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet. (Indian proverb)
Open confession is good for the soul. (Scottish proverb)
You cannot step in the same stream twice. (proverb)
When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet. (Chinese proverb)
Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake and of the faults of others the
latter part of the night when you are asleep. (Chinese proverb)
What must be, must be. (proverb)
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. (English proverb)
First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man. (proverb)
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. (Chinese proverb)
Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise. (Greek proverb)
Every seed knows its time – all in good time. (Russian proverb)
All's well that ends well. (proverb)
The road to a friend's house is never long. (Danish proverb)
Hold a true friend with both your hands. (Nigerian proverb)
A hedge between keeps friendship green. (proverb)
Without grace, beauty is an unbaited hook. (French proverb)
Gratitude is the heart's memory. (French proverb)
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child. (Chinese proverb)
Old habits die hard. (proverb)
Health is better than wealth. (proverb)
A little with quiet is the only diet. (proverb)

2. Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. (proverb)
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. (Spanish
proverb)
Hope is the physician of each misery. (Irish proverb)
Necessity is the mother of invention. (Latin proverb)
A spur in the head is worth two in the heel. (proverb)
Every path has its puddle. (English proverb)
One joy scatters a hundred griefs. (Chinese proverb)
Everyone knows that the drop merges into the ocean. Few people realise that the ocean also merges into
the drop. (Sufi proverb)
He that would be a leader must be a bridge. (Welsh proverb)
You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.
(German proverb)
All sunshine makes a desert. (Arabic proverb)
Don't curse the darkness – light a candle. (Chinese proverb)
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. (American Indian proverb)
Loneliness breaks the spirit. (Jewish proverb)
To err is human. (proverb)
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. (proverb)
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. (Chinese proverb)
Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope.
(Turkish proverb)
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. (Bulgarian proverb)
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. (Chinese proverb) js
If there is light in the soul, / There will be beauty in the person. / If there is beauty in the person, / There
will be harmony in the house. / If there is harmony in the house, / There will be order in the nation. / If
there is order in the nation, / There will be peace in the world. (Chinese proverb)
Practice is the best master. (Latin proverb)
Little drops of water wear down big stones. (Russian proverb)

3. Ask no question and hear no lies. (proverb)
To question a wise man is the beginning of wisdom. (German proverb)
God gives us the nuts, but he does not crack them. (proverb)
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. (Chinese proverb)
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. (Japanese proverb)
Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose. (Turkish proverb)
God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest. (Swedish proverb)
Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted. (Chinese proverb)
There is no accounting for tastes. (proverb)
The thoughts of the day become the dreams of the night. (Chinese proverb)
Haste makes waste. (proverb)
We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry. (English proverb)
The eyes are the window of the soul.
He who persists in his folly shall indeed become wise. (Egyptian proverb)
The palest(soluk) ink(murekkep) is better than the best memory. (Chinese proverb)