Proverbs and old sayings, page 20

43574 proverbs and old sayings

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about intelligence, problems, people

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee's house some day.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, day, contentment

A pretty basket does not prevent worries.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

Little by little grow the bananas.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about sun

Believe only half of what you see and nothing of what you hear.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about faith, nothing, contentment

What is new is pleasing and what is old is satisfying.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about old, olderness

Life is short but a smile takes barely a second.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about smile, life

Listen to what they say of the others and you will know what they say about you.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about contentment

Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about dance, wife

Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about wisdom

Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about lie, truth

Nothing seems expensive on credit.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about nothing

Do not protect yourself with a fence, but rather by your friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech

Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A lazy boy and a warm bed are difficult to part.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish