He who does not love their national language is worse than a putrid fish.
Proverbs and old sayings about language, fishing, love
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A foreign language is more easily learned in the kitchen than at school.
Proverbs and old sayings German about school, language, kitchen
Better wise language than well combed hair.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about language
You must answer the devil in his own language.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about language, devil, contentment
He utters in his language something different from what he ponders in his mind.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about language, mind
Arabic is a language, Persian is a delicacy and Turkish is an art.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about language, art, magic
Love has its own language, but marriage falls back on the local dialect.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about language, marriage, love
Spanish is the language of lovers, Italian is for the singer, French for diplomats, and German for horses.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about language
A nation without a language is a nation without a heart.
Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about nation, language, heart
You are as many a person as languages you know.
Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about people, contentment
What is the longest word in the English language?
Smiles. (There a mile between the first and last letter. )
Riddles
What is the only 6-letter word in the English language that gives you 12 when you take away 1?
Dozens.
Riddles
If you want people to understand you, you speak their language.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about language, people, contentment
Open your ears to the ancestors and you will understand the language of spirits.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about language, ancestors, contentment
You can teach other people how to learn other languages but you can't teach them how to govern themselves.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, contentment
Living at a river, one comes to know the nature of the fish therein; Dwelling by a mountain, one learns to recognize the language of the birds thereupon.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about language, nature, fishing
You are so many times a human how many languages you know.
Proverbs and old sayings Czech about human imperfections, contentment
The echo knows all languages.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
The man who knows two languages is worth two men.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man
There are many languages on earth, but one in heaven.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about earth
