PROVERBS --- From The World Over

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
Arab Proverb

A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
English Proverb

A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.
Persian Proverb

A cat has nine lives.
Proverb of Unknown Origin

A closed mouth catches no flies.
Italian Proverb

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
German Proverb

A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.
Proverb, Chinese

A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master.
Russian Proverb

A drink precedes a story.
Irish Proverb

A drowning man is not troubled by rain.
Persian Proverb

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
William Blake Proverbs of Hell (1790)

A forest is in an acorn.
Proverb of Unknown Origin

A friend in need is a friend indeed
English Proverb

A friend's eye is a good mirror.
Irish Proverb

A good denial, the best point in law.
Irish Proverb

A good husband is healthy and absent.
Japanese Proverb

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

A healthy man is a successful man.
French Proverb

A hedge between keeps friendship green.
French Proverb

A hen is heavy when carried far.
Irish Proverb

A hound's food is in its legs.
Irish Proverb

A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel.
Portuguese Proverb

A hungry man is an angry man.
English Proverb

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.
French Proverb

A little too late, is much too late.
German Proverb

A loan though old is not gift.
Hungarian Proverb

A lock is better than suspicion.
Irish Proverb

A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man.
Turkish Proverb

A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal.
Yiddish Proverb

A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.
John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
Yiddish Proverb

A monkey never thinks her baby's ugly.
Haitian Proverb

A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.
Irish Proverb

A penny for your thoughts.
John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

A penny saved is a penny gained.
Scottish Proverb

A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
English Proverb

A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.
Hungarian Proverb

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.
Chinese proverb

A silent mouth is melodious.
Irish Proverb

A single Russian hair outweighs half a Pole.
Traditional Russian Saying

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Greek Proverb

A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger.
Bible - Proverbs 151.

A son is a son till he gets him a wife,
But a daughter's a daughter the rest of your life.
Proverb of Unknown Origin

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
Welsh Proverb

A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars.
Yiddish Proverb

A teacher is better than two books.
German Proverb

A thief believes everybody steals.
Proverb of Unknown Origin

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

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
French Proverb

A trade not properly learned is an enemy.
Irish Proverb

ache hai sab...hav heard many of these, but nice to see som new ones

thank u

Nice topic!I shall post more soon..

..All of these have always proved to be true..i do agree with them...Thanks 4 sharing buddy...keep it up

"A proverb is a concise statement of an apparent truth that has currency,"says Wolfgang Mieder,the world's top expert on proverbs.According to another expert,proverbs are "crystallised bits of wisdom".They average seven words in length and tend to have several levels of meaning and apply to various situation.

Many proverbs make interesting comparisons.For example:

Too many cooks spoil the broth.
but
Two heads are better than one.

Clothes make the man
but
Never judge a book by its cover

thank u rahen sis, villies and saira

Variety is the spice of life.
but
Do not change horses in midstream.

Doubt is the beginning,not the end,of wisdom.
but
Faith will move mountains.

The pen is mightier than the sword.
but
Actions speak louder than words.

Cross the bridge till you come to it.
but
Forewarned is forearmed.

Silence is golden
but
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

An old fox is not easily snared
but
There is no fool like an old fool.

nice proverbs saira

Nice Proverbs ....



* Saira * Great Job ....done.... By .....u

Thanks a lot!

Practice makes perfect
but
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
but
A man's reach should exceed his grasp

Hold fast to the words of your ancestors.

but

Wise men make proverbs and fools repeat them.