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Wise Proverbs From Around the World!

Wise Proverbs From Around the World!

We all know many proverbs, but seldom do we know where they come from. In fact, research suggests that most of the proverbs we know did not come from our own culture! In the rich and complex history of our world and the many thousands of different cultures and countries that have risen, fallen and maintained, we have discovered many truths, and have coined many phrases and proverbs. 
Here you can have a glance at that wealth of wisdom, collected from 100 nations and cultures, in one list. You may be surprised to discover the origin of some famous proverbs, as well as the wisdom that every country has to offer! 
 
Afghanistancountry flags
What you see in yourself is what you see in the world.
Albaniacountry flags
The sun at home warms better than the sun elsewhere.
Argentinacountry flags
1. Dress the monkey in silk and it is still a monkey.

2. A man who develops himself is born twice.
Armeniacountry flags
You are as many a person as the number of languages you know.
Austrias
A light is still a light - even though the blind man cannot see it.
Azerbaijancountry flags
It's not shameful not to know, but it's shameful not to ask.
Belgiumcountry flags
He who does not wish for little things does not deserve big things.
Benincountry flags
Anyone who see beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. 
Bosniacountry flags
The eyes of cheats are always full of tears
Brazilcountry flags
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
Bulgariacountry flagsA tree falls the way it leans.
Burma
One sesame seed won't make oil.
Cameroons
A chattering bird builds no nest.
Chinacountry flags
A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.
Congo country flags
A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat.
Cubacountry flags
Life is short but a smile takes barely a second.
Czech RepublicWisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather.
Denmarkcountry flagsBetter to ask twice than to lose your way once.
Egyptcountry flags
God loves him who cares for the poor more than him who respects the wealthy.
Englandcountry flags
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
Ethiopias
Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him.
Francecountry flags
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
Gaelic
Even God cannot make two mountains without a valley in between.
Georgias
The eyeless ant asks God for eye-lashes.
Germanycountry flags
A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit.
Ghana
Hunger is felt by a slave and hunger is felt by a king.
Greececountry flags
Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues.
Guinea
He who has done evil, expects evil.
Haiticountry flags
Don't insult the alligator until you've crossed the river.
Hinducountry flags
Never strike your wife, even with a flower.
Hungarycountry flags
Where ambition ends, happiness begins.
Iceland
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
Indiacountry flags
The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr. Cobra.
Irans
Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.
Irelandcountry flags
He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.
Israelcountry flags
1. Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him.

2. Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
Italycountry flags
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
Jamaicacountry flags
When you go to a donkey's house, don't talk about. ears.
Japancountry flags
1. Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods.

2. Fall seven times, stand up eight.
Kenyacountry flagsHaving a good discussion is like having riches.
Korea, Southcountry flags
Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart.
Kurdish
It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.
Latin
Keep quiet and people will think you are a philosopher.
Lebanoncountry flags
Lower your voice, strengthen your argument.
Madagascarcountry flags
Words are like eggs: when they are hatched they have wings.
Malaysias
A fool is like the big drum that beats fast but does not realize its hollowness.
Maltas
Where the heart loves, there the legs walk.
Mexicocountry flags
It's not enough to know how to rise - you must also know how to fall.
Moroccocountry flags
Evening promises are like butter: morning comes, and it's all melted.
NetherlandsA handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
New ZealandThe more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey will seem.
Nigercountry flagsAccomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Nigeriacountry flags
The death that will kill a man begins as an appetite.
Norwaycountry flagsLuck is loaned, not owned.
Palestinians
You will not dare mistreat the face you see in the morning.
Philippinesphillipns
People who never break things first will never learn to create anything.
Polandcountry flags
The greatest love is a mother's, then a dog's, then a sweetheart's.
Portugalcountry flags
Beware of a man that does not talk and a dog that does not bark.
Romaniacountry flags
Eating and scratching want but a beginning.
Russiacountry flags
Success and rest don't sleep together.
Rwandacountry flagsYou can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.
Samoas
Stones decay; words last.
Saudi Arabiacountry flags
A book is a garden carried in the pocket.
Scotland
Be slow in choosing a friend but slower in changing him.
Senegals
The opportunity that God sends does not wake up him who sleeps.
Sicilys
Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
Sierra Leones
To try and fail is not laziness.
Slovenias
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Somaliacountry flags
Where I make my living, there is my home.
South Africas
He who has no intelligence is happy with it.
Spaincountry flags
More things grow in the garden than the gardener sows.
Swedencountry flags
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Switzerlandcountry flags
Better to sell with regret than to keep with regret.
Tanzaniacountry flags
The roaring lion kills no game.
Thailands
At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish.
Tibet

Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts.

Turkeycountry flags
Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.
Ugandacountry flags
Caution is not cowardice; even the ants march armed.
Ukrainecountry flags
Only when you have eaten a lemon do you appreciate what sugar is.
United Statescountry flags
1. After all is said and done, more is said than done.
 
2. The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
Vietnamcountry flags
If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.
Welsh
Without perseverance, talent is a barren bed.
Yiddish
If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep.
Yugoslavia
Life is like a game in which God shuffles the cards, the devil deals them and we have to play the trumps.
Zens
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
Zimbabwecountry flags
If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing.