09 Dec 40 Quotes From Different Countries
Proverbs From Nations
Here are some of my favorite quotes from different countries.
- “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
- “Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” – Swedish Proverb
- “Words should be weighed, not counted.” -Yiddish Proverb
- “If you can’t live longer, live deeper.” – Italian Proverb
- “Do good and throw it in the sea.” – Arab Proverb
- “Where love reigns, the impossible may be attained.” – Indian Proverb
- “It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” – Chinese Proverb
- “A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.” – Kenyan Proverb
- “Still waters run deep.” – Latin Proverb
- “He who does not travel, does not know the value of men.” – Moorish Proverb
- “The night rinses what the day has soaped.” -Swiss Proverb
- “Measure a thousand times and cut once.” -Turkish Proverb
- “A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.” – Welsh Proverb
- “The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.” Zulu Proverb
- “Change yourself and fortune will change.” – Portuguese Proverb
- “In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.” – French Proverb
- “Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.” – Ethiopian Proverb
- “Who begins too much accomplishes little.” – German Proverb
- “Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.” – Spanish Proverb
- “Age is honorable and youth is noble.” – Irish Proverb
- “Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.” -English Proverb
- “Don’t sail out farther than you can row back.” Danish Proverb
- “There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.” – Russian Proverb
- “Before you score, you first must have a goal.” – Greek Proverb
- “A beautiful thing is never perfect.” – Egyptian Proverb
- “Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never is.” – French Proverb
- “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” – Chinese Proverb
- “Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new.” – Spanish Proverb
- “What you see in yourself is what you see in the world.” – Afghan Proverb
- “It takes a whole village to raise a child.” -African Proverb
- “Examine what is said, not who speaks.” – Arab Proverb
- “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” – English Proverb
- “A large chair does not make a king.” -Sudanese Proverb
- “Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough, but not baked in the same oven.” – Yiddish Proverb
- ”The heart that loves is always young.” – Greek Proverb
- ”He who always thinks it is too soon is sure to come too late.” – German Proverb
- ”Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.” – New Zealander Proverb
- “When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.” – Cuban Proverb
- “The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.” – Japanese Proverb
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