Proverbs From all Countries 

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 15:1. 

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

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