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    There's a Saying for That: Proverbs from Around the World
    There's a Saying for That: Proverbs from Around the World
    There's a Saying for That: Proverbs from Around the World
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    There's a Saying for That: Proverbs from Around the World

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    Forbidden fruit is the sweetest, and he who wants to beat a dog is sure to find a stick! This compilation of the best proverbs from around the world — ancient and modern — offers concise, time-honored wisdom about love, money, politics, and human nature. A handsome gift-book format makes this volume an ideal present.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateAug 22, 2013
    ISBN9780486320939
    There's a Saying for That: Proverbs from Around the World

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      AFRICA

      One here-it-is is better than ten you’ll-get-it-laters.

      The one who talks thinks, but the one who does not talk thinks more.

      The one who goes to see his mushrooms every day can pick them when they are ripe.

      Everyone is polite to a chief, but a man of manners is polite to everyone.

      To love someone who does not love you is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall.

      Man is like palm wine: when young, sweet, but without strength; when old, strong and harsh.

      Every bird thinks its nest is the best.

      We all love money, but money loves only some of us.

      The wise man will not say what you did wrong until you ask him.

      A man may be famous in the world and yet small in his own house.

      A child with parents remains a child. An orphan will soon be an adult.

      If you see a town worshiping a calf, mow grass and feed him.

      Even a blind cat will still want to hunt mice.

      A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist.

      Obey your tongue and regret it.

      If you work like a slave you will eat like a king.

      He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured.

      The eye has never seen enough, the ear has never heard enough.

      The body is earth. When earthenware breaks, it reverts to earth.

      The well brought up man eats with one hand even when he is hungry.

      The Hare says: Walking slowly leads to death. The Chameleon says: Walking quickly leads to death.

      He that sets only one trap will not eat meat.

      When your child pretends to be dying, then you pretend to be making preparations for his funeral.

      A thought, once written down, does not get lost.

      We cannot love that which we do not know.

      If the baboon could see his own behind, he would laugh too.

      Frowning frogs cannot stop the cows drinking from the pool.

      Death shakes us off like the wind shakes the leaves from the trees.

      Man is looking for wealth while Death is looking for him.

      They say there is a God, but He is often asleep.

      No man will starve in his mother’s house.

      Who knows what hurts himself knows what hurts others.

      A good wife is easy to find, but suitable in-laws are rare.

      Seeking redress in court is like putting your hand in a hornet’s nest.

      A lonely truth can be brought down by a pack of lies.

      Your son is always better than your brother’s son.

      A dispute between brothers does not have to be settled by the chief.

      One day you will have to beg God for mercy. Be merciful to beggars now.

      An old woman can outwit even the devil.

      You cannot escape God. You will meet Him in foreign lands.

      Smiling teeth are like an empty ostrich egg.

      After the worms have eaten your father they will eat you.

      When truth is missing, proverbs are used to discover it.

      A woman who has not lived with two husbands will never know which is the better.

      Truth cannot be sold on the market place, but lies are bought with ready cash.

      If you will never offer palm wine to your uncle, you will not know many proverbs.

      You don’t divorce someone who rides horses and then marry someone who walks on foot.

      Frowning and fierceness do not prove manliness.

      Eyes never see a beautiful woman without greeting her.

      A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties.

      Even the sharpest knife-blade cannot carve its own handle.

      A man does not run among thorns for nothing; either he is chasing a snake or a snake is chasing him.

      Proverbs are horses for solving problems.

      Hand and tongue never give alike.

      The handsome man is king, if there is no rich man near.

      When the mouse laughs at the cat there is a hole nearby.

      Two strong men will move a heavy stone. Two bright lawyers will not agree about the meaning of a word.

      A handful of luck is better than a donkey-load of learning.

      Your chief and your wife: let them talk first.

      The word that leaves your mouth leaves your control.

      If you learn it while young, you can do it when old.

      Each man for himself and God for all of us.

      Old goats love young green leaves.

      A blind man may hear more than you see.

      Modesty shows good upbringing, but without it you will be richer.

      Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.

      A man’s knowledge cannot be read in his face, nor can a woman’s virtue.

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