Proverb	Origin Select African Chinese English Jewish Latin Norse Russian Yiddish All
Many hands make light work	African
The fool speaks, the wise man listens	African
Wisdom does not come overnight	African
To get lost is to learn the way	African
The eye never forgets what the heart has seen	African
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together	African
The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water	African
Where a woman rules, streams run uphill	African
Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others	African
Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem	African
An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep	African
Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand	African
A small house will hold a hundred friends	African
In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams	African
If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom	African
A wise person will always find a way	African
Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family	African
Nobody is born wise	African
A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning	African
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden	African
Learning expands great souls	African
One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom	African
By crawling a child learns to stand	African
Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet	African
Do a good deed and throw it into the sea	African
If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents	African
If I am in harmony with my family, that's success	African
A single bracelet does not jingle	African
He who learns, teaches	African
Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases	African
The death of an elderly man is like a burning library	African
By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree	African
You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win	African
Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper	African
Show me your friend and I will show you your character	African
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it	African
If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them?	African
Traveling is learning	African
The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat	African
A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break	African
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn	African
He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it	African
Hold a true friend with both hands	African
There can be no peace without understanding	African
Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable	African
By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed	African
What you learn is what you die with	African
A leader who does not take advice is not a leader	African
Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water's calm	African
A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn	African
An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend	African
Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you	African
We desire to bequeath two things to our children; the first one is roots, the other one is wings	African
Because he lost his reputation, he lost a kingdom	African
A child is a child of everyone	African
If a bird does not fly, it goes to bed hungry	African
No one has to point God out to a child	African
A large chair does not make a king	African
Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them	African
You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla	African
Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone	African
When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him	African
Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off	African
Advice is a stranger; if he's welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day	African
Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners	African
Peace is costly but it is worth the expense	African
War has no eyes	African
When a king has good counsellors, his reign is peaceful	African
Peace does not make a good ruler	African
A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow	African
Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully	African
When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield	African
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far	African
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths Ashanti Ghana	African
He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk	African
Where water is the boss there the land must obey	African
Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself	African
Without a leader, black ants are confused	African
He who refuses to obey cannot command	African
He who fears the sun will not become chief	African
If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard	African
Unity is strength, division is weakness	African
A friend is someone you share the path with	African
It takes a village to raise a child	African
Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you	African
Where there are many, nothing goes wrong	African
A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place	African
If you can't resolve your problems in peace, you can't solve waran	African
Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends	African
To be without a friend is to be poor indeed	African
A united family eats from the same plate	African
Brothers love each other when they are equally rich	African
The friends of our friends are our friends	African
There is no fool who is disowned by his family	African
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled	African
Home affairs are not talked about on the public square	African
The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth	African
When the music changes, so does the dance	African
When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father's estate	African
He who earns calamity, eats it with his family	African
There is no day that goes without the moon and no day that goes without sunrise and sunset	African
Do not mistake a short man for a boy	African
A close friend can become a close enemy	African
When the shepherd comes home in peace, the milk is sweet	African
Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs	African
Wisdom is wealth	African
Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough	African
Children are the reward of life	African
A flea can trouble a lion more than a lion can trouble a flea	African
A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.	African
A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.	African
An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.	African
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness.	African
A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride.	African
As the dog said, 'If I fall down for you and you fall down for me, it is playing.'	African
A wise man who knows proverbs, reconciles difficulties. (Yoruba)	African
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.	African
If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings.	African
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something.	African
It takes a whole village to raise a child	African
Looking at a king's mouth one would never think he sucked his mother's breast.	African
People should not talk while they are eating or pepper may go down the wrong way.	African
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.	African
The mouth which eats does not talk.	African
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.	African
Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.	African
When a man says yes, his chi (personal god) says yes also.	African
When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk.	African
You can tell a ripe corn by its look.	African
You must judge a man by the work of his hands.	African
The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.	Chinese
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.	Chinese
Outside noisy, inside empty.	Chinese
There are never enough blessings, but there are too many troubles.	Chinese
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.	Chinese
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.	Chinese
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.	Chinese
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.	Chinese
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.	Chinese
To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.	Chinese
Character can be revealed by time.	Chinese
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.	Chinese
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.	Chinese
If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.	Chinese
He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.	Chinese
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.	Chinese
Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.	Chinese
To forget one's ancestor's is to be a brook without a source, a tree without root.	Chinese
Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.	Chinese
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.	Chinese
When you drink the water, remember the spring.	Chinese
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.	Chinese
If there is light in the soul; There will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person; There will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house; There will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation; There will be peace in the world.	Chinese
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.	Chinese
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.	Chinese
If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.	Chinese
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.	Chinese
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed rather at not being understanding.	Chinese
I dreamed a thousand new paths... I woke and walked my old one.	Chinese
Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.	Chinese
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.	Chinese
The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.	Chinese
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.	Chinese
When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much supplies us with plenty of future worries.	Chinese
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.	Chinese
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.	Chinese
It is the beautiful bird which gets caged.	Chinese
If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.	Chinese
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.	Chinese
A people without faith in themselves cannot survive.	Chinese
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.	Chinese
When your horse is on the brink of a precipice it is too late to pull the reins.	Chinese
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.	Chinese
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.	Chinese
They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who find pleasure in it.	Chinese
A man must insult himself before others will.	Chinese
Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.	Chinese
Virtue cannot live in solitude; neighbors are sure to grow up around it.	Chinese
Words are the voice of the heart.	Chinese
When the ear will not listen, the heart escapes sorrow.	Chinese
Vegetables of one's own raising are not relished - those from other's gardens are the best.	Chinese
Go home and make a net if you desire to get fishes.	Chinese
The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.	Chinese
When anger arises, think of the consequences.	Chinese
One's good deeds are only known at home; one's bad deeds far away.	Chinese
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions as a hollow building echoes all sounds.	Chinese
It takes little effort to watch a man carry a load.	Chinese
Much wealth will not come if a little does not go.	Chinese
It is only when the cold season comes that we know the pine and cypress to be evergreens.	Chinese
Thatch your roof before rainy weather; dig your well before you become parched with thirst.	Chinese
A needle is sharp only at one end.	Chinese
Look for a thing till you find it and you'll not lose your labor.	Chinese
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.	Chinese
Rotten wood cannot be carved.	Chinese
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.	Chinese
It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.	Chinese
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.	Chinese
A man's faults all conform to his type of mind. Observe his faults and you may know his virtues.	Chinese
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them.	Chinese
A diamond with a flaw is preferable to a common stone with none.	Chinese
Those who know when they have enough are rich.	Chinese
If you want happiness for an hour â?? take a nap. If you want happiness for a day â?? go fishing. If you want happiness for a month â?? get married. If you want happiness for a year â?? inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime â?? help someone else.	Chinese
When you drink the water, remember the spring	Chinese
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve	Chinese
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument	Chinese
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet	Chinese
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it	Chinese
An ant may well destroy a whole dam	Chinese
Don't use a cannon to kill a mosquito	Chinese
Dismantle the bridge shortly after crossing it	Chinese
Dream different dreams while on the same bed	Chinese
Do not employ handsome servants	Chinese
Crows everywhere are equally black	Chinese
To believe in one's dreams is to spend all of one's life asleep	Chinese
He who treads softly goes far	Chinese
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
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion	Chinese
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere	Chinese
A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home	Chinese
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child	Chinese
One step at a time is good walking	Chinese
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous	Chinese
Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger but a heart as soft as tofu	Chinese
Once on a tiger's back, it is hard to alight	Chinese
Shed no tears until seeing the coffin	Chinese
Waiting for a rabbit to hit upon a tree and be killed in order to catch it	Chinese
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire	Chinese
A bad penny always turns up	English
A barking dog never bites	English
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush	English
A cat may look at a king	English
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link	English
A change is as good as a rest	English
A dog is a man's best friend	English
A drowning man will clutch at a straw	English
A fish always rots from the head down	English
A fool and his money are soon parted	English
A friend in need is a friend indeed	English
A golden key can open any door	English
A good beginning makes a good ending	English
A good man is hard to find	English
A house divided against itself cannot stand	English
A house is not a home	English
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step	English
A leopard cannot change its spots	English
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing	English
A little learning is a dangerous thing	English
A little of what you fancy does you good	English
A man is known by his friends	English
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client	English
A miss is as good as a mile	English
A new broom sweeps clean	English
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse	English
A penny saved is a penny earned	English
A person is known by the company he keeps	English
A picture paints a thousand words	English
A place for everything and everything in its place	English
A poor workman always blames his tools	English
A problem shared is a problem halved	English
A prophet is not recognized in his own land	English
A rising tide lifts all boats	English
A rolling stone gathers no moss	English
A soft answer turneth away wrath	English
A stitch in time saves nine	English
A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly	English
A thing of beauty is a joy forever	English
A time and a place for everythingre's	English
A trouble shared is a trouble halved	English
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men	English
A watched pot never boils	English
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke	English
A woman's place is in the home	English
A woman's work is never done	English
A word to the wise is enough	English
Absence makes the heart grow fonder	English
Absolute power corrupts absolutely	English
Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families).	English
Actions speak louder than words	English
Adversity makes strange bedfellows	English
After a storm comes a calm	English
Age of miracles is past	English
Ain't over till the fat lady sings - It	English
All good things come to he who waits	English
All good things must come to an end	English
All is grist that comes to the mill	English
All publicity is good publicity	English
All roads lead to Rome	English
All that glisters is not gold	English
All that glitters is not gold	English
All the world loves a lover	English
All things come to those that wait	English
All things must pass	English
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy	English
All you need is love	English
All's fair in love and war	English
All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds	English
All's well that ends well	English
A miss is as good as a mile	English
An apple a day keeps the doctor away	English
An army marches on its stomach	English
An Englishman's home is his castle	English
An exception to every rulere's	English
Always more fish in the seare's	English
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth	English
An ill wind that blows no one any good	English
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure	English
Another day, another dollar	English
Any port in a storm	English
Appearances can be deceptive	English
Apple a day keeps the doctor awayn	English
Apple never falls far from the tree	English
April is the cruellest month	English
April showers bring forth May flowers	English
Army marches on its stomachn	English
As thick as thieves	English
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it	English
As you sow so shall you reap	English
Ashes to ashes dust to dust	English
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer	English
Ask no questions and hear no lies	English
Attack is the best form of defence	English
Bad money drives out good	English
Bad news travels fast	English
Bad penny always turns up	English
Barking dog never bites	English
Be careful what you wish for	English
Beat swords into ploughshares	English
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder	English
Beauty is only skin deep	English
Beggars should not be choosers	English
Behind every great man there's a great woman	English
Best defence is a good offence	English
Best is the enemy of the good	English
Best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley	English
Best things in life are free	English
Better late than never	English
Better safe than sorry	English
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't	English
Best to be on the safe side	English
Better to give than to receive	English
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all	English
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness	English
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt	English
Better to travel hopefully than to arrive	English
Between two stools one falls to the ground	English
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts	English
Beware the Ides of March	English
Big fish eat little fish	English
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em	English
Bigger, the better	English
Bigger they are, the harder they fall	English
Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush	English
Birds of a feather flock together	English
Blessed are the peacemakers	English
Blood is thicker than water	English
Blue are the hills that are far away	English
Bottom line is the bottom line	English
Boy is father to the man	English
Boys will be boys	English
Bread always falls buttered side down	English
Brevity is the soul of wit	English
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door	English
Business before pleasure	English
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion	English
Carpe diem (Pluck the day; Seize the day)	English
Cat may look at a king	English
Chain is only as strong as its weakest link	English
Change is as good as a rest	English
Charity begins at home	English
Charity covers a multitude of sins	English
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat	English
Cheats never prosper	English
Child is father to the man	English
Children and fools tell the truth	English
Children should be seen and not heard	English
Christmas comes but once a year	English
Cleanliness is next to godliness	English
Clothes maketh the man	English
Cobbler always wears the worst shoes	English
Cold hands, warm heart	English
Comparisons are odious	English
Count your blessings	English
Course of true love never did run smooth	English
Cowards may die many times before their death	English
Crime doesn't pay	English
Curiosity killed the cat	English
Customer is always right	English
Cut your coat to suit your cloth	English
Darkest hour is just before the dawn	English
Dead men tell no tales	English
Devil is in the details	English
Devil looks after his own	English
Devil makes work for idle hands to do	English
Devil take the hindmost	English
Different strokes for different folks	English
Discretion is the better part of valour	English
Distance lends enchantment to the view	English
Do as I say, not as I do	English
Do as you would be done by	English
Do unto others as you would have them do to you	English
Dog is a man's best friend	English
Don't bite the hand that feeds you	English
Don't burn your bridges behind you	English
Don't cast your pearls before swine	English
Don't change horses in midstream	English
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched	English
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it	English
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face	English
Don't get mad, get even	English
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself	English
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep	English
Don't let the bastards grind you down	English
Don't let the cat out of the bag	English
Don't let the grass grow under your feet	English
Don't meet troubles half-way	English
Don't mix business with pleasure	English
Don't put all your eggs in one basket	English
Don't put the cart before the horse	English
Don't put new wine into old bottles	English
Don't rock the boat	English
Don't shoot the messenger	English
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar	English
Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted	English
Don't sweat the small stuff	English
Don't throw pearls to swine	English
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs	English
Don't throw good money after bad	English
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater	English
Don't trust anyone over thirty	English
Don't try to run before you can walk	English
Don't try to walk before you can crawl	English
Don't upset the apple-cart	English
Don't wash your dirty linen in public	English
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom	English
Drowning man will clutch at a straw	English
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise	English
Each to their own	English
Early bird catches the worm	English
East is east, and west is west	English
East, west, home's best	English
Easy come, easy go	English
Easy to be wise after the event	English
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die	English
Empty vessels make the most noise	English
End justifies the means	English
English are a nation of shopkeepers	English
Englishman's home is his castlen	English
Enough is as good as a feast	English
Enough is enough	English
Even a worm will turn	English
Every cloud has a silver lining	English
Every dog has its day	English
Every little helps	English
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost	English
Every man has his price	English
Every picture tells a story	English
Every stick has two ends	English
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die	English
Everything comes to him who waits	English
Exception which proves the rule	English
Eye for an eye, a tooth for a toothn	English
Failing to plan is planning to fail	English
Faint heart never won fair lady	English
Fair exchange is no robbery	English
Faith will move mountains	English
Familiarity breeds contempt	English
Fat is in the fire	English
Feed a cold and starve a fever	English
Female of the species is more deadly than the male	English
Fight fire with fire	English
Fight the good fight	English
Finders keepers, losers weepers	English
Fine words butter no parsnips	English
Fire is a good servant but a bad master	English
First come, first served	English
First impressions are the most lasting	English
First things first	English
Fish always stink from the head down	English
Fish and guests smell after three days	English
Flattery will get you nowhere	English
Fool and his money are soon parted	English
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread	English
For everything there is a season	English
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost	English
Forewarned is forearmed	English
Forgive and forget	English
Fortune favours the brave	English
Friend in need is a friend indeed	English
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step	English
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains	English
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration	English
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day...	English
Give a dog a bad name and hang him	English
Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself	English
Give credit where credit is due	English
Give the Devil his due	English
Go the extra mile	English
God helps those who help themselves	English
Goes without saying - It	English
Golden key can open any door	English
Good beginning makes a good ending	English
Good die young	English
Good fences make good neighbours	English
Good man is hard to find	English
Good talk saves the food	English
Good things come in small packages	English
Good things come to those that wait	English
Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence	English
Great minds think alike	English
Great oaks from little acorns grow	English
Half a loaf is better than no bread	English
Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world	English
Handsome is as handsome does	English
Hard cases make bad law	English
Hard work never did anyone any harm	English
Haste makes waste	English
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing	English
He who can does, he who cannot, teaches	English
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day	English
He who hesitates is lost	English
He who laughs last laughs longest	English
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword	English
He who pays the piper calls the tune	English
He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon	English
Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak' all, keep all, gie nowt, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen	English
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned	English
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty	English
History repeats itself	English
Hold with the hare and run with the hounds - You can't	English
Home is where the heart is	English
Honesty is the best policy	English
Honey catches more flies than vinegar	English
Honour among thievesre's	English
Hope springs eternal	English
Horses for courses	English
House divided against itself cannot stand	English
House is not a home	English
Husband is always the last to know	English
If anything can go wrong, it will	English
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well	English
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again	English
If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings	English
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers	English
If it ain't broke, don't fix it	English
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade	English
If the cap fits, wear it	English
If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain	English
If the shoe fits, wear it	English
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride	English
If you build it they will come	English
If you can't be good, be careful	English
If you can't beat em, join em	English
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen	English
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas	English
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys	English
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself	English
Ignorance is bliss	English
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery	English
In for a penny, in for a pound	English
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king	English
In the midst of life we are in death	English
Into every life a little rain must fall	English
It ain't over till the fat lady sings	English
It goes without saying	English
It never rains but it pours	English
It takes a thief to catch a thief	English
It takes all sorts to make a world	English
It takes one to know one	English
It takes two to tango	English
It's all grist to the mill	English
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good	English
It's best to be on the safe side	English
It's better to give than to receive	English
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all	English
It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness	English
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive	English
It's easy to be wise after the event	English
It's never too late	English
It's no use crying over spilt milk	English
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted	English
It's the early bird that catches the worm	English
It's the empty can that makes the most noise	English
It's the singer not the song	English
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease	English
Jack of all trades, master of none	English
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today	English
Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step	English
Judge not, that ye be not judged	English
Keep your chin up	English
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer	English
Keep your powder dry	English
Know which side your bread is buttered	English
Labourer is worthy of his hire	English
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone	English
Laughter is the best medicine	English
Law is an ass	English
Least said, soonest mended	English
Leopard cannot change its spots	English
Less is more	English
Let bygones be bygones	English
Let not the sun go down on your wrath	English
Let sleeping dogs lie	English
Let the buyer beware	English
Let the dead bury the dead	English
Let the punishment fit the crime	English
Let well alone	English
Life begins at forty	English
Life is just a bowl of cherries	English
Life is what you make it	English
Life's not all beer and skittles	English
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place	English
Like father, like son	English
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing	English
Little learning is a dangerous thing	English
Little of what you fancy does you good	English
Little pitchers have big ears	English
Little strokes fell great oaks	English
Little things please little minds	English
Live and learn	English
Live and let live	English
Live for today for tomorrow never comes	English
Longest journey starts with a single step	English
Look before you leap	English
Love of money is the root of all evil	English
Love is blind	English
Love makes the world go round	English
Love thy neighbour as thyself	English
Love will find a way	English
Make hay while the sun shines	English
Make haste slowly	English
Make love not war	English
Man does not live by bread alone	English
Man is known by his friends	English
Man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client	English
Manners maketh man	English
Many a good tune played on an old fiddlere's	English
Many a little makes a mickle	English
Many a mickle makes a muckle	English
Many a slip 'twixt cup and lipre's	English
Many a true word is spoken in jest	English
Many are called but few are chosen	English
Many hands make light work	English
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb	English
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers	English
Marriages are made in heaven	English
Marry in haste, repent at leisure	English
Might is right	English
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow	English
Misery loves company	English
Miss is as good as a mile	English
Moderation in all things	English
Monday's child is fair of face	English
Money doesn't grow on trees	English
Money is the root of all evil	English
Money isn't everything	English
Money makes the world go round	English
Money talks	English
More haste, less speed	English
More the merrier	English
More things change, the more they stay the same	English
More ways of killing a cat than choking it with creamre are	English
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast	English
Nature abhors a vacuum	English
Necessity is the mother of invention	English
Needs must when the devil drives	English
Ne'er cast a clout till May be out	English
Never give a sucker an even break	English
Never go to bed on an argument	English
Never judge a book by its cover	English
Never let the sun go down on your anger	English
Never look a gift horse in the mouth	English
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today	English
Never rains but it pours - It	English
Never speak ill of the dead	English
Never tell tales out of school	English
Never too late	English
New broom sweeps clean	English
Nine tailors make a man	English
No accounting for tastesre's	English
No fool like an old foolre's	English
No man can serve two masters	English
No man is an island	English
No names, no pack-drill	English
No news is good news	English
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent	English
No pain, no gain	English
No place like homere's	English
No rest for the wicked	English
No smoke without firere's	English
No such thing as a free lunchre's	English
No such thing as bad publicityre's	English
No time like the presentre's	English
No use crying over spilt milk	English
None so blind as those who will not seere's	English
None so deaf as those who will not hearre's	English
Nothing new under the sun	English
Nothing is certain but death and taxes	English
Nothing succeeds like success	English
Nothing ventured, nothing gained	English
Oil and water don't mix	English
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.	English
Once a thief, always a thief	English
Once bitten, twice shy	English
One good turn deserves another	English
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives	English
One hand washes the other	English
One man's meat is another man's poison	English
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb	English
One law for the rich and another law for the poor	English
One swallow does not make a summer	English
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men	English
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding	English
Only fools and horses work	English
Opera ain't over till the fat lady sings	English
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door	English
Opposites attract	English
Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of curen	English
Out of sight, out of mind	English
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil	English
Patience is a virtue	English
Pearls of wisdom	English
Pen is mightier than sword	English
Penny saved is a penny earned	English
Penny wise and pound foolish	English
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones	English
Person is known by the company he keeps	English
Physician, heal thyself	English
Picture paints a thousand words	English
Place for everything and everything in its place	English
Poor workman always blames his tools	English
Possession is nine points of the law	English
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely	English
Practice makes perfect	English
Practice what you preach	English
Prevention is better than cure	English
Price of liberty is eternal vigilance	English
Pride comes before a fall	English
Procrastination is the thief of time	English
Problem shared is a problem halved	English
Proof of the pudding is in the eating	English
Prophet is not recognized in his own land	English
Put the cart before the horse	English
Put your best foot forward	English
Put your best foot forward	English
Put your shoulder to the wheel	English
Quid pro quo	English
Rain before seven, fine before eleven	English
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning	English
Revenge is a dish best served cold	English
Revenge is sweet	English
Rising tide lifts all boats	English
Road to hell is paved with good intentions	English
Rob Peter to pay Paul	English
Rolling stone gathers no moss	English
Rome wasn't built in a day	English
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day	English
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil	English
Seeing is believing	English
Seek and you shall find	English
Set a thief to catch a thief	English
Share and share alike	English
Shoemaker's son always goes barefoot	English
Shrouds have no pockets	English
Silence is golden	English
Slow but sure	English
Soft answer turneth away wrath	English
Softly, softly, catchee monkey	English
Spare the rod and spoil the child	English
Speak as you find	English
Speak softly and carry a big stick	English
Squeaky wheel gets the grease	English
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me	English
Still waters run deep	English
Stitch in time saves nine	English
Strike while the iron is hot	English
Stupid is as stupid does	English
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan	English
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves	English
Takes a thief to catch a thief - It	English
Takes all sorts to make a world - It	English
Takes one to know one - It	English
Talk is cheap	English
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear	English
Tell the truth and shame the Devil	English
That which does not kill us makes us stronger	English
The age of miracles is past	English
The apple never falls far from the tree	English
The best defense is a good offence	English
The best is the enemy of the good	English
The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley	English
The best things in life are free	English
The bigger, the better	English
The bigger they are, the harder they fall	English
The bottom line is the bottom line	English
The boy is father to the man	English
The bread always falls buttered side down	English
The child is father to the man	English
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes	English
The course of true love never did run smooth	English
The customer is always right	English
The darkest hour is just before the dawn	English
The Devil has all the best tunes	English
The Devil is in the details	English
The Devil looks after his own	English
The Devil makes work for idle hands to do	English
The Devil take the hindmost	English
The early bird catches the worm	English
The empty can that makes the most noise	English
The end justifies the means	English
The English are a nation of shopkeepers	English
The exception which proves the rule	English
The fat is in the fire	English
The female of the species is more deadly than the male	English
The good die young	English
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence	English
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world	English
The husband is always the last to know	English
The labourer is worthy of his hire	English
The law is an ass	English
The leopard does not change his spots	English
The longest journey starts with a single step	English
The more the merrier	English
The more things change, the more they stay the same	English
The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings	English
The pen is mightier than sword	English
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance	English
The proof of the pudding is in the eating	English
The road to hell is paved with good intentions	English
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot	English
The singer not the song	English
The squeaky wheel that gets the grease	English
The truth will out	English
The wages of sin is death	English
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach	English
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts	English
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream	English
There are none so blind as those, that will not see	English
There are two sides to every question	English
There but for the grace of God, go I	English
There's a time and a place for everything	English
There's an exception to every rule	English
There's always more fish in the sea	English
There's honour among thieves	English
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle	English
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip	English
There's more than one way to skin a cat	English
There's no accounting for tastes	English
There's no fool like an old fool	English
There's no place like home	English
There's no smoke without fire	English
There's no such thing as a free lunch	English
There's no such thing as bad publicity	English
There's no time like the present	English
There's none so blind as those who will not see	English
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear	English
There's nowt so queer as folk	English
There's one born every minute	English
There's one law for the rich and another law for the poor	English
There's safety in numbers	English
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind	English
Thing of beauty is a joy forever	English
Third time lucky	English
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it	English
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones	English
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas	English
Trouble shared is a trouble halved	English
Thou shalt not kill	English
Time and tide wait for no man	English
Time flies	English
Time is a great healer	English
Time is money	English
Time will tell	English
tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all	English
To err is human; to forgive divine	English
To every thing there is a season	English
To the victor go the spoils	English
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive	English
Tomorrow is another day	English
Tomorrow never comes	English
Too many cooks spoil the broth	English
Truth is stranger than fiction	English
Truth will out	English
Two blacks don't make a white	English
Two heads are better than one	English
Two is company, but three's a crowd	English
Two sides to every questionre are	English
Two wrongs don't make a right	English
Variety is the spice of life	English
Virtue is its own reward	English
Volunteer is worth twenty pressed men	English
Wages of sin is death	English
Walls have ears	English
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs	English
Waste not want not	English
Watched pot never boils	English
Way to a man's heart is through his stomach	English
What can't be cured must be endured	English
What goes up must come down	English
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts	English
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander	English
When in Rome, do as the Romans do	English
When the cat's away the mice will play	English
When the going gets tough, the tough get going	English
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak	English
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over	English
Where there's a will there's a way	English
Where there's muck there's brass	English
Wherever you wander, there's no place like home	English
While there's life there's hope	English
Whole is greater than the sum of the parts	English
Whom the Gods love die young	English
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?	English
Woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke	English
Woman's place is in the home	English
Woman's work is never done	English
Women and children first	English
Wonders will never cease	English
Word to the wise is enough	English
Work expands so as to fill the time available	English
Worrying never did anyone any good	English
You are never too old to learn	English
You are what you eat	English
You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar	English
You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family	English
You can have too much of a good thing	English
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink	English
You can't have your cake and eat it too	English
You can't get blood out of a stone	English
You can't get blood out of a turnip	English
You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds	English
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear	English
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs	English
You can't make bricks without straw	English
You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds	English
You can't take it with you [when you die]	English
You can't teach an old dog new tricks	English
You can't judge a book by its cover	English
You can't win them all	English
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar	English
You pays your money and you takes your choice	English
You reap what you sow	English
You win some, you lose some	English
Youth is wasted on the young	English
The stone fell on the pitcher? Woe to the pitcher. The pitcher fell on the stone? Woe to the pitcher.	Jewish
In the facades we put on for others we demonstrate our potential; through our children we reveal our reality.	Jewish
When a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick.	Jewish
If you steal from a thief, you also have a taste of it.	Jewish
Rabbi Levitas of Yavneh said: Be exceedingly humble in spirit, for the hope of earthly man is but decay.	Jewish
Let your home be a meeting place for the wise; dust yourself in the soil of their feet, and drink thirstily of their words.	Jewish
Love work, loath mastery over others, and avoid intimacy with the government.	Jewish
Who is wise? He who learns from all men	Jewish
Because you have drowned others, you were drowned - and in the end, those who drowned you will be drowned.	Jewish
Youth is a crown of roses, old age a crown of willows.	Jewish
Youth is a light burden, old age a heavy one.	Jewish
In old men there is no taste, in young no insight.	Jewish
The old lack enthusiasm, the young lack shrewdness.	Jewish
I do not want a shoe larger than my foot.	Jewish
I do not want a husband of higher rank than my own.	Jewish
Don't boast of tomorrow, for you know not what a day will bring.	Jewish
Whoever seeks cake loses his bread.	Jewish
Whoever argues for the sake of argument is a boor.	Jewish
Any home not built for hot days or rains is not a home.	Jewish
Wherever God erects a house of prayer, the Devil always builds a chapel there: and 'twill be found, upon examination, the latter has the largest congregation.	Latin
Whatever advice you give, be short.	Latin
Action taken to put something right is often more unpleasant or damaging than the original problem.	Latin
Be serious in what you do	Latin
If there is something [quid for aliquid] you do (well), carry on, If you do something, do it well	Latin
Somebody who has a very wide range of abilities or skills usually does not excel at any of them.	Latin
For if absurdity be the subject of laughter, doubt you not but great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.	Latin
Those who act boldly or courageously are most likely to succeed.	Latin
It is every man's own fault if he does not take such advice as will be sure to lead him right.	Latin
If you are sufficiently determined to achieve something, then you will find a way of doing so.	Latin
Seize the day.	Latin
Apart from that, I conclude that Carthage must be destroyed	Latin
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.	Latin
There's no arguing about tastes and colors.	Latin
When in trouble first of all every one himself should do his best to improve his condition.	Latin
The best way to conquer or control a group of people is by encouraging them to fight among themselves rather than allowing them to unite in opposition to the ruling authority.	Latin
Things that you must not have or do are always the most desirable.	Latin
Daughters may look and behave like their mothers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily.	Latin
Everything has an underlying reason.	Latin
All contributions, however small, are of use.	Latin
And knowledge itself, is power	Latin
Nothing comes from nothing	Latin
If you would have any thing done for you, you must give something, for people will not serve you for nothing.	Latin
The exception confirms the rule in cases not excepted	Latin
The exception proves the rule.	Latin
People who know they have done wrong reveal their guilt by the things they say or the way they interpret what other people say.	Latin
Drastic action is called for - and justified - when you find yourself in a particularly difficult situation.	Latin
A man's enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God.	Latin
Men believe what they want to.	Latin
Do not trust gifts or favors if they come from an enemy.	Latin
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.	Latin
If you are unsure what to do, it is best to do nothing at all.	Latin
When in doubt, in favour of the accused.	Latin
In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity .	Latin
Children are bound to cause their parents anxiety, and may or may not also bring them joy.	Latin
Every man I meet is in some way my superior; and in that I can learn of him.	Latin
As to the quantity of absolute truth in a thought: it seems to me the more comprehensive and unobjectionable a thought becomes, the more clumsy and unexciting it gets. I like half-truths of a certain kind â?? they are interesting and they stimulate.	Latin
Be strong, young man! Through this way one gets to the stars.	Latin
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.	Latin
It is as impossible that a system radically erroneous, once commenced, should end well, as it is that a mathematical problem, commenced wrong, should come out right.	Latin
Necessity is the mother of invention	Latin
One owes the greatest possible care for the child	Latin
The doctor cares [for his patient], nature heals [him]. or Doctor cures, nature saves	Latin
Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.	Latin
Liars must remember the untruths they have told, to avoid contradicting themselves at some later date.	Latin
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.	Latin
Minds once cowed are prone to superstition.	Latin
Woman is man's ruin.	Latin
Much ado about nothing.	Latin
Nothing too much, moderation in all thing	Latin
Work and play they're never okay to mix.	Latin
Jimmy Eat World taken from their song Work.	Latin
An uneducated man cannot judge of the attainments of the learned.	Latin
No one is a judge in his own case.	Latin
You know not what night-fall may bring.	Latin
It [money] doesn't smell	Latin
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, but because we do not dare, things are difficult.	Latin
We learn not for school but for life.	Latin
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.	Latin
It will not always be summer.	Latin
In private animosities and verbal contentions, where angry passions are apt to rise, and irritating, if not profane expressions are often made use of, as we sometimes see to be the case, not only among neighbors, but in families, between husbands and wives, or parents and children, or the children themselves and other members of the household, - the least said, the better in general. By multiplying words, cases often grow worse instead of better.	Latin
All things (in rome) have their price. Original omnia Romae cum pretio	Latin
No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.	Latin
Friendship ... flourishes not so much by kindnesses as by sincerity.	Latin
Punishment comes limping.	Latin
Hesitation or procastination may lead to trouble or disaster.	Latin
A beard doesn't make a philosopher.	Latin
The educated don't get that way by memorizing facts; they get that way by respecting them.	Latin
Small organizations or insignificant people tend to be swallowed up or destroyed by those that are greater and more powerful.	Latin
After dinner, rest a while, after supper walk a mile.	Latin
Better late then never	Latin
New brooms sweep clean.	Latin
The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of the ruler.	Latin
Whom the gods love dies young while he is full of health, perception and judgement.	Latin
Those who have ears to hear, hear!	Latin
Take advantage of an opportunity when it presents itself, even if you do not want or need it at the time, because it may no longer be available when you do.	Latin
He who does not go forward, loses ground. or He who does not accomplish anything, is a failure/has shortcomings.	Latin
He who speaks for the innocent is eloquent enough.	Latin
He who transplanted still sustains.	Latin
Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.	Latin
Don't move settled things	Latin
Who will watch the watchers themselves? or Who will guard the guardians themselves?	Latin
Repetition is useful, or Repeating things helps.	Latin
Ideally, our rules should be formed in such a fashion that an ordinary helpful kind thoughtful person doesn't really even need to know the rules. You just get to work, do something fun, and nobody hassles you as long as you are being thoughtful and kind.	Latin
A Wise Man Is Limited By The Stars	Latin
Nobody can fully understand another person's hardship or suffering.	Latin
Greatness from Small Beginnings.	Latin
During war, laws are silent.	Latin
Every man loves well what is like to himself.	Latin
If you want peace, prepare for war.	Latin
If you want peace, prepare justice.	Latin
Laws are silent in times of war	Latin
A golden bit does not make the horse any better.	Latin
More law, less justice.	Latin
Works are harder than words.	Latin
Easier said than done.	Latin
Boys are boys and boys will act like boys.	Latin
Cobbler, no further than the sandal!	Latin
For those who come late, only the bones.	Latin
We should not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. Instead we should make plans fit the circumstances.	Latin
Save time!	Latin
Meanwhile the irreplaceable time flees	Latin
Time flees, eternity dwells.	Latin
Time flees, love stays	Latin
The cause of fear is ignorance.	Latin
Three makes a company.	Latin
Take up and read; take up and read!	Latin
It also concerns you when the nearest wall is burning.	Latin
Where one feels good, there is one's country.	Latin
Where there is harmony, there is victory.	Latin
Where there is doubt, there is freedom. legal, meaning when in doubt the prisoner has to be freed.	Latin
Where there's smoke, there's fire.	Latin
Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl.	Latin
Spread your risks or investments so that if one enterprise fails you will not lose everything.	Latin
One swallow doesn't make spring	Latin
Experience is the best teacher.	Latin
Be amiable, then you'll be loved.	Latin
Even if the powers are missing, the will deserves praise	Latin
You'll reap what you sow.	Latin
That your sleeping hour be peaceful, let your dining hour be brief!	Latin
Beautiful women and wine are sweet venom.	Latin
Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows. Let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.	Latin
Children observe daily and â?? in their behaviour â?? often follow the example of their parents.	Latin
It is wiser to withdraw from a situation that you cannot win than to go on fighting and lose - by a strategic retreat you can return to the battle or argument with renewed energy at a later date.	Latin
If others are allowed to, that does not mean you are.	Latin
Don't you know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?	Latin
Someone in all, is nothing in one.	Latin
Yet it comes from urine.	Latin
Authority, not truth, makes law.	Latin
Fortune favors the brave.	Latin
Fortune favors the bold.	Latin
Hear, see, be silent, if you wish to live (in peace).	Latin
I'll either find a way or make one.	Latin
English fear the man of one book.	Latin
The corruption of the best is the worst of all.	Latin
The greater the degeneration of the republic, the more of its laws.	Latin
There is no disputing about tastes.	Latin
Celebrate the day when it is evening.	Latin
Gods help those who do.	Latin
The rich man is the one who thinks to himself that nothing was lacking.	Latin
Divide and govern [or conquer].	Latin
We learn by teaching.	Latin
Lead by Example.	Latin
Sweet is the apple when the keeper is away.	Latin
If you want to beat a dog you will easily find a stick.	Latin
When the belly is full, the head is pleased.	Latin
While we live, let us live!	Latin
While there is life, there is hope.	Latin
Make haste slowly.	Latin
Trust no one.	Latin
The end hangs on the beginning.	Latin
Fortune favors the brave.	Latin
History is the tutor of life.	Latin
What's to me today, tomorrow to you.	Latin
Man proposes but God disposes.	Latin
Honor follows the fleeing.	Latin
Gifts of enemies are no gifts.	Latin
Ignorance of the law is no excuse.	Latin
To rule yourself is the ultimate power.	Latin
When in doubt, abstain.	Latin
Hasty judgments are criminal.	Latin
No one should be the judge in his own trial.	Latin
There is truth in vine.	Latin
Idiomatic and literal There is no little enemy.	Latin
Literal The wise man must fear a humble enemy.	Latin
Children bring with them countless cares.	Latin
Truth is hidden, but nothing is more beautiful than the truth	Latin
You are lending light to the sun.	Latin
Weeds grow fast.	Latin
Bad beginnings lead to bad results.	Latin
It is a bad plan that cannot be changed.	Latin
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.	Latin
One hand washes the other.	Latin
Remember that you are going to die.	Latin
It is a wretched fate which is absent enemies.	Latin
The world desires to be deceived; therefore it is.	Latin
Expect nothing from friends, do what you can do yourself.	Latin
We receive nothing with so much reluctance as instruction.	Latin
It is easy to do harm, difficult to do good.	Latin
We are not born for ourselves alone	Latin
A fool does not need any bells.	Latin
No punishment without a law.	Latin
No rule without exception.	Latin
Eyes are the index of the mind.	Latin
He who applies himself to all things, knows all things.	Latin
Medicine is the noblest of all arts.	Latin
Rest is the best medicine.	Latin
Agreements must be honoured.	Latin
A prompt refusal has in part the grace of a favour granted.	Latin
Peace is better than the most just war.	Latin
There's danger in delay.	Latin
Further Beyond, Spanish Motto.	Latin
The large fishes eats the small ones.	Latin
Forewarned (is) forearmed	Latin
Milk today, for what you are aiming for is fleeing.	Latin
Provided common, commonly true.	Latin
Like king, like people.	Latin
What pay, such work.	Latin
How well you live makes a difference, not how long.	Latin
As much as needed, enough.	Latin
Whom the gods hated, they made them pedagogues	Latin
Who watches the watchmen?	Latin
He who sleeps does not sin	Latin
He who is not ready today, will be less so tomorrow.	Latin
He who dares wins.	Latin
He who has much desires more.	Latin
(One) who asks, doesn't err.	Latin
Who writes, reads twice.	Latin
Who is silent, when he ought to and might have spoken, is seen to agree.	Latin
He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much.	Latin
Whatever you do, may you do it prudently, and look to the end!	Latin
Whatever you learn, you learn it for yourself.	Latin
What is asserted gratuitously may be denied gratuitously.	Latin
That which harms, often teaches	Latin
Stick to the subject and the words will follow.	Latin
Repetition is the mother of study.	Latin
Rome wasn't built in a day.	Latin
The well-being of the patient is the most important law.	Latin
Dare to be wise.	Latin
A wise (man) will rule (or possibly, be ruled by) the stars.	Latin
A wise man takes everything he owns with himself.	Latin
Wisdom is power.	Latin
Knowledge has no enemies but the ignorant.	Latin
Senators are good men, however Senate is a malicious animal	Latin
The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.	Latin
A serpent, if it does not devour a serpent, does not become a dragon.	Latin
If you are in Rome, live in the Roman way, if you are somewhere else, live like there.	Latin
To each its own is beautiful.	Latin
Times should be adapted to.	Latin
Do not commit all to one boat.	Latin
For one reprimand, a hundred corrections.	Latin
Words instruct, illustrations lead.	Latin
Truth creates hatred.	Latin
The truth will set you free.	Latin
Time discloses the truth.	Latin
Truth conquers all.	Latin
It is to live twice to be able to enjoy the retrospect of your past life.	Latin
Virtue survives the grave.	Latin
Where god has a church the devil will have his chapel.	Latin
Conceal not the truth from thy physician and lawyer.	Latin
Out of sight, out of mind.	Latin
Deep calls to deep.	Latin
Sparing is the first gaining.	Latin
Gluttony kills more than the sword.	Latin
The remedy is often worse than the disease; Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.	Latin
As long as there is life there is hope.	Latin
Crooked logs make straight fires.	Latin
Bloom where you are planted.	Latin
Jack of all trades, master of none; Jack of all trades begs bread on Sundays.	Latin
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.	Latin
Better fed than taught.	Latin
Fortune favours the bold.	Latin
Those who wish to live in peace, must hear, see, and say nothing.	Latin
Where there's a will, there's a way.	Latin
Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off.	Latin
A disease known is half cured.	Latin
He gives twice, who gives in a trice.	Latin
Short prayers reach heaven.	Latin
Gray hairs are honorable.	Latin
Virtue which parleys is near a surrender.	Latin
Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.	Latin
Early ripe, early rotten.	Latin
Second thoughts are best; We shall lose nothing by waiting.	Latin
He that will not be counseled cannot be helped.	Latin
Old habits die hard.	Latin
Old habits die hard.	Latin
Pride comes before fall.	Latin
Though thou hast ever so many counsellors, yet do not forsake the counsel of thy own soul.	Latin
He that lives on hope dances without music.	Latin
Fake it till you make it.	Latin
When the head is sick, the whole body is sick.	Latin
He wrongfully blames the sea who suffers shipwreck twice.	Latin
Fretting cares make grey hairs.	Latin
Nature is beyond all teaching.	Latin
There is no accounting for taste.	Latin
Whom God will destroy, he first make mad.	Latin
True love never grows old.	Latin
God helps them that help themselves.	Latin
No one gets rich quickly if he is honest.	Latin
Wealth rarely brings happiness.	Latin
Divide and conquer.	Latin
Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if the one fails, the other may hold.	Latin
Forbidden fruit is sweetest.	Latin
The sweetest flesh is near the bones.	Latin
Full stomach, contented heart.	Latin
Like mother, like daughter.	Latin
Every why has a wherefore.	Latin
Whatever measure you deal out to others will be dealt back to you.	Latin
Every little helps.	Latin
Good laws have sprung from bad customs.	Latin
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.	Latin
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.	Latin
While the grass grows the steed starves.	Latin
No need of words, trust deeds.	Latin
More speed less haste.	Latin
Confidence begets confidence.	Latin
Such a beginning, such an end.	Latin
All that is fair must fade.	Latin
Honesty is the best policy.	Latin
Appearances deceive.	Latin
The dogs bark but the caravan passes on.	Latin
Forgive and forget.	Latin
The door swings both ways; What goes around comes around.	Latin
Each dog has his day.	Latin
Follow glory and it will flee, flee glory and it will follow thee.	Latin
Good blood always shows itself.	Latin
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.	Latin
He complains wrongfully at the sea that suffer shipwreck twice.	Latin
A good anvil does not fear the hammer.	Latin
When in doubt, leave it out.	Latin
Hasty judgment leads to repentance.	Latin
The covetous man is good to none and worst to himself.	Latin
No one can be the judge in his own case.	Latin
A fool is ever laughing.	Latin
In wine there is truth.	Latin
Children are uncertain comforts but certain cares.	Latin
They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young.	Latin
Don't go between the tree and the bark.	Latin
A fool may give a wise man counsel.	Latin
Envy is its own torturer.	Latin
Example is better than precept.	Latin
A problem shared is a problem halved.	Latin
Shame take him that shame thinketh.	Latin
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.	Latin
Every cloud has its silver lining.	Latin
A good name is the best of all treasures.	Latin
A liar should have a good memory.	Latin
His own desire leads every man.	Latin
Proffered service stinks.	Latin
If you have no enemies it is a sign that fortune has forgotten you; People throw stones only at trees with fruit on them.	Latin
Great cry and little wool.	Latin
The world wants to be taken in.	Latin
Beggars canâ??t be choosers.	Latin
For what thou canst do thyself, rely not on another.	Latin
A blind man should not judge of colours.	Latin
Who has not served cannot command.	Latin
Advice most needed is the least heeded.	Latin
Fine feathers make fine birds.	Latin
Take counsel of one's pillow.	Latin
Do not judge others by your own yardstick.	Latin
Drumming is not the way to catch a hare.	Latin
A tongue of a fool carves a piece of his heart to all that sit near him.	Latin
Least said, soonest mended.	Latin
No book was so bad, but some good might be got out of it.	Latin
When the pig is proffered, hold up the poke.	Latin
Take heed of enemies reconciled and of meat twice boiled.	Latin
The eye looks but it is the mind that sees.	Latin
All is fish that comes to net.	Latin
Grey hairs are honorable.	Latin
Poets are born, but orators are trained.	Latin
Good swimmers are often drowned.	Latin
Idle hands are the devils playthings.	Latin
Punishment is lame, but it comes.	Latin
Delays are dangerous.	Latin
One today is worth two tomorrows.	Latin
Prevention is better than cure.	Latin
Forewarned, forearmed.	Latin
Common fame is often to blame.	Latin
You get what you pay for.	Latin
Nature gave us two ears and one mouth.	Latin
He that will not when he may, when he will he may have nay.	Latin
Love me, love my dog.	Latin
Don't have too many irons in the fire.	Latin
He who does not advance goes backwards.	Latin
First come, first served.	Latin
The only stupid question is the one not asked.	Latin
He that steals an egg will steal an ox.	Latin
Whatever you do, act wisely, and consider the end.	Latin
What does not kill you makes you stronger.	Latin
Opportunity knocks only once.	Latin
A good mind possess a kingdom.	Latin
You can't take it with you.	Latin
Men talk only to conceal the mind.	Latin
Men leap over where the hedge is lower.	Latin
If fortune favours, beware of being exalted; if fortune thunders, beware of being overwhelmed.	Latin
When in Rome, do as the Romans.	Latin
No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it.	Latin
Like will to like.	Latin
Give neither salt nor counsel till you are asked for it.	Latin
Every man thinks his own geese swans.	Latin
Boys will be boys.	Latin
The bird loves her own nest.	Latin
Take things as you find them.	Latin
Time and tide waits for none.	Latin
What goes around comes around.	Latin
Don't put all your eggs in the same basket.	Latin
What you reap is what you sow.	Latin
Variety is the spice of life.	Latin
Empty vessels make the greatest sound.	Latin
It is not the hen that cackles the most that lay the most eggs.	Latin
Go with the flow.	Latin
Paper is forbearing.	Latin
The apple does not fall far from the tree.	Latin
Persevere and never fear.	Latin
Look before you leap, for snakes among sweet flowers do creep.	Latin
He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.	Latin
Don't celebrate until you are 100% sure there is a reason to do so.; Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.	Latin
When in trouble first of all every one himself should do his best to improve his condition.	Latin
Dreams or expectations may be realized too late.	Latin
The outcome of things depends on how they start.	Latin
Nothing lasts forever.	Latin
Being honest or telling the truth is always the wisest course of action.	Latin
Things often don't turn out as you have planned.	Latin
A quick evaluation is a terrible evaluation.	Latin
Alcohol consumed removes the inhibition against telling the truth that occasionally one would like to keep secret.	Latin
Do not interfere when two parts are having an argument.	Latin
If you are mad, count to twenty.	Latin
Don't expect anyone to change his ways by scolding him.	Latin
Each one of us carries a responsibility for the whole world.	Latin
You might typically get something good out of an overall faulty book, especially a non fictional one, such as sound advice or anecdotes to tell others.	Latin
Your former enemies might cunningly take revenge on you just out of spite.; Trust not a reconciled enemy more than an open foe.	Latin
Some things can be improved by training, others require innate talent.	Latin
Beware of letting your competence lead you into overconfidence.	Latin
Precaution is infinitely better than remedial measures.	Latin
A general disrepute is often true.	Latin
Newcomers are the most ambitious.	Latin
If you love someone, you will virtually like everything about him.	Latin
Unpleasant experiences will make you wiser.	Latin
Always do things in a way that requires the absolut least amount of labor.	Latin
An ugly thing will remain ugly even if its appeareance is taken care of.	Latin
Good acts quite often reward themselves. Conversely, bad acts quite often punish themselves.	Latin
Where there are the signs of something, something is there.	Latin
You will become like the people you surround yourself with.	Latin
A solitary event is no indication that a major change is taking place.	Latin
The necessity teaches a naked woman how to spin.	Norse
There seldom is a single wave.	Norse
A bad rower blames the oar.	Norse
Bare is the back of a brotherless man.	Norse
A burnt child keeps away from fire.	Norse
Mild physician - putrid wounds.	Norse
You will reach your destination even though you travel slowly.	Norse
Only dead fish follow the stream.	Norse
It is darkest before dawn.	Norse
Alone is strong (You can accomplish a lot on your own).	Norse
No trees grow to the sky (Nothing lasts forever).	Norse
The later in the evening, the more beautiful the people.	Norse
There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.	Norse
What is hidden in snow, is revealed at thaw.	Norse
A fair wind at our back is best.	Norse
Too clean has no taste.	Norse
One should listen when an old dog barks.	Norse
Old love does not corrode.	Norse
Merely book makes none wise.	Norse
Boatless man is tied to the land.	Norse
The maniacs have many funny hours that the sane guy does not have.	Norse
One must howl with the wolves one is among.	Norse
Barking dogs seldom bite.	Norse
You have to learn to crawl before you can walk.	Norse
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.	Norse
If you want to beat a dog you will easily find a stick.	Norse
Time runs like the river current.	Norse
A farm of your own is better, even if small. Everyoneâ??s someone at home. Though he has two goats and a coarsely roofed house, that is better than begging.	Norse
Where you recognise evil, speak out against it, and give no truces to your enemies.	Norse
Thou should never sleep in the arms of a sorceress, lest she lock thy limbs.	Norse
From his weapons on the open road, no man should step one pace away.	Norse
Praise day at even, a wife when dead, a weapon when tried, a maid when married, ice when â??tis crossed, and ale when â??tis drunk.	Norse
Even three words of quarrelling you shouldnâ??t have with an inferior.	Norse
The foolish man thinks he will live forever if he keeps away from fighting; but old age wonâ??t grant him a truce, even if the spears do.	Norse
Cattle die, kinsmen die; the self must also die. I know one thing which never dies: the reputation of each dead man.	Norse
About his intelligence no man should be boastful, rather cautious of mind; when a wise and silent man comes to a homestead blame seldom befalls the wary; for no more dependable friend can a man every get than a store of common sense.	Norse
The cowardly man thinks heâ??ll live for ever, if he keeps away from fighting; but old age wonâ??t grant him a truce even is spears spare him.	Norse
The unwise man is awake all night, and ponders everything over; when morning comes he is weary in mind, and all is a burden as ever.	Norse
A guest must depart again on his way, nor stay in the same place ever; if he bide too long on anotherâ??s bench the loved one soon becomes loathed.	Norse
Praise day at even, a wife when dead, a weapon when tried, a maid when married, ice when â??tis crossed, and ale when â??tis drunk.	Norse
Never reproach another for his love: it happens often enough that beauty ensnares with desire the wise while the foolish remain unmoved.	Norse
Affection is mutual when men can open all their heart to each other: he whose words are always fair is untrue and not to be trusted.	Norse
Let none put faith in the first sown fruit nor yet in his son too soon; whim rules the child, and weather the field, each is open to chance.	Norse
If aware that another is wicked, say so: make no truce or treaty with foes.	Norse
All the doorways, before one enters, should be looked around, should be spied out; it canâ??t be known for certain where enemies are sitting in the hall ahead.	Norse
Artisanal pots boil (things) more thickly	Russian
Ahal by dyadya, na sebya glyadya.	Russian
It is easier for the mare when a woman is off the cart...	Russian
Granny (told fortunes and) said two things (- it will either rain or snow; it either will or will not).	Russian
Trouble never comes alone.	Russian
Without a cat, mice feel free.	Russian
Without effort, you can't even pull a fish out of the pond.	Russian
Take care of clothes from new, take care of your honor from when you are young.	Russian
God keeps those safe who keep themselves safe.	Russian
If all of us take hold of it together, it won't feel heavy.	Russian
Good will and welcome are the best cheer	Russian
Your elbow is close, yet you can't bite it.	Russian
God gave, God took back.	Russian
God likes trinity.	Russian
A chatterbox is a treasure for a spy.	Russian
For a big ship, a big voyage.	Russian
There'll be a holiday in our street too.	Russian
Paper will endure anything.	Russian
Paper has no soul - you can put anything on it.	Russian
There was - there wasn't.	Russian
Blame it on the Grey (folk name of wolf), it'll bear anything.	Russian
With your mouth it would be good to drink mead (sweet alcoholic beverage made out of fermented honey).	Russian
Visiting is good, but home is better.	Russian
When it's raining one won't fix the roof of the cottage, and when it's clear and sunny the roof isn't leaking.	Russian
Live for a century - learn for a century.	Russian
Big in body, but small in deeds.	Russian
The bird is known by its flight.	Russian
The eye can see it, but the tooth can't bite it.	Russian
Wine causes guilt.	Russian
There is no truth in feet.	Russian
Wolf feeds on his feet.	Russian
Wolf in sheep's pelt.	Russian
Just because one fears wolves, is one not to go into the woods?	Russian
The raven won't peck out the eye of another raven.	Russian
That's where the dog is buried	Russian
Time makes the best healer.	Russian
No family has no ugly member.	Russian
All is well that ends well.	Russian
Every sandpiper praises his own swamp.	Russian
Every vegetable has its time.	Russian
Every cricket must know its hearth	Russian
In a crush, yet without resentment.	Russian
(Do not come) to Tula with your own samovar.	Russian
No-one goes to another monastery with their own charter.	Russian
In another person's eye one can notice even a mote, but in one's own, cannot see even a log.	Russian
It will snap where it is thinnest.	Russian
It worked on paper, but we've forgotten about ravines (and we'll have to march them ).	Russian
The eyes are (might be) afraid, but the hands are doing the job .	Russian
They say they milk chickens.	Russian
Hunger is not your aunt, it will not bring you a pie.	Russian
One doesn't shear naked sheep.	Russian
Poor people are crafty.	Russian
Only grave will cure the hunchback.	Russian
Unless thunder strikes, a man won't cross himself.	Russian
A goose is not a pig's friend.	Russian
Give him a fingernail, he will ask for the forearm.	Russian
Don't look at the teeth of a horse you've been given.	Russian
If given - take it; if beaten - run away.	Russian
Two deaths will not happen, but one is inevitable.	Russian
To divide the pelt of a bear not yet killed.	Russian
Work is afraid of a skilled worker.	Russian
Good brotherhood is the best wealth.	Russian
Even a cat appreciates kind word s.	Russian
Debt is beautiful only after it is repaid.	Russian
When you are at home, even the walls help you.	Russian
A spring egg is dear at the Easter day.	Russian
Friendship is friendship but service is service.	Russian
Friendship is friendship, but keep our tobacco (money) apart.	Russian
You get to really know your friend when trouble comes.	Russian
There is no law written for fools ( if it is written it's not read, if it is read it's not understood, if it is understood, in the wrong way).	Russian
If the fool ties a knot, even a clever person can't untie it.	Russian
Fools are not sown or reaped, they appear by themselves.	Russian
If you take a day trip, take a week's supply of bread.	Russian
The?/we Ate and drank and make merry. Then they/we counted and shed tears.	Russian
If and when mushrooms (beans) grew in the mouth(, that would have been not mouth but kitchen garden).	Russian
If only youth would know, if only old age were able.	Russian
Living your life is not like crossing a meadow.	Russian
Forbidden fruit is sweet.	Russian
Law is like the shaft of a cart, it points wherever you turn it.	Russian
Alt. The law is like a shaft, no matter the way you turn it, you're shafted.	Russian
If you make a fool pray to God, he will hurt (both his) forehead (and other people's toes).	Russian
What you go looking for, you will find.	Russian
Whatever we, they fought for is what we, they impaled ourselves, themselves upon.	Russian
I sell it for what I bought it (, if you don't like it, don't listen, but don't hamper my lying/telling).	Russian
The cat knows whose meat it has eaten.	Russian
The wolves are sated, and the sheep are intact.	Russian
They choose lesser of two evils.	Russian
From fire to flame.	Russian
You cannot throw a word out of a song.	Russian
Extinguish the spark before the the house is on fire, deflect the trouble before its strike.	Russian
You can bend an alder-tree, if you do it gradually.	Russian
Look for wind in a field.	Russian
Even one matters in the battlefield.	Russian
How echo is prompted, it will bounce back.	Russian
One can't spoil porridge with butter.	Russian
They use a wedge to knock out a wedge.	Russian
If the claw is stuck, the whole bird is lost.	Russian
Beware of the goat from its front side, of the horse - from its back side, and the evil man - from any side.	Russian
A horse has four legs, but still stumbles.	Russian
Don't swap horses when crossing the stream.	Russian
A kopeck saves the rouble (, and the rouble guards your head).	Russian
Where goes a horse with its hoof, there goes a crayfish with its pincer.	Russian
Strike while the iron is hot.	Russian
Smeshnoi ruski eto krytoi ruski A funny russian is a cool russian Perestroika, as it wasn't believed at the time that they will last)	Russian
The affectionate calf sucks udders of two cows.	Russian
You cannot break a wall with your forehead.	Russian
One shouldn't beat the one who fell.	Russian
When wood is chopped, woodchips will fly.	Russian
Beginning is the big trouble.	Russian
A spoonful of tar spoils a barrel of honey.	Russian
It's better to see once than hear a hundred times.	Russian
Better late than never.	Russian
love's evil, you'll love even a goat.	Russian
Husband travels to the city of Tver - wife goes out the door	Russian
He is brave when fighting against sheep, and when fighting against a brave man he's a sheep himself.	Russian
He makes the bed soft, yet it's hard to sleep on.	Russian
Don't look for trouble - trouble will find you by itself.	Russian
Don't make an elephant out of a fly.	Russian
On a fishing lull, even a crayfish is fish, at the lack of people even a lazybones is a man.	Russian
Hope for God, but do not be reliant.	Russian
On the belly there is silk, but in the belly - just a click.	Russian
There are no friends in tastes and colours.	Russian
A thief's hat burns.	Russian
You cannot please everybody.	Russian
Any wise man has enough of simplicity.	Russian
If you called yourself a milk-mushroom - get into the basket!	Russian
There is no example for an unjust court.	Russian
Prey runs into a trapper.	Russian
With company, even death loses its sting.	Russian
The pike in the sea is there to make the crucian to stay alert.	Russian
Don't open your mouth to eat other people's bread.	Russian
The scythe has hit a stone.	Russian
On the tongue there's honey, and on the heart there's ice.	Russian
It's not gods who make pots.	Russian
Don't be afraid of the dog who barks, but be afraid of the one, who is silent and wags its tail.	Russian
I would have had no luck, if not for misfortune.	Russian
The woman had no trouble, so she bought a piglet.	Russian
Not every day is a Shrovetide, in time it will be a Lent.	Russian
Not every glittering thing is gold.	Russian
Don't say hop, until you jumped over	Russian
The wolf is beaten not for being grey, but for having eaten a sheep.	Russian
Don't wade into a river without knowing a ford.	Russian
Don't have a friend who always agrees with you, but have a friend who argues with you.	Russian
Not the place adorns the man, but a man adorns the place.	Russian
Don't cast beads before(in front of) pigs.	Russian
Only he who does nothing makes no mistakes.	Russian
Do not spit into a well-it may be useful to drink water.	Russian
Unless caught stealing, one is not a thief.	Russian
Don't dig a pit for somebody to fall into, or you will end up in it yourself.	Russian
Don't ask the old one, ask the experienced one.	Russian
There is no smoke without fire.	Russian
There's no bad without the good.	Russian
Not for village, not for town.	Russian
Neither fish nor meat.	Russian
A new broom sweeps in a new way.	Russian
They wait three years for what was promised.	Russian
He who got burned by hot milk, blows on water.	Russian
Lambskin is not worth currying.	Russian
A single man in a field is not a warrior.	Russian
For every one with a plow - there's seven with a spoon.	Russian
One son is not a son, two sons are half a son, three sons are a son.	Russian
One cup (of liquor) is for health, second one is for fun, third one is for nothing.	Russian
I ran from the wolf but ran into a bear.	Russian
Do not look for further good from good.	Russian
Honest work won't let you live in a stone palace.	Russian
Desire is worse then compulsion.	Russian
Drink (alcohol), but be an expert in your business	Russian
The first pancake is (always) a blob.	Russian
A soldier who doesn't dream of becoming a general is a bad one.	Russian
Even the sword doesn't cut the head of the one who confesses.	Russian
Repetition is the mother of learning.	Russian
The wolf spared the mare, left a tail and mane.	Russian
Wait and see.	Russian
One meets/greets people by their clothes, and says farewell by their mind.	Russian
Seat the pig at the table - she'll put her legs on the table.	Russian
They don't swing fists when the fight is over.	Russian
If you rush things, you'll only make others laugh.	Russian
Habit is second nature.	Russian
Simplicity is worse than thievery (crime).	Russian
A spooked crow is afraid of a bush (a carriage wheel's squeak/its own shadow).	Russian
For a drunk, the sea is knee-deep (, and a puddle ear-deep).	Russian
Work is not a wolf, it's not going away to the forest.	Russian
Each time it's different.	Russian
Hands wash each other, a thief covers another thief.	Russian
Fish seek a deep place, men seek a better place.	Russian
A fisherman can tell another fisherman from afar.	Russian
To live with wolves, you have to howl like a wolf.	Russian
One's own burden doesn't encumber.	Russian
One's own shirt is closer to the body.	Russian
A holy place is never empty.	Russian
Out of sight, out of heart.	Russian
Grey hair into beard, devil into rib.	Russian
Seven people don't wait for one.	Russian
Seven troubles - one responce.	Russian
Seven versts# to heaven, and all the way through the forest.	Russian
Measure seven times, cut once.	Russian
Seven axes lie together, two distaffs apart	Russian
You'll learn (in a bad way) from those you hang out with.	Russian
However much well you feed the wolf, he still looks at the woods.	Russian
A tale is told quickly, but the job is done slowly.	Russian
Tambourines are good when they are behind mountains (, and when they come to us, they become just like a basket)	Russian
Words are silver, silence is gold.	Russian
A rumour fills the Earth.	Russian
One thread from everyone in the world - makes a shirt for the naked.	Russian
The nightingale can't be fed by fables.	Russian
After taking off the head one doesn't (shouldn't) grieve over the hair.	Russian
A dog on hay will neither eat it himself, nor let others eat it.	Russian
A magpie brought it on its tail.	Russian
Old age is no fun.	Russian
An old friend is better than two new ones.	Russian
You can't escape your fate even with a horse.	Russian
The sated one doesn't understand the hungry one: for one the soup is too thin, for the other - the pearls are too small.	Russian
It's good there, where we are not.	Russian
I'd like to drink honey with your lips.	Russian
Patience and work will fray through anything.	Russian
Put up with it cossack, and you'll be an ataman.	Russian
Ride slower - you'll get further.	Russian
While he was sinking, he promised me an axe if I save him, but when pulled ashore, he begrudged even an axe handle.	Russian
A job feeds a man, laziness spoils him.	Russian
You get on with business, though he keeps telling you about a white goat.	Russian
A loss is a gain for the mind.	Russian
A woman's hair is long, and her mind short.	Russian
Fear has big eyes.	Russian
The agreement(contract) costs more than money.	Russian
Steep hills exhausted Sivka (ash-grey horse).	Russian
If you cut it, you won't get it back.	Russian
The snail is coming, who knows when it arrives.	Russian
A clever head, but given to foolishness.	Russian
A clever speech (speaker) is pleasant to listen to.	Russian
Seven nannies make a kid not looked after.	Russian
Moustaches are respected, and beards worn even by goats.	Russian
Complacent fool harms worse than enemy.	Russian
A fool is not a kinsman.	Russian
Truth is spoken from the toddler's mouth; From the mouth of babes	Russian
Fear has large eyes.	Russian
A drowning man grabs even a straw.	Russian
Morning is wiser than the evening.	Russian
Studying is light; not studying is darkness.	Russian
The titmouse boasted of putting the sea on the fire..	Russian
The devil boasted of ruling the whole world, but God didn't give him power over even the pig.	Russian
Bragging is unlike mowing; it won't make your back ache.	Russian
Bread is the head of everything.	Russian
Bread doesn't go for the belly (, but the belly goes for bread)..	Russian
Eat bread and salt, cut the mother truth	Russian
Quality goods advertise themselves.	Russian
The person whose Grandma tells fortunes is happy.	Russian
Naked, but right	Russian
Although there's nothing to eat, life is fun.	Russian
You could even chop sticks on (his) head.	Russian
Horseradish is no sweeter than radish.	Russian
A bad peace is better than a good quarrel.	Russian
Bad news doesn't rest peacefully.	Russian
One should count chicks in autumn.	Russian
It doesn't matter what the kid plays with as long as he doesn't cry.	Russian
The further into the woods, the more firewood you'll encounter.	Russian
Fate can't be avoided.	Russian
What used to be - is now gone (and overgrown with grass).	Russian
Another city (town) - another temper.	Russian
What we own, we don't safe keep properly ; when we lose it, we cry.	Russian
What was written by a pen can't be erased by an axe.	Russian
What you plant, you will harvest.	Russian
What fell off the cart is as good as gone.	Russian
What's on sober's mind, is on drunk's tongue.	Russian
Another person's soul is in darkness.	Russian
I can push others' problem away with my hands, but can't put my own mind to my own problem.	Russian
Another's cow can moo, yours had best stay silent.	Russian
You cannot hide an awl in a sack.	Russian
These are just flowers; berries will come soon.	Russian
The apple falls not so far away from the apple-tree.	Russian
Your tongue will take you as far as Kiev.	Russian
My tongue is my enemy (speaks ahead of mind).	Russian
I'm not me, and this horse isn't mine (and I'm not a cabman)	Russian
A wise man hears one word and understands two.	Yiddish
After death, [a person is] holy.	Yiddish
A tree doesn't fall with one blow.	Yiddish
Don't pour oil on fire.	Yiddish
Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.	Yiddish
If a stone stays in one place, it becomes overgrown with grass.	Yiddish
When one lives, one experiences.	Yiddish
You can't make a shtreimel from a pig's tail.	Yiddish
Man plans and God laughs.	Yiddish
The apple doesn't fall far from (the) tree.	Yiddish
Two mountains can't come together, but two people can.	Yiddish
Time is more precious than money.	Yiddish
Even silence speaks.	Yiddish
Still water digs deep.	Yiddish