INTERNATIONAL PROVERBS

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.” – Arab Proverb

“A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.” – English Proverb

“A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.” – Persian Proverb

“A cat has nine lives.” – Proverb of Unknown Origin

“A closed mouth catches no flies.” – Italian Proverb

“A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.” – German Proverb

“A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.” – Proverb, Chinese

“A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master.” – Russian Proverb

“A drink precedes a story.” – Irish Proverb

“A drowning man is not troubled by rain.” – Persian Proverb

“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.” – William Blake Proverbs of Hell (1790)

“A forest is in an acorn.” – Proverb of Unknown Origin

“A friend in need is a friend indeed” – English Proverb

“A friend’s eye is a good mirror.” – Irish Proverb

“A good denial, the best point in law.” – Irish Proverb

“A good husband is healthy and absent.” – Japanese Proverb

“A hard beginning maketh a good ending.” – John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

“A healthy man is a successful man.” – French Proverb

“A hedge between keeps friendship green.” – French Proverb

“A hen is heavy when carried far.” – Irish Proverb

“A hound’s food is in its legs.” – Irish Proverb

“A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel.” – Portuguese Proverb

“A hungry man is an angry man.” – English Proverb

“A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.” – French Proverb

“A little too late, is much too late.” – German Proverb

“A loan though old is not gift.” – Hungarian Proverb

“A lock is better than suspicion.” – Irish Proverb

“A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man.” – Turkish Proverb

“A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal.” – Yiddish Proverb

“A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.” – John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

“A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.” – Yiddish Proverb

“A monkey never thinks her baby’s ugly.” – Haitian Proverb

“A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.” – Irish Proverb

“A penny for your thoughts.” – John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

“A penny saved is a penny gained.” – Scottish Proverb

“A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.” – English Proverb

“A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.” – Hungarian Proverb

“A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.” – Chinese proverb

“A silent mouth is melodious.” – Irish Proverb

“A single Russian hair outweighs half a Pole.” – Traditional Russian Saying

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Greek Proverb

“A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger.
Bible” – Proverbs 151.

“A son is a son till he gets him a wife,
But a daughter’s a daughter the rest of your life.” – Proverb of Unknown Origin

“A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of
wisdom.” – Welsh Proverb

“A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars.” – Yiddish Proverb

“A teacher is better than two books.” – German Proverb

“A thief believes everybody steals.” – Proverb of Unknown Origin

“A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.” – Chinese proverb

“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.” – French Proverb

“A trade not properly learned is an enemy.” – Irish Proverb