Proverbials!

Sayings about Conversation A good conversation is better than a good bed. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~ Chinese Proverbs To heaven for the music but to hell for a good conversation . ~ French Proverbs He who begins a conversation , does not foresee the end. ~ Mauritanian Proverbs Conversation shortens the distance, singing lightens the load. ~ Russian Proverbs Conversation is the food of the ears. ~ Trinidadian Proverb Do not make prayer a monologue -- make it a conversation . ~ Saying The nightingale will run out of songs before a woman runs out of conversation . ~ Spanish Proverbs After the rain the grass will grow; after wine, conversation . ~ Swedish Proverbs To quarrel with a man of good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well. ~ Sanskrit Proverbs Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue. ~ Saying

Sayings about Mouth Guard your mouth as well as you guard your chest. ~ German Proverbs Do not use words that are too big for your  mouth . ~ Iranian Proverbs Open your mouth before you eat. ~ Mauritanian Proverbs A hero is someone who can keep his mouth shut when he's right. ~ Yiddish Proverbs If you put a razor in your mouth , you will spit blood. ~ Nigerian Proverbs It is better to blow than burn your mouth . ~ Dutch Proverbs The mouth which eats does not talk. ~ African Proverb No pear falls into a shut mouth . ~ Italian Proverbs Keep the tongue in your mouth a prisoner. ~ Turkish Proverbs He who burns his mouth on the soup will blow on a cold fish dish. ~ Japanese Proverbs Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. ~ Chinese Proverbs Put your money where your mouth is. ~ United States Proverbs Keep your ears wider and your mouth narrower. ~ Russian Proverbs Sin is carried in the mouth . ~ Samoan Proverb

Sayings about Girls In the dark all cats and all  girls  are beautiful. ~ Hungarian Proverb When a girl is born it is like having six thieves invade the house. ~ Polish Proverb "If it is not a boy it will be a girl ," says the fortune-teller. ~ Malagasy Proverb Girls marry to please parents, widows to please themselves. ~ Chinese Proverbs There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls . ~ American Proverbs Her father's fortune will make the ugliest girl attractive. ~ Spanish Proverbs It is easier to watch over one hundred fleas than one young girl . ~ Polish Proverb Judge the linen by the hem, the girl by the mother. ~ Turkish Proverb A whistling girl and a crowing hen never came to a good end. ~ American Proverb Keep your eye on girls that don't tell their mothers everything. ~ Luxembourg Proverb Even the devil's grandmother was a nice girl when she was young. ~ German Proverbs A girl , a viney

Burdens Proverbs If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens . If your words are worthless, don't give advice. ~ Chinese Proverbs The burden one likes is cheerfully carried. ~ Traditional Proverb A burden that one chooses is not felt. ~ Italian Proverbs The heaviest burden is an empty pocket. ~ Yiddish Proverb Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure. ~ Jewish Proverb What was hard to bear is sweet to remember. ~ Portuguese Proverbs A buffalo does not feel the weight of its own horns. ~ Indian Proverbs The communal donkey gets the heaviest burden . ~ French Proverbs Nothing is such a heavy burden as a secret is. ~ French Proverb The truth is a heavy burden that few care to carry. ~ Hebrew Proverb It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others. ~ Traditional Proverb God sends burdens ... and shoulders. ~ Yiddish Proverb He left us and we rejoiced; then an even more unbearable person came. ~ Arabian Proverbs He

Sayings about Hunger Hunger goes in a straight line, desire turns in circles. ~ Romanian Proverb Hunger is felt by slave and king alike. ~ Ghanaian Proverb The man who has eaten enough will never believe a  hungry  one. ~ Albanian Proverb Hunger is the best cook, but he has nothing to eat. ~ German Proverbs The belly has no conscience. ~ German Proverb Happiness rarely keeps company with an empty stomach. ~ Japanese Proverbs He who does not cultivate his field, will die of hunger . ~ Guinean Proverb Let your head be more than a funnel to your stomach. ~ German Proverb A hungry man is an angry man. ~ English Proverbs You learn a lot about a man by his behavior when hungry . ~ Zambian Proverb A light belly, heavy heart. ~ German Proverb He who is hungry is never a good civil servant. ~ Chinese Proverbs When hunger gets inside you, nothing else can. ~ Yoruba Proverb To a starving man bread is sweeter than honey. ~ Lithuanian Proverb The belly is a bad ad

Sayings about Grace As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence. ~ Traditional Proverb One may survive distress, but not  disgrace . ~ Scottish Proverbs Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him. ~ Malagasy Proverb Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace . ~ Bible Disgrace is like the grain of a tree trunk -- time makes it bigger instead of erasing it. ~ Japanese Proverbs Better retreat in honor than advance in disgrace . ~ Serbian Proverbs It is no disgrace to be poor, but it can be inconvenient. ~ Danish Proverbs Without grace beauty is an unabated hook. ~ French Proverbs It is more disgraceful to suspect our friends than to be deceived by them. ~ French Proverb Even little things have their peculiar grace . ~ Traditional Proverb It is no disgrace to move out of the way of the elephant. ~ Vietnamese Proverbs Quotations About Grace Till all grace be

Sayings about Charity The doorway to charity is difficult to open and difficult to close. ~ Chinese Proverbs Charity  looks at the need and not at the cause. ~  German Proverbs Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up. ~ Bible Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. ~ Bible The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window. ~ Traditional Proverb Go to friends for advice; to women for pity; to strangers for charity ; to relatives for nothing. ~ Spanish Proverbs If charity cost nothing and benevolence caused no heartache, the world would be full of philanthropists. ~ Yiddish Proverb Charity begins at home. ~ Traditional Proverb Quotations about Charity When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves. ~ Benjamin Whichcote As the purse is emptied the heart is filled. ~ Victor Hugo Every charitable act

Sayings about Beggary and Begging When two paupers get married it is the beginning of a generation of beggars . ~ Mexican Proverb Learn to handle a writing-brush and you'll never handle a begging -bowl. ~ Chinese Proverbs If everything that came from your tongue were to come into your hands, then every beggar would be a pasha. ~ Turkish Proverbs There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich. ~ French Proverbs He started with nothing and still he has just his begging bag. ~ Walloon Proverb It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief. ~ Japanese Proverbs If a man from humble beginnings gets rich, he will carry his umbrella at midnight. ~ Indian Proverbs Young drinkers, old beggars . ~ German Proverbs The best morsels are never given to a beggar . ~ African Proverb A bashful beggar has an empty wallet. ~ Hungarian Proverbs The court official in one life has seven rebirths as a beggar . ~ Chinese Proverb Always be well dressed, even when beggin

Sayings about Hearing & Listening Listening to good advice is the way to wealth. ~ Iranian Proverb Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue; to the end we should hear and see more than we speak. ~ Greek Proverb Better to hear curses than to be pitied. ~ Yiddish Proverb Give your ears to words but do not give your words to ears. ~ Hindustani Proverb Listen with one ear; be suspicious with the other. ~ Laotian Proverb Before you let your voice be heard, first lick your lips. ~ Indonesian Proverb I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~ Chinese Proverbs Eat what is cooked; listen to what is said. ~ Russian Proverbs Never listen to these three advisers: wine, the night, and love. ~ German Proverbs A good bell is heard from far, a bad one still further. ~ Finnish Proverbs Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears. ~ Dutch Proverbs He who comes from afar may lie without fear of

Sayings about Visibility One must bless the new moon when it is  visible  in the sky. ~ French Proverbs Nothing so visible than what you want to hide. ~ Japanese Proverbs Women do not drink liquor, but it disappears when they are present. ~ Irish Proverbs Who has ever seen tomorrow? ~ Iranian Proverb Where wine appears the doctor disappears . ~ French Proverb When you've heard it you must see it; when you've seen it make a judgment with your heart. ~ Laotian Proverb When the water fall the stone becomes visible . ~ Chinese Proverb What worth has beauty if it is not seen ? ~ Italian Proverb Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use. ~ Zanzibar Proverb Two eyes that have seen are worth less than one hand that feels.~ Thai Proverb Those in a high position can be seen from far away. ~ German Proverb The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy. ~ Iranian Pr

Sayings about Inheritance A good name is a second inheritance . ~ German Proverbs The tears of an  heir  are laughter under a mask.~ Latin Proverbs We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children. ~ Kenyan Proverb Come for your inheritance and you may have to pay for the funeral. ~ Yiddish Proverb Those who inherit fortunes are frequently more of a problem than those who made them. ~ Congolese Proverb You inherit from the dead, not from the sick. ~ Congolese Proverb The graveyards are full of young lawyers, lost inheritance and young doctors. ~ French Proverbs To get to know a friend, you must share an inheritance with him. ~ German Proverb In the division of inheritance , friendship stands still. ~ Dutch Proverbs We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. ~ American Proverbs He who inherits a hill must climb it. ~ Spanish Proverb The patient who names a doctor his  heir 

Sayings about Fish & Fishing Give a man a fish , and you’ll feed him for a day; Give him a religion, and he’ll starve to death while praying for a fish. Teach a man fishing and you feed him for a lifetime. ~ Chinese Proverbs A  fish  wouldn’t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. ~ Korean Proverbs When the big fish fight the shrimps must lie low. ~ Creole Proverb (Southern U.S.) In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish . ~ English Proverbs In still waters are the largest fish . ~ Danish Proverbs It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish ; you have to take a net as well. ~ Chinese Proverb Women and fishes are best in the middle. ~ German Proverbs There is one fish in the pond, and ten anglers on the bank. ~ Vietnamese Proverb Fish don’t get caught in deep water. ~ Malawian Proverb Eat your fish while it is still fresh and marry the girl while she is still youn