Proverbials!

Sayings about Colors Both noble and common blood are the same color . ~ German Proverbs Too many words blacken your ears. ~ Burundi Proverbs From the black earth there grows the finest grain. ~ Yiddish Proverbs All poor people ain't black , and all black people ain't poor. ~ African-American Proverbs The chameleon changes color to match the earth, the earth doesn't change color to match the chameleon. ~ Senegalese Proverbs Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. ~ Traditional Proverb There's a black sheep in every flock. ~ Traditional Proverb White flowers are not to be found in a coal sack. ~ Walloon Proverbs Better a red face than a black heart. ~ Portuguese Proverbs Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come. ~ Chinese Proverbs A white dog does not bite another white dog. ~ Kenyan Proverbs Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. ~ Turki...

Sayings about Laughter How lovely is the sun after rain, and how lovely is laughter after sorrow. ~ Tunisian Proverbs They are not all friends who laugh with you. ~ German Proverbs When an old man marries, death laughs . ~ German Proverb You may forget with whom you laughed , but you will never forget with whom you wept. ~ Arabian Proverbs Laugh and grow fat. ~ Traditional Proverb You can judge a man by what he laughs at. ~ Saying When a woman laughs an experienced man will know how much it will cost him. ~ Indian Proverbs Those who love you will make you weep; those who hate you will make you laugh . ~ Russian Proverbs All things are cause for either laughter or weeping. ~ Latin Proverbs You enjoy it more if you can laugh at it. ~ Saying When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby. ~ Nigerian Proverbs A fool laughs at himself. ~ Namibian Proverbs Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper. ~ Traditional Proverb When a father g...

Sayings about Forgiveness Forgiveness hides a pleasure that you can't get back from revenge. ~ Iranian Proverbs It is fitting for a great God to forgive great sinners. ~ Hebrew Proverbs Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures on water. ~ Japanese Proverbs Forgiveness is more satisfying than revenge. ~ Arabian Proverbs One can forgive a murder but not impoliteness. ~ Chinese Proverbs Where blood has been shed the tree of forgiveness cannot grow. ~ Brazilian Proverbs He who forgives a thief is a thief himself. ~ Spanish Proverbs The offender never forgives . ~ Russian Proverbs Give us this day our daily bread. And  forgive  us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. ~ Bible If you forgive the fox for stealing your chickens, he will take your sheep. ~ Georgian Proverbs Who forgives wins. ~ African Proverb He who  forgives  ends the quarrel. ~ Saying Forgiveness  is the key to happiness. ~ Saying Women and fools never fo...

Sayings about Clothing Borrowed clothes are either too tight or too loose. ~ Filipino Proverbs As soon as a man gets new trousers , he thinks about a new wife. ~ Iranian Proverbs The rich man may wear old clothes. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs If you stay at home you won’t wear out your shoes. ~ Yiddish Proverbs Not everyone who wears spurs owns a horse. ~ Spanish Proverbs Do not measure another man's coat on your body. ~ Malay Proverbs The prettiest of shoes makes a sorry hat. ~ Japanese Proverbs Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat . ~ Gaelic Proverbs Black souls wear white shirts. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs He who wears a smile instead of worrying is always the strongest. ~ Japanese Proverb Our last garment is made without pockets. ~ Italian Proverbs When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes ; when you leave, you judge him by his heart. ~ Russian Proverbs An insult is but a short garment : it reveals the one who wears it....

Sayings about hiding If you are in hiding , don't light a fire. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs He that hides is no better than he that steals. ~ Danish Proverbs The feathers of a dead eagle would cover you all over. ~ Gabonese Proverbs You may hide the fire, but what about the smoke? ~ Creole Proverb Snakes prefer to hide under flowers. ~ French Proverbs Poverty and ugliness are difficult to hide . ~ Chinese Proverbs A fair face may hide a foul heart. ~ Danish Proverb You cannot hide the sun with one hand. ~ American Proverb Often one finds one's destiny just where one hides to avoid it. ~ Chinese Proverb Cover up the good you do -- do like the Nile and conceal your sources. ~ Egyptian Proverbs Cats hide their claws. ~ English Proverbs Marriage is a covered dish. ~ Swiss Proverbs The earth will cover the doctor's mistakes. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs Why hide from God what the saints already know? ~ French Proverbs Darkness conceals the hippopotam...

Sayings about Birth Nobility of soul is more honorable than nobility of birth . ~ Dutch Proverbs Birth is the only remedy against death. ~ Nigerien Proverbs As soon as man is born he begins to die. ~ Traditional Proverb He who is born a mule can never be a horse. ~ Corsican Proverbs When a girl is born it is like having six thieves invade the house. ~ Polish Proverbs The best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet. ~ Saying The three most beautiful sights: a potato garden in bloom, a ship under sail, and a woman after the birth of a child. ~ Irish Proverbs A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch. ~ Mexican Proverbs Birth , ancestry, and that which you yourself have not achieved can hardly be called your own. ~ Greek Proverbs Give me, mother, luck at my birth , then throw me if you will on the rubbish heap. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake. ~ Saying Men were born with bread...

Sayings about Beginning From small  beginnings  come great things. ~ American Proverbs If you know the beginning well, the end will not trouble you. ~ African Proverb Eating and scratching want but a beginning . ~ Romanian Proverbs The longest day soon comes to an end . ~ Traditional Proverb A bad beginning makes a bad ending . ~ Saying It is better to begin in the evening than not at all. ~ English Proverbs Life, like a fire, begins in smoke and ends in ashes. ~ Arabian Proverbs Beginning is easy -- to keep going is hard. ~ Japanese Proverbs He who never begins will never end. ~ Italian Proverbs The beginning is the half of every action. ~ Greek Proverbs Everything has an end with the exception of God. ~ Dutch Proverbs The happiest life ends before death. ~ Chinese Proverbs Success comes to those who dare to begin . ~ Saying Better a mistake at the beginning than at the end. ~ Cameroonian Proverbs No river can return to its sour...