Proverbs

He that can’t endure the bad will not live to see the good.
Yiddish Proverb

If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
Yiddish Proverb

If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
Yiddish Proverb

A child’s tear rends the heavens.
Yiddish Proverb

A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.
Yiddish Proverb

Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.
Yiddish Proverb

A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.
Yiddish Proverb

If you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.
Yiddish Proverb

Other people’s troubles are bearable.
Yiddish Proverb

A man’s worst enemies can’t wish on him what he can think up himself.
Yiddish Proverb

If you can’t bite, don’t show your teeth.
Yiddish Proverb

True poverty does not come from God.
Yiddish Proverb

A half-truth is a whole lie.
Yiddish Proverb

If you can’t go over, you must go under.
Yiddish Proverb

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Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
Welsh Proverb

He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Welsh Proverb

Bad news goes about in clogs, Good news in stockinged feet.
Welsh Proverb

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Buy on the rumor; sell on the news.
Wall Street Proverb

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A good friend will fit you like ring to finger.
Venezuelan Proverb

Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired.
Venezuelan Proverb

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For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches.
Turkish Proverb

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At high tide fish eat ants; at low tide ants eat fish.
Thai Proverb

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Don’t let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
Swedish Proverb

One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune.
Swedish Proverb

Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
Swedish Proverb

God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.
Swedish Proverb

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Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.
Spanish Proverb

Discretion is knowing how to hide that which we cannot remedy.
Spanish Proverb

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
Spanish Proverb

If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.
Spanish Proverb

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.
Spanish Proverb

Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.
Spanish Proverb

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
Spanish Proverb

Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
Spanish Proverb

He who is caught in a lie is not believed when he tells the truth.
Spanish Proverb

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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Slovenian Proverb

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Children speak in the field what they hear in the house.
Scottish Proverb

Danger past, God forgotten.
Scottish Proverb

A child may have too much of his mother’s blessing.
Scottish Proverb

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.
Scottish Proverb

A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill.
Scottish Proverb

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
Scottish Proverb

Charity begins at home, but shouldn’t end there.
Scottish Proverb

A cold needs the cook as much as the doctor.
Scottish Proverb

He that loves the law will get his fill of it.
Scottish Proverb

What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
Scottish Proverb

A bird in the hand’s worth two fleeing by.
Scottish Proverb

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Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.
Scandinavian Proverb

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