House Proverbs - page 4

You cannot know the defects of a house you have not slept in. (Swahili Proverb)
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The dog called "Sorrow," without eating, will be fat in every house. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
As soon as a man leaves his house he has seven enemies. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
In a wealthy man's house there is no lean dog. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The heaviest rains fall on the house that leaks most. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A woman is like a rat: even if it grows up in your house, it steals from you. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
When the lamps in the house are lit it is like the flowering of lotus on the lake. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
When buying a house, check the beams; when choosing a wife; check the mother. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Before you plan to improve the world, look around your own house three times. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
If everyone swept the pavement in front of his house, the whole street would be clean. (Chinese Proverb)
Several repeated visits to the mud pit enable the wasp to build its house. View proverb
African Proverb
One can see it but must not say, when the master of a house passes excreta in a pot. View proverb
African Proverb
The house roof fights the rain, but the person who is sheltered ignores it. View proverb
African Proverb
If you are in the house of a friend, bad times are soon forgotten. View proverb
Albanian Proverb
Envy doesn't enter an empty house. View proverb
American Proverb
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away. View proverb
English Proverb
He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones. View proverb
English Proverb
The first year let your house to your enemy; the second to your friend; the third live in it yourself. View proverb
English Proverb
A house built by the wayside is either too high or too low. View proverb
English Proverb
A house is a fine house when good folks are within. (English Proverb)
A house well-furnished makes a woman wise. View proverb
English Proverb
An Englishman's house (home) is his castle. View proverb
English Proverb
A small tumbledown house is better than a communal palace. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
If your house is of glass, don't throw rocks at others. View proverb
Arabic Proverb