Night Proverbs - page 2

Advice is a stranger; if he's welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day. (Madagascan Proverb)
Men have thought about their marriage a whole year long - and it lasts but one night. View proverb
Moorish Proverb
If at noon the King declares it is night, behold the stars. View proverb
Moroccan Proverb
Moral people sleep well at night, but the immoral seem to get pleasure from the waking hours much more. View proverb
Namibian Proverb
To spend the night in anger is better than to spend it repenting. View proverb
Senegalese Proverb
The night is the king of the shadows. View proverb
Senegalese Proverb
The night rinses what the day has soaped. View proverb
Swiss Proverb
He who spends a night with a chicken will cackle in the morning. View proverb
Tunisian Proverb
He who wants to be famous will have many a sleepless night. View proverb
Tunisian Proverb
You should have done it on the wedding night, you fool. View proverb
Tunisian Proverb
That which is done at night appears in the day. (Uruguayan Proverb)
What you cannot see during the day, you will not see at night. View proverb
West African Proverb
A fat woman warms even the coldest the night. View proverb
Zambian Proverb
Better to sit all night than to go to bed with a dragon. View proverb
Zen Proverb
If you carry treasure, don't travel at night. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Day has its eyes, night has its ears. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Concealing truth is like wearing embroidered clothes and traveling by night. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
The first half of the night, think of your own faults; the second half, the faults of others. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
The night may be dark, but the apples have been counted. View proverb
Afghan Proverb
Lack of knowledge is darker than night. (African Proverb)
A day without work can yield a night without sleep. View proverb
Albanian Proverb
If you sing before breakfast, you'll cry before night. View proverb
American Proverb
Night brings the cows home. View proverb
American Proverb
Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night. View proverb
English Proverb