River Proverbs - page 7

At a bridge, a plank, a river, the servant foremost, the master behind. (French Proverb)
If you fall in a river hang on to a snake. View proverb
Turkish Proverb
He who has a good looking wife, a castle on the river, or a vineyard on the roadside is never without war. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
The turd is proud that the river will carry it. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
Hard by a river he digs a well. View proverb
Latin Proverb
In chatter a river, in understanding but a single drop. View proverb
Latin Proverb
Passing the Rubicon. When he arrived at the banks of the Rubicon, which divides Cisalpine Gaul from the rest of Italy ... he stopped to deliberate.... At last he cried out: "The die is cast" and immediately passed the river. View proverb
English Proverb
My drink is a river. The place where I sleep is a place of reed mats. View proverb
Sumerian Proverb
The god of the river ordeal will admire the hearts of those who bear words of truth. View proverb
Sumerian Proverb
To the trustworthy man belongs a divine voice. The barge on the river and the chariot on the road come to him. View proverb
Sumerian Proverb
The eye crosses the full river. (African Zulu Proverb)
Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo and is located on the Congo River. View proverb
African Congo Proverb
One man cut the barrage, and a thousand people fell into the river. View proverb
Asian-indian Proverb
Many small streams make one big river. View proverb
Traditional Proverb
When the river is deepest it makes least noise. View proverb
Traditional Proverb
Don't call the alligator "big-mouth" till you have crossed the river. View proverb
Creole Proverb
"Land der Berge, Land am Strome” (Land of mountains, land by the river) is the title of the national anthem of Austria. View proverb
Lower Austria Proverb
Only when you have crossed the river, can you say the crocodile. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
Only when you have crossed the river. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
It is too late for a galloping horse to stop at a clip; it is useless for a sinking boat to be mended in the middle of a river. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Do not speak badly of a crocodile when your leg is in the river. (African Proverb)
No matter how huge a hook may be it cannot catch fish in a river. View proverb
African Proverb
No matter how long a fallen tree stays in the river it can never be a crocodile. View proverb
African Proverb
Only when you have crossed the river, can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout. View proverb
African Proverb
Do not change horses in the middle of the river. View proverb
American Proverb