Body Proverbs

Thick body, weak soul. (Persian Proverb)
A little body often harbours a great soul. View proverb
English Proverb
A sound mind in a sound body. View proverb
English Proverb
What is said over the dead lion's body, could not be said to him alive. View proverb
African Congo Proverb
Whichever hand is cut, the whole body feels the pain. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
The body is killed by the mouth. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
The lover who gives you her body but not her heart is generous with thornless roses. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Master and servant - both have the same body odor. View proverb
Tibetan Proverb
The pain of the little finger is felt by the whole body. View proverb
Filipino Proverb
The shadow should be the same length as the body. View proverb
Indonesian Proverb
One washes the body in vain if one does not wash the soul. (Cuban Proverb)
There's no evil that lasts a hundred years, nor a body that can endure it. View proverb
Cuban Proverb
Envy follows merit like the shadow follows the body. View proverb
Nicaraguan Proverb
My ka dwells in my body. Insult it not. View proverb
Egyptian Proverb
The body pays for a slip of the foot and gold pays for a slip of the tongue. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
When a tiny toe is hurting the whole body stoops down to attend to it. View proverb
Namibian Proverb
The character of a man lies not in his body but in his soul. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
If the goat says it will become a sheep, there will always be black spots on its body. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
The sickness of the body is the cure of the mind. View proverb
Basque Proverb
Do not measure another man's coat on your body. (Malay Proverb)
When the heart acts, the body is its slave. View proverb
African Proverb
When there is a misunderstanding between the left leg and right leg the entire body falls down. View proverb
African Proverb
The shirt is nearer to the body than the coat. View proverb
Danish Proverb
Man without woman, is head without body; woman without man, is body without head. View proverb
German Proverb