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Follow the customs or flee the country.
African Zulu Proverb
Negotiate a river by following its bends, enter a country by following its customs.
Cambodian Proverb
Learning means loving the country.
Lao Proverb
Govern a country as you would roast a crocodile on a spit.
Madagascan Proverb
The tar of my country is better than the honey of others.
Moroccan Proverb
The stones of my native country are warmer than the ovens of Babylon.
Armenian Proverb
If the farmer is poor then so is the whole country.
Polish Proverb
Who changes country changes luck.
Italian Proverb
A country without freedom is like a prisoner with shackled hands.
Filipino Proverb
The clown is best in his own country, and the gentleman anywhere.
Mexican Proverb
The king inherits a country - the people only hard work.
Madagascan Proverb
When you are looking for a country with no tombstones you will find yourself in the land of cannibals.
Madagascan Proverb
Any visitor to the country who drinks from the river bengo will never want to leave.
Angolan Proverb
Destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain.
Japanese Proverb
The mud of one country is the medicine of another.
Afghan Proverb
The country rooster dows not crow in the town.
African Proverb
He builds a castle by demolishing a country.
Arabic Proverb
Where'er an ass is crown'd to fame, both town and country bear the shame.
German Proverb
Every country is a fatherland.
Greek Proverb
In a treeless country, the castor-oil plant is a big tree.
Hindi Proverb
In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Italian Proverb
By lamplight every country wench seems handsome.
Italian Proverb
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