Village Proverbs

Not for village, not for town. (Russian Proverb)
In a village with too many roosters morning will come late. View proverb
Turkish Proverb
In the village without dogs the farmers walk without sticks. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
In the village that you don't know, the chickens have teeth. View proverb
Ivorian Proverb
Slowly but surely the excrement of foreign poets will come to your village. View proverb
Malian Proverb
The village feeds the town. View proverb
Bulgarian Proverb
Get along with the village headman, plunder the village. View proverb
Persian Proverb
In a deserted village the jackass is king. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
If you hold high office, the whole village will share your fame. View proverb
Vietnamese Proverb
If you sell a drum in your own village, you get the money and keep the sound. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
The village gate can be closed, the mouth of the fool, never. (Moroccan Proverb)
Entering the village, obey the village. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The blacksmith in one village becomes a blacksmith's apprentice in another. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
Go out from your village: don't let your village go out form you. View proverb
Afghan Proverb
It takes a village to raise a child. View proverb
African Proverb
your words are fair,” said the wolf, "but I will not come into the village. View proverb
German Proverb
It is not good to be the poet of a village. View proverb
German Proverb
It is a poor village that has neither smoke nor fire. View proverb
Irish Proverb
A list full of gain and a village full of shame. View proverb
Irish Proverb
Bandage up your finger and take a walk in the village to see how many medical people you will meet. View proverb
Bulgarian Proverb
They do not want him in the village, he asks for the priest's house. (Bulgarian Proverb)
Better an ugly duckling from your own village than a beauty from foreign parts. View proverb
Romanian Proverb
A home without guests, a village without shepherds, both are hopeless indeed. View proverb
Kurdish Proverb
The dead will go to the village where the cock doesn't crow. View proverb
Thai Proverb
Better the head of a village than the tail of a town. View proverb
Corsican Proverb