Sand Proverbs

A building of sand falls as you build it. (Cameroon Proverb)
When a thief finds nothing to steal he will steal a dagger made of sand. View proverb
Berber Proverb
He who is desperate will squeeze oil out of a grain of sand. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
He who starts his work early enough is neither hit by the severe sun heat nor the burning sand. View proverb
African Proverb
Who builds on the mob builds on sand. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Who builds upon the people, builds upon sand. View proverb
Italian Proverb
The person who offends writes as if it was written on sand, and the person who is offended reads it as if it were written on marble. View proverb
Italian Proverb
He who offends writes on sand, he who is offended on marble. View proverb
Italian Proverb
The cricket is never blinded by the sand of its burrowing. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A blow to another's purse is like a blow to a mountain of sand. View proverb
Egyptian Proverb
The voyager's path is marked by the stars and not the sand dunes. (Nilotic Proverb)
Friendship is a furrow in the sand. View proverb
Tongan Proverb
Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Spending it is like pouring water into sand. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Shoot at someone's shadow with sand. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
It's only the ant that hears the whispers of the sand. View proverb
African Proverb
United we are a rock, divided we are sand. View proverb
African Proverb
Knowledge without wisdom is like water without sand. View proverb
African Proverb
The best way to get someone to stop digging his heels in is to dig out the sand around him. View proverb
American Proverb
Even an ass will not fall twice in the same quick sand. View proverb
American Proverb
Insults must be written in sand and compliments carved in stone. (Arabic Proverb)
Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
If the water is available you need not clean up with sand. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
Many grains of sand will sink a ship. View proverb
Danish Proverb
What you give, is written in sand; what you take, with an iron hand. View proverb
German Proverb