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The stranger has big eyes but he doesn't see anything.
Ivorian Proverb
The son of a son is dear, the son of a daughter a stranger.
Lebanese Proverb
Advice is a stranger; if he's welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
Madagascan Proverb
A stranger does not share the monkey.
Sudanese Proverb
Better to marry a neighbor than a stranger.
Uruguayan Proverb
Pity the stranger, even if he is rich.
Yemeni Proverb
Old rust is for the stranger.
Swahili Proverb
A stranger is like a white fowl.
Swahili Proverb
A stranger dances – he does not sing.
Ghana Proverb
Fact can be stranger than fiction.
American Proverb
There are three things that have to be done quickly: burying the dead, opening the door for a stranger, and fixing your daughter's wedding.
Persian Proverb
A stranger nearby is better than a far-away relative.
Korean Proverb
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Dutch Proverb
Dine with a stranger, but save your love for your family.
Ethiopian Proverb
Boast to a stranger, complain only to your friends.
Yugoslav Proverb
When the brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father's estate.
Ibo Proverb
First for self, then for the stranger.
Kashmir Proverb
Let the wary stranger who seeks refreshment keep silent with sharpened hearing.
Norse Proverb
A stranger has big eyes but sees nothing.
African Proverb
A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.
Arabic Proverb
Never sleep with a stranger or borrow from a neighbour.
Irish Proverb
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
Romanian Proverb
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