Five Proverbs

He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes; he who asks no questions stays a fool forever. (Chinese Proverb)
If the Sultan demands five eggs, let his soldiers roast a thousand chickens. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Five fingers are brothers but are not equals. View proverb
Afghan Proverb
Not even the five fingers of our hands are alike. View proverb
Afghan Proverb
Five of them would run from the bang of one empty gun. View proverb
Afghan Proverb
Habit is the sixth sense that dominates the other five. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
With great men one must allow five to be an even number. View proverb
German Proverb
To have five drachmas in the hand is better than ten drachmas on paper. View proverb
Greek Proverb
He who has four and spends five, has no need of a purse. (Portuguese Proverb)
For the first five years of your son's life treat him as a prince, for the next ten years as a slave, then as a friend for the rest of his life. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
You don't become an expert in five days. View proverb
African Proverb
If you have five wives, then you have five tongues. View proverb
African Proverb
Five fingers hold more than two forks. View proverb
German Proverb
Five minutes of health comfort the ill one. View proverb
Bengali Proverb
Five fingers are brothers, not equals. View proverb
Persian Proverb
He is in search of a ram with five feet. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Take him up there with his five Egges, and four of them rotten. View proverb
Scottish Proverb
One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, and seven for a secret that must never be told. View proverb
Scottish Proverb
Saints sleep three hours, merchants sleep five, ordinary people seven and the lazy sleep nine. (Sicilian Proverb)
Syracuse is a lovely place, with five bucks you can eat, drink, and get by. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
To rise at five, dine at nine, sup at five, go to bed at nine, makes a man live to ninety-nine. View proverb
French Proverb
Your five year old son is your instructor; at ten your slave; at fifteen your equal and after that either friend or foe. View proverb
Turkish Proverb
What's such child who doesn't do damage worth five marks a day - a boy may do worth one hundred. View proverb
Finnish Proverb