Proverb Proverbs

Somalis don't say a false proverb. (Somali Proverb)
A proverb can't be judged. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. View proverb
Panamanian Proverb
A proverb is the horse that can carry one swiftly to the discovery of ideas. View proverb
Yoruba Proverb
An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb. View proverb
African Proverb
A proverb is the child of experience. View proverb
English Proverb
A proverb never lies; it is only its meaning which deceives. View proverb
German Proverb
Though the proverb is abandoned, it is not falsified. View proverb
Irish Proverb
The poor man's proverb is never quoted. View proverb
South African Proverb
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
A proverb does not answer itself. (Maasai Proverb)
A wide garment does not tear, a proverb does not spoil. View proverb
Altay Proverb
When a fool is told a proverb, it has to be explained to him. View proverb
Tshi Proverb
He who asks for the meaning of a proverb has called her/his mother's dowry a waste. View proverb
African Proverb
The proverb cannot be bettered. View proverb
Irish Proverb
A proverb is the horse of conversation: when the conversation lags, a proverb revives it. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Don't quote your proverb 'til you bring your ship to port. View proverb
Scottish Gaelic Proverb
We speak byh proverb: he who is intelligent will understand. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
This proverb is often used to illustrate a person who does not have enough resources to accomplish his goal. View proverb
Indonesian Proverb
It has become a proverb. View proverb
Latin Proverb
Fast bind, fast find; A proverb never stale in thrifty mind. (English Proverb)
* Tallement des Réaux, Historiettes, Volume I, Chapter I (c. 1657–1659); reported as a proverb in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 639. View proverb
French Proverb
"Botofe bo le iwa.” : Rubber is death (present day Congo proverb) A bald-headed man will not grow hair by getting excited. View proverb
African Congo Proverb
When the fool is told a proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him. View proverb
African Proverb
A proverb is a short, pithy saying that expresses a traditionally held truth or piece of advice, based on common sense or experience. View proverb
English Proverb