“Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears.” ——Polish Proverb
“Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.” ——French Proverb
“Love me, love my dog.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“Love your neighbors, but don’t pull down the fence.” ——Chinese Proverb
“Love, pain, and money cannot be kept secret; they soon betray themselves.” ——Spanish Proverb
“Luck has a slender anchorage.” ——English Proverb
“Mad as a march hare.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“Make hay while the sun shines.” ——English Proverb
“Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.” ——Chinese Proverb
“Many a friend was lost through a joke, but none was ever gained so.” ——Czech Proverb
“Many hands make light work.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.” ——English Proverb
“May the curse of Mary Malone and her nine blind illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of Damnation that the Lord himself can’t find you with a telescope.” ——Traditional Irish Curse
“May the grass grow at your door and the fox build his nest on your hearthstone.
May the light fade from your eyes, so you never see what you love.
May your own blood rise against you, and the sweetest drink you take be the bitterest cup of sorrow.
May you die without benefit of clergy;
May there be none to shed a tear at your grave, and may the hearthstone of hell be your best bed forever.” ——Traditional Wexford Curse
“May you have a bright future — as the chimney sweep said to his son.” ——Irish Proverb
“May you wander over the face of the earth forever, never sleep twice in the same bed, never drink water twice from the same well, and never cross the same river twice in a year.” ——Traditional Gypsy Curse
“May your every wish be granted.” ——Ancient Chinese Curse
“May your left ear wither and fall into your right pocket.” ——Traditional Arab Curse
“Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.” ——French Proverb
“Mere words do not feed the friars.” ——Irish Proverb
“More grows in the garden than the gardener knows he has sown.” ——Spanish Proverb
“More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat.” ——Irish Proverb
“Necessity is the mother of invention.” ——Irish Proverb
“Necessity knows no law.” ——Irish Proverb
“Necessity never made a good bargain.” ——North American Proverb
“Need teaches a plan.” ——Irish Proverb
“Never cut what can be untied.” ——Portuguese Proverb
“Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking.” ——English Proverb
“Never marry for money. Ye’ll borrow it cheaper.” ——Scottish Proverb
“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.” ——English Proverb
“Night is the mother of council.” ——Latin Proverb
“No man limps because another is hurt.” ——Danish Proverb
“No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival.” ——Turkish Proverb
“No time like the present.” ——English Proverb
“Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.” ——Chinese Proverb
“Not wine…men intoxicate themselves; Not vice…men entice themselves.” ——Chinese Proverb
“Nothing dries sooner than tears.” ——Latin Proverb
“Nothing is as burdensome as a secret.” ——French Proverb
“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“One beggar at the door is enough.” ——French Proverb
“One cannot shoe a running horse.” ——Dutch Proverb
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” ——English Proverb (17th century)
“One flower will not make a garland.” ——French Proverb
“One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.” ——Chinese Proverb
“One good turn deserves another.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“One joy scatters a hundred griefs.” ——Chinese Proverb
“One of these days is none of these days.” ——English Proverb
“One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune.” ——Swedish Proverb
“One swallow maketh not a summer.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“One woman never praises another.” ——Estonian Proverb
“Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.” ——English Proverb
“Out of the frying pan into the fire.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet.” ——French Proverb
“Patience is poultice for all wounds.” ——Irish Proverb
“Patience is the best medicine.” ——Proverb of Unknown Origin
“People live in each other’s shelter.” ——Irish Proverb
“Pigs might fly, but they are most unlikely birds.” ——Proverb of Unknown Origin
“Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks.” ——Russian Proverb
“Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.” ——English Proverb
“Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.” ——Korean Proverb
“Practice makes perfect.” ——English Proverb
“Praise the young and they will blossom.” ——Irish Proverb
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” ——Bible, Proverbs 16:18
“Procrastination is the thief of time.” ——Proverb of Unknown Origin
“Public before private and country before family.” ——Chinese Proverb
“Put silk on a goat, and it’s still a goat.” ——Irish Proverb
“Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.” ——Irish Proverb
“Rags to riches to rags.” ——Lancastrian Proverb
“Rain beats a leopard’s skin, but it does not wash off the spots.” ——Ashanti Proverb
“Rats desert a sinking ship.” ——French Proverb
“Riches run after the rich, and poverty runs after the poor.” ——French Proverb
“Roasted pigeons will not fly into one’s mouth.” ——Dutch Proverb
“Rome was not built in a day.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.” ——English Proverb
“Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh.” ——Arabic Proverb
“Set a beggar on horseback, and he’ll out ride the Devil.” ——German Proverb
“Set a thief to catch a thief.” ——English Proverb
“Silence was never written down.” ——Italian Proverb
“Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.” ——Spanish Proverb
“Sit a beggar at your table and he will soon put his feet on it.” ——Russian Proverb
“Six hours’ sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.” ——English Proverb
“Small children give you headache; big children heartache.” ——Russian Proverb
“Some people are masters of money, and some its slaves.” ——Russian Proverb
“Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the time
I am being carried on great wings across the sky.” ——Ojibway Saying
“Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.” ——English Proverb
“Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.” ——English Proverb (17th century)
“Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.” ——Slovenian Proverb
“Stars are not seen by sunshine.” ——Spanish Proverb
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” ——Bible, Proverbs 9:17
“Sweet is the wine but sour is the payment.” ——Irish Proverb
“Take heed of enemies reconciled, and of meat twice boiled.” ——English Proverb
“Take thy thoughts to bed with thee, for the morning is wiser than the evening.” ——Russian Proverb
“Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.” ——English Proverb
“Tell me who you live with and I will tell you who you are.” ——Spanish Proverb
“Tell the truth and shame the devil.” ——Proverb of Unknown Origin
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.” ——Chinese Proverb
“The best advice is found on the pillow.” ——Danish Proverb
“The best thing about a man is his dog.” ——French Proverb
“The big thieves hang the little ones.” ——Czech Proverb
“The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I’ll walk carefully.” ——Russian Proverb
“The comforter’s head never aches.” ——Italian Proverb
“The darkest hour is that before the dawn.” ——English Proverb
“The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail.” ——Irish Proverb
“The devil looks after his own.” ——Proverb of Unknown Origin
“The devil seduced Eve in Italian. Eve misled Adam in Bohemian. The Lord scolded them both in German. Then the angel drove them from paradise in Hungarian.” ——Traditional Polish Saying
“The fat is in the fire.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” ——Chinese Proverb
“The girl who can’t dance says the band can’t play.” ——Yiddish Proverb
“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” ——Proverb of Unknown Origin
“The great thieves lead away the little thieves.” ——French Proverb
“The green new broom sweepeth clean.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“The hole is more honorable than the patch.” ——Irish Proverb
“The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.” ——William Blake, Proverbs of Hell (1790)
“The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.” ——Yiddish Proverb
“The jay bird don’t rob his own nest.” ——West Indies Proverb
“The light heart lives long.” ——Irish Proverb
“The man who does not love a horse cannot love a woman.” ——Spanish Proverb
“The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.” ——Chinese Proverb
“The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.” ——Irish Proverb
“The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely.” ——Irish Proverb
“The moon is made of a green cheese.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“The more the merrier.” ——John Heywood, The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
“The morning is wiser than the evening.” ——Russian Proverb
“The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.” ——Japanese Proverb
“The night rinses what the day has soaped.” ——Swiss Proverb
“The only good thing that comes from the east is the sun.” ——Traditional Portuguese Saying