The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
--  English Proverb

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.
--  Irish proverb

Nodding the head does not row the boat.  
--  Irish Proverb

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
--  Irish Proverb

Three things can't be hidden; Coughing, poverty and love.
--  Yiddish proverb

Talk doesn't cook rice.
--  Chinese proverb

Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.
--  Chinese Proverb

A clear conscience sleeps during thunder.
--  Jamaican Proverb

At the end of the game the king and the pawn go back in the same box.
--  Italian Proverb

If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over.
--  Yiddish proverb

Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure.  
--  Portuguese Proverb

Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
--  Native American Proverb

Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule or the cook.
--  Cowboy Wisdom

All things at first appear difficult.
--  Chinese Proverb

I hear and I forget.  I see and I remember.  I do and I understand.
--  Chinese Proverb

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
--  Burmese Proverb

Take care of your pennies and your pounds will take care of your heirs and
barristers.
--  English Proverb

Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves.
--  Scottish Proverb

Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of your widow's
next husband.
--  American Proverb

The gods too are fond of a joke.
--  Greek Proverb

Money talks, but all it ever says is goodbye.
--  American Proverb

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.
--  Chinese Proverb

Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn.
--  Greek Proverb

Don't count your fish until they're on dry land.
--  Chinese Proverb

If a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the skies.
--  German Proverb

One dog barks at something specific.  A hundred bark at the sound.
--  Chinese Proverb

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
--  Yiddish Proverb

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
--  Chinese Proverb

Stand like mountain, move like water.
-- Ancient Taoist proverb

Never put your hand out farther than you can draw it back again.
--  Irish Proverb

He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything.
--  Arabian Proverb

Hold a true friend with both your hands.
--  Nigerian Proverb
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
--  Greek Proverb

Nothing seems expensive on credit.
--  Czech Proverb

No horse goes as fast as the money you bet on him.
--  American Proverb
Why spoil a good meal with a big tip?
--  Jewish proverb

A dog is a man's best friend because it wags its tail -- not its tongue.
--  American Proverb

The palest ink is better than the sharpest memory.
--  Chinese Proverb

Behind every successful rancher is a wife who works in town.
--  Old Western proverb

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
--  Chinese Proverb

If what you say is something you wouldn't write down, don't say it.
--  Hebrew Proverb

Behind every successful rancher is a wife who works in town.
--  Old Western proverb

Life is a tragedy for those who feel; and a comedy for those who think.
--  Chinese Proverb

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
--  African Proverb

May the wind at your back not be the result of the corned beef and cabbage
you had for lunch.
--  Irish Proverb

If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
--  Yiddish Proverb

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
--  English proverb

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
--  Latin Proverb

The babbling brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks.
--  Chinese proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred
days of sorrow.
--  Chinese proverb

He gives double who gives unasked.
--  Arabian proverb

Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours.
--  Swedish Proverb

An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.
--  Spanish proverb

Whatever you have, spend less.
--  Early American proverb

A half truth is a whole lie.
--  Yiddish Proverb

An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.
--  Spanish proverb

No one can be caught in places he doesn't visit.
--  Danish Proverb

He who lives without principles, dies without honor.
- Norse proverb

Children have more need of models than of critics.
--  French Proverb

Promise little and do much.
--  Hebrew Proverb

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
--  Scottish Proverb

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
--  Scottish proverb

A sharp tongue sometimes cuts its own throat.
--  Spanish proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
--  Chinese proverb

Worry gives a small thing a big shadow.
--  Swedish proverb

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by
those who got there first.
--  Irish Proverb

Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the
stronger the trees.
--  German Proverb

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it,
will be fish.
--  Greek Proverb

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from a friend's forehead.
--  Chinese Proverb

Crows everywhere are equally black.
--  Chinese proverb

The brother or sister who does not respect the traditions of the elders
will not be allowed to eat with the elders.
--  African proverb

Truth fears no trial.
-- Early American Proverb

Whoever gossips to you - will gossip about you.
--  Old Spanish Proverb

Minds are like parachutes; they function best when open.
--  American Proverb

Failure is the path of least persistence.
--  Hungarian Proverb

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.
--  Saudi Proverb

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
--  Chinese Proverb

There is many a good man to be found under a shabby hat.
--  Chinese Proverb

Your achievement is the beauty of your life.
--  Madagascar Proverb

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor, for it is not he that you wrong
You wrong yourself.
--  Shawnee Proverb

Those who wish to sing always find a song.
--  Swedish proverb

Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him
the truth.
--  Portuguese Proverb

Hold a true friend with both your hands.
--  Nigerian Proverb

Never test the depth of a river with both feet.
--  African proverb

Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
--  American proverb

He who forgives ends the quarrel.
--  African proverb

Grasp time and learn to know the world.
--  Dutch proverb

If thy neighbor offend thee, give each of his children bagpipes.
--  Old Scottish Proverb

We are friends. We must assist each other to bear our burdens.
-- American Indian Proverb (Osage)

Strive to be a person who is never absent from an important act.
-- American Indian Proverb (Osage)

Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.
-- American Indian Proverb (Maricopa)

What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for.
-- American Indian Proverb (Pawnee)

Do not speak of evil for it creates curiosity in the hearts of the young.
-- American Indian Proverb (Lakota)

Speak truth in humility to all people. Only then can you be a true man.
-- American Indian Proverb (Sioux)

Ask questions from you heart and you will be answered from the heart.
-- American Indian Proverb (Omaha)

Judge not your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins.
-- American Indian Proverb (Cheyenne)

You must live your life from beginning to end. No one else can do it for you.
-- American Indian Proverb (Hopi)

It is no longer good enough to cry "peace". We must act peace,
live peace and live in peace.
-- American Indian Proverb (Shenandoah)

There can never be peace between nations until it is first known
that true peace is within the souls of men.
-- American Indian Proverb (Oglala Sioux)

Love yourself. Get outside of yourself and take action.
Focus on the solution. Be at peace.
-- American Indian Proverb (Sioux)

If you speak the truth have a foot in the stirrup.
--  Turkish proverb

A single bracelet does not jingle.
--  Old African proverb

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the
greatest violence.
--  Hebrew Proverb

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
--  German Proverb

"As a matter of fact" is an expression that precedes many an
expression that isn't.
--  Early American proverb

'Tis better that a man's own works, than another man's words
should praise him.
--  English proverb

'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the
mountain in its azure hue.
--  Irish proverb

'Tis not the fairest form that holds the mildest, purest soul
within; "Tis not the richest plant that holds the sweetest
fragrance in.
--  Japanese proverb

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
--  Colonial American proverb

There is only one pretty child in the world and every mother has it.
--  Chinese Proverb.

Champagne to true friends, true pain to sham friends.
--  Old Toast

When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are halfway there.
--  Japanese proverb

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
--  Japanese proverb

If you believe everything you read, you better not read.
--  Japanese proverb

Every fish that escapes appears greater than it is.
--  Japanese proverb

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
--  American Proverb

A Clean House is a Sign of a Misspent Life
--  American Proverb

A Husband Is Someone Who Takes Out the Trash and Gives the Impression
He Just Cleaned The Whole House
--  American Proverb

A Messy Kitchen is a Happy Kitchen...   And This Kitchen is Delirious
--  American Proverb

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never
cease to be amused.
--  American Proverb

Countless Number of People Have Eaten in this Kitchen and Gone On To
Lead Normal Lives
--  American Proverb

Help Keep the Kitchen Clean - Eat Out
--  American Proverb

Housework Done Properly Can Kill You
--  American Proverb

If we are what we eat, then I'm easy, fast, and cheap
--  American Proverb

My next house will have no kitchen --- just vending machines
--  American Proverb

No Husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes
--  American Proverb

Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
--  American Proverb

Never advise anyone to go to war, buy a horse or marry.
--  Spanish Proverb

Those who know don't tell.  Those who tell don't know.
--  English Proverb

The Oxen may be slow but the Earth is patient.
--  Chinese Proverb

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.
--  Irish Proverb

The palest ink is better than the sharpest memory.
--  Chinese Proverb

Life is a tragedy for those who feel; and a comedy for
those who think.
--  Chinese Proverb

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
--  Miguel de Cervantes

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask
remains a fool forever.
--  Chinese proverb

A man with little learning is like the frog who thinks its puddle a great sea.
--  Burmese proverb

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
--  Chinese Proverb

If you believe that dreams can come true, be prepared for the
occasional nightmare too.
--  French Proverb

You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with
strange cats.
--  Colonial American proverb

Wisdom is only granted to those who find it themselves.
--  Tibetan Proverb

If they give you--take; if they take from you--yell!
--  Yiddish Proverb

Charge nothing and you'll get a lot of customers.
--  Yiddish Proverb

Don't spit into the well--you might drink from it later.
--  Yiddish Proverb

Cancer--schmancer! -- as long as you're healthy.
--  Yiddish Proverb

Do not worry about tomorrow, because you do not even
know what may happen to you today.
--  Yiddish Proverb

If one person tells you that you have ass's ears, take no notice;
should two tell you so, procure a saddle for yourself.
--  Yiddish Proverb

You can't chew with somebody else's teeth.
--  Yiddish Proverb

If you spit upwards, you're bound to get it back in the face.
--  Yiddish Proverb

You can't dance at two weddings at the same time; nor can you
sit on two horses with one behind.
--  Yiddish Proverb

Had you gotten up early, you wouldn't have needed to stay up late.
--  Yiddish Proverb

One who has the reputation of an early riser may safely lie in
bed until noon.
--  Yiddish Proverb

For dying, you always have time.
--  Yiddish Proverb

When a fool is silent, he too is counted among the wise.
--  Yiddish Proverb

Silence is the fence around wisdom.
--  Yiddish Proverb

All people are your relatives, therefore expect only trouble from them.
--  Chinese Proverb

Buying is cheaper than asking.
--  German Proverb

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for
roast duck to drop in.
--  Chinese Proverb

A Smith & Wesson beats four aces.
--  American Proverb

Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure.
-- Portuguese Proverb

The church is near, but the road is icy.
The bar is far, but we will walk carefully.
--  Russian Proverb

No one can be caught in places he doesn't visit.
--  Danish Proverb

Even the lion must put up with flies.
--    African Proverb

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep.
--Yiddish Proverb

Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit.
--  German Proverb

Patience accomplishes its object,
while hurry speeds to its ruin.
--  Saudi Proverb

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a
closed room with a mosquito.
--  African Proverb

The reverse side also has a reverse side.
--  Japanese proverb

When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers.
--Kikuyu Proverb

A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
--Sioux Saying

He who shits on the road will meet flies on his return.
-- South African saying

Great souls have wills, feeble ones have only wishes.
--Ancient Chinese Proverb

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water,
but to walk on the earth.
--Chinese Proverb

If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
--Chinese Proverb

The flower which is single, need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
--  Colombian Proverb

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk
on the earth.
--Chinese Proverb

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man.
The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
--  Hindu Proverb

When a fool holds his tongue, he too is thought clever.
--  Yiddish proverb

When a poor man gets to eat a chicken, one of them is sick.
--  Yiddish proverb

"Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall" -- but don't pick him up
either.
--  Yiddish proverb

When a mother calls her child "bastard," you can take her
word for it.
--  Yiddish proverb

The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
--  Yiddish proverb

With money in your pocket, you are wise and you are
handsome and you sing well, too.
--  Yiddish proverb

Three things grow overnight: profits, rents, and girls.
--  Yiddish proverb

Truth rests with God alone, and a little with me.
--  Yiddish proverb

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not
ask remains a fool forever.
--  Chinese proverb

Man who stand on hill with mouth open
will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
-- Confucius

The wise man has long ears, big eyes and a short tongue.
--  Russian proverb

War is not healthy for children and other living things.
--From A Quaker Poster

Be not afraid of growing slowly.
Be afraid only of standing still.
--   Chinese Proverb

It is better to give a handful of rice with love and honesty than to
give a thousand dollars with the desire for name and fame.
--   Chinese Proverb

In American, an hour is about 40 minutes.
-- German Saying

You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats.
-- Colonial American proverb

Example has more followers than reason.
-- Chinese Proverb

If there is no wind, row.
-- Latin proverb

May the mist of Irish magic
Shorten every road,
May you taste the sweetest pleasures
That fortune ere bestowed,
And may all your friends remember
All the favors you are owed.
--  Old Irish saying
(A special thanks to File Måire Spillane for this gem)

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
Spanish Proverb

If triangles had a God, He'd have three sides.
-- Yiddish proverb

Don't worry about avoiding temptation.  As you grow older, it starts
avoiding you.
-- Farmer's Almanac

Wisdom is what makes a poor man a king, a weak person
powerful, a good generation of a bad one, a foolish man reasonable.
--  Irish saying  (Thanks to File Måire Spillane)

There is neither success nor efficiency without authority and law
--  Old Proverb

Truth stands when everything else falls.
--  Old Proverb

Praise the young and they will make progress.
--  Old Proverb

Sense doesn't come before age.
--  Old Proverb

Remember even if you lose all, keep your good name; for if you lose that you are
worthless.
--  Old Proverb

No one is ever poor who has the sight of his eyes and the use of his feet.
--  Old Proverb

Food is no more important than wisdom.
--  Old Proverb

There is not a tree higher in Heaven than the tree of patience.
--  Old Proverb

It is not the most beautiful woman who has the most sense.
--  Old Proverb

Do not resent growing old; many are denied the privilege.
--  Old Proverb

Life is short, so we must move very slowly.
--Thai proverb

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire,
four times; her intelligence, eight times.
-- Sanskrit proverb

He who seeks trouble always finds it.
-- English Proverb

Use soft words and hard arguments.
-- English Proverb

A man's fortune must first be changed from within.
-- Chinese proverb

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
-- English Proverb

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.
-- Irish Proverb

A stumble may prevent a fall.
-- English Proverb

A wise man changes his mind; a fool never will.
-- Spanish Proverb

An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.
-- Chinese Proverb

Before you beat the dog, learn his master's name.
-- Chinese Proverb

Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.
-- Danish proverb

Consider the turtle; he makes progress only by sticking his neck out.
-- Chinese proverb

Dig the well BEFORE you are thirsty.
-- Chinese Proverb

God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.
--  Swedish Proverb

He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
--  Welsh Proverb

If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
-- Chinese Proverb

In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything.
In the midst of  great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.
--  Chinese Proverb

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship,
but never in want.
-- Irish toast

It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.
-- Confucius

Life is a dream walking. Death is a going home.
-- Chinese Proverb

Life is the biggest bargain.  We get it for nothing.
-- Yiddish Proverb

Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone, and more fragile than a rose.
--  Turkish Proverb

Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it.
--Old Chinese Proverb

Mañana is often the busiest day of the week.
-- Spanish Proverb

May all your troubles in the coming year be as short as your New Year's
resolutions.
-- Irish Proverb

Money is flat and meant to be piled up.
-- Scottish Proverb

Old age is always 20 years older than you are.
-- Chinese Proverb

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
-- African Proverb

Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
-- Jewish Proverb

Seeing's believing--but feeling is God's own truth.
-- Irish Proverb

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
-- African Proverb

Swift gratitude is the sweetest.
-- Greek Proverb

Tell me whom you love, and I'll tell you who you are.
--  Creole Proverb

There are 40 kinds of lunacy, but only one kind of common sense.
--  African Proverb

There are three things that if a man does not know, he cannot live long in this
world:  what is too much for him, what is too little for him, and  what is just
right for him.
-- Swahili Proverb

Truth is the safest lie.
-- Jewish Proverb

When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
--  West African Proverb

When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
--  The Talmud

Write injuries in sand, kindness in marble.
-- French proverb