- Q - Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side.   French Proverb A quarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it, the more sour it grows.   Irish Proverb

- R - Rats know the way of rats.   Chinese Proverb A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood.   African(Annang) Proverb Ready money works great cures.   French Proverb Rent and Taxes never sleep.   German Proverb Revenge does not long remain unrevenged.   German Proverb Revenge is a confession of pain.   Latin Proverb The reverse side also has a reverse side.   Japanese Proverb A rich man has no need of character.    Hebrew Proverb A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.   Portuguese Proverb The rich worry over their money, the poor over their bread.    Vietnamese Proverb The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.    Russian Proverb Rotten wood cannot be carved.   Chinese Proverb

- S - Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.    American Proverb Self-praise is nno praise at all.   English Proverb Set a thief to catch a thief.   French Proverb Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.   Sweedish Proverb The shortest answer is doing.   English Proverb A shroud has no pockets.   German Proverb Sickness shows us what we are.   Latin Proverb The silent dog is the first to bite.    Old Proverb Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves.   Italian Proverb Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.   Spanish Proverb A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.    Chinese Proverb The sinning is the best part of repentance.   Arabic Proverb Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.   African Proverb A snake deserves no pity.   Yiddish Proverb So long as a man is angry he cannot be in the right.   Chinese Proverb Sorrow is the child of too much joy.   Chinese Proverb Speak of the devil and he appears.    Italian Proverb Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee.    Biblical Proverb Spread the table and contention will cease.   English Proverb The stitch is lost unless the thread is knotted.   Italian Proverb Strew no roses before swine.   Dutch Proverb Success has many friends.   Greek Proverb The sun sets without thy assistance.    The Talmud Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors.   Swedish Proverb

- T - Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.   Native American Proverb Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are.   Russian proverb Tell nothing to thy friend that thy enemy may not know.   Danish Proverb There is a pinch of the madman in every great man.   French Proverb There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.   Chinese Proverb There is no flying without wings.    French Proverb There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.   French Proverb There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich.   French Proverb There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy.   French Proverb There is not enough room for two elephants to sit in the same shade.   African(Ovambo) Proverb There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth   Venezuelan Proverb There is no wise response to a foolish remark.   Runmanian Proverb There is no worse robber than a bad book.   Italian Proverb There is one who kisses, and the other who offers a cheek.   French Proverb There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere.   Sufi Proverb They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of them.   Danish Proverb Think much, speak little, write less.   French Proverb Those who wish to sing always find a song.   Swedish Proverb Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root.   Malay Proverb Those who do not study are only cattle dressed in men's clothes.   Chinese Proverb Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.    Chinese Proverb Those who lose dreaming are lost.   Australian Aboriginal Proverb Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.   Italian Proverb Though you live near a forest, do not waste firewood.   Chinese Proverb A thousand regrets do not cancel one debt.   Turkish Proverb Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the ground.   Malayan Proverb Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise.   Welsh Proverb Three Spaniards, four opinions.    Spanish Proverb Time gives good advice.    Maltese Proverb To a friend's house the road is never long.   Danish Proverb To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.   Chinese Proverb To change and change for the better are two different things.   German Proverb To compare is not to prove.   French Proverb To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it.    Greek Proverb To know and to act are one and the same.    Samurai Proverb To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.   Chinese Proverb Tomorrow is the busiest day of the year.    Spanish Proverb To own is to fear. (Tener es temer.)    Spanish Proverb To the good listener, half a word is enough.   Spanish Proverb To want to forget something is to remember it.   French Proverb The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth.   English Proverb To understand your parents' love, bear your own children.   Chinese Proverb Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.   French Proverb A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.    American Proverb Trees often transplanted never prosper.   Arab Proverb Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.   Malayan Proverb Truth is the safest lie.    Yiddish Proverb Truth never dies, but lives a wretched life.   Yiddish Proverb Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.    Maori proverb Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.    Scottish Proverb Two cannot fall out if one does not choose.   Spanish Proverb Two watermelons can not be held under one arm.   Turkish Proverb

- U - Under a ragged coat lies wisdom.   Romanian Proverb Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.    Spanish Proverb Unwilling service earns no thanks.   Danish Proverb Use power to curb power.   Chinese Proverb Use soft words and hard arguments.    English Proverb Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.   Persian Proverb

- V - Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.   Japanese Proverb Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure.    Portuguese Proverb Vulnerant omnia, ultima necat. (All the [hours] wound you, the last one kills)   Latin Proverb

- W - Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.   French Proverb Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow.    Spanish Proverb We are usually the best men when in the worst health.   English Proverb We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.    Haida Proverb We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it.   French Proverb What is true by firelight is not always true by daylight.   French Proverb What may be done at any time will be done at no time.   Scottish Proverb We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.   French Proverb What can't be cured, must be endured.    Old Proverb What is bought is cheaper than a gift.   Portuguese Proverb What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks.   Romanian Proverb What the people believe is true.   Native American Proverb (Anishinabe) What was hard to endure is sweet to recall.   French Proverb What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.   Jewish Proverb What you give you get, ten times over.   Yoruba Proverb When a blind man carries a lame man, both go forward.    Swedish proverb When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.   German Proverb When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.    Hindu Proverb When anger rises, think of the consequences.   Confucius When a thing is done, advice comes too late.   Romanian Proverb When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured.   English Proverb When a wife sins the husband is never innocent.   Italian Proverb When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.    African Proverb When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.   Chinese Proverb When fire and water are at war, it is the fire that loses.   Spanish Proverb When friends ask, there is no tomorrow.    Miscellaneous Proverb When glory comes, loss of memory follows.   French Proverb When in doubt, Gallop!    Proverb of the French Foreign Legion When the blind man carries the lame man, both go forward.    Swedish Proverb When the hand ceases to scatter, the heart ceases to pray.   Irish Proverb When the mouse laughs at the cat there is a hole nearby.    Nigerian Proverb When one shuts one eye, one does not hear everything.   Swiss Proverb When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.   Ethiopian Proverb When the fox preaches, look to the geese.   German Proverb When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.   African Proverb When the time comes, even a rat becomes a tiger.   Japanese Proverb When two quarrel, both are to blame.   Dutch Proverb When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach.   French Proverb When you are thirsty, it is too late to think about digging a well.   Japanese Proverb When you drink from the stream remember the spring.   Chinese Proverb When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.   Czech Proverb When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage.   Jewish Proverb When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.   Chinese Proverb When you live next to the cemetary, you cannot weep for everyone.    Old Proverb When your neighbor's house is on fire, carry water to your own.   Italian Proverb When you see a palm tree, the palm tree has seen you.   African(Wolof) Proverb When you throw dirt, you lose ground.   Texan Proverb When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.   Chinese Proverb Where ambition begins happiness ends.   Hungarian Proverb Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel.    Spanish Proverb Where there is a sea there are pirates.    Greek Proverb Where there is love, there is pain.   Spanish Proverb Where there are no swamps there are no frogs.   German Proverb Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.    Confucius Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important.   Korean Proverb Where the river is deepest it makes least noise.   Italian Proverb The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.    Arab Proberb A white wall is the fool's paper.    French Proverb Who accepts nothing has nothing to return.   German Proverb Who depends on another man's table often dines late.    Italian Proverb Who gossips to you will gossip of you.   Turkish Proverb Who is not ashamed doubles his sins.   German Proverb Who lies for you will lie against you.   Bosnian Proverb Who punishes one threatens a hundred.   French Proverb Whose bread I eat: his song I sing.   German Proverb Who seeks a friend without faults dies alone.   Turkish Proverb Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.    German Proverb Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.    Japaneses Proverb Wisdom is in the head and not in the beard.   Swedish Proverb The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.   German Proverb The wise man shapes himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.   Chinese Proverb With a good name one may sin easily.   Dutch Proverb With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle.    French Proverb With money in your pocket you are wise, you are handsome, and you sing well too.    Jewish Proverb With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.    Chinese Proverb Woe to the house where the hen crows and the rooster is still.   Spanish Proverb The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.   Polish Proverb A woman either loves or hates, there is no third course.   Latin Proverb A woman without a man is like a garden without a fence.   German Proverb Women in mischief are wiser than men.   English Proverb Words must be weighed, not counted.    Polish Proverb Worries go better with soup than without.   Yiddish Proverb Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.   Swedish Proverb The worse the passage the more welcome the port.   English Proverb

- Y - You can not write in the chimney with charcoal.    Russian Proverb You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.    Jewish Proverb You can't make pancakes without breaking eggs.   Spanish Proverb You may laugh at a friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleeping accomodation.    Kenyan Proverb Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done and fools what they wish to do.   French Proverb Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them.   Danish Proverb Your friend has a friend; don't tell him.    Jewish Proverb You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.   Navajo Proverb You must climb the mountain if you would see the plain.   Chinese Proverb You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.   Irish Proverb