| Afghanistan |  | What you see in yourself is what you see in the world. |
| Albania |  | The sun at home warms better than the sun elsewhere. |
| Argentina |  | 1. Dress the monkey in silk and it is still a monkey.
2. A man who develops himself is born twice. |
| Armenia |  | You are as many a person as the number of languages you know. |
| Austria |  | A light is still a light - even though the blind man cannot see it. |
| Azerbaijan |  | It's not shameful not to know, but it's shameful not to ask. |
| Belgium |  | He who does not wish for little things does not deserve big things. |
| Benin |  | Anyone who see beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. |
| Bosnia |  | The eyes of cheats are always full of tears |
| Brazil |  | He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. |
| Bulgaria |  | A tree falls the way it leans. |
| Burma |  | One sesame seed won't make oil. |
| Cameroon |  | A chattering bird builds no nest. |
| China |  | A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. |
| Congo |  | A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. |
| Cuba |  | Life is short but a smile takes barely a second. |
| Czech Republic | 
| Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather. |
| Denmark |  | Better to ask twice than to lose your way once. |
| Egypt |  | God loves him who cares for the poor more than him who respects the wealthy. |
| England |  | A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. |
| Ethiopia |  | Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him. |
| France |  | There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. |
| Gaelic | 
| Even God cannot make two mountains without a valley in between. |
| Georgia |  | The eyeless ant asks God for eye-lashes. |
| Germany |  | A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit. |
| Ghana | 
| Hunger is felt by a slave and hunger is felt by a king. |
| Greece |  | Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues. |
| Guinea | 
| He who has done evil, expects evil. |
| Haiti |  | Don't insult the alligator until you've crossed the river. |
| Hindu |  | Never strike your wife, even with a flower. |
| Hungary |  | Where ambition ends, happiness begins. |
| Iceland |  | He who lives without discipline dies without honor. |
| India | | The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr. Cobra. |
| Iran |  | Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light. |
| Ireland |  | He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday. |
| Israel |  | 1. Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him.
2. Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side. |
| Italy |  | Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. |
| Jamaica |  | When you go to a donkey's house, don't talk about. ears. |
| Japan |  | 1. Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods.
2. Fall seven times, stand up eight. |
| Kenya |  | Having a good discussion is like having riches. |
| Korea, South |  | Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart. |
| Kurdish |  | It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world. |
| Latin | 
| Keep quiet and people will think you are a philosopher. |
| Lebanon |  | Lower your voice, strengthen your argument. |
| Madagascar |  | Words are like eggs: when they are hatched they have wings. |
| Malaysia |  | A fool is like the big drum that beats fast but does not realize its hollowness. |
| Malta |  | Where the heart loves, there the legs walk. |
| Mexico |  | It's not enough to know how to rise - you must also know how to fall. |
| Morocco |  | Evening promises are like butter: morning comes, and it's all melted. |
| Netherlands |  | A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. |
| New Zealand |  | The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey will seem. |
| Niger |  | Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit. |
| Nigeria |  | The death that will kill a man begins as an appetite. |
| Norway |  | Luck is loaned, not owned. |
| Palestinian |  | You will not dare mistreat the face you see in the morning. |
| Philippines | 
| People who never break things first will never learn to create anything. |
| Poland |  | The greatest love is a mother's, then a dog's, then a sweetheart's. |
| Portugal |  | Beware of a man that does not talk and a dog that does not bark. |
| Romania |  | Eating and scratching want but a beginning. |
| Russia |  | Success and rest don't sleep together. |
| Rwanda |  | You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. |
| Samoa |  | Stones decay; words last. |
| Saudi Arabia |  | A book is a garden carried in the pocket. |
| Scotland |  | Be slow in choosing a friend but slower in changing him. |
| Senegal |  | The opportunity that God sends does not wake up him who sleeps. |
| Sicily |  | Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. |
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