“A baboon laughs at the buttocks of another baboon.” – Kenyan proverb
Tag Archives: proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 557
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“Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.” – Chinese proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 525
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“Deveye sormuşlar neden boynun eğri. “Nerem doğru ki?” demiş.”
- Turkish proverb
Translation: They asked the camel why its neck was curved. “What of me is straight?” it said.
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 514
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“กว่าถั่วจะสุกงาก็ไหม้” – Thai proverb
Literal: Before the nut is cooked, a sesame is burnt.
Meaning: Don’t let issues hang for too long until they’re all burnt.
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 419
“In time of test, family is best.” - Burmese Proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 377
“滴水之恩当以涌泉相报”
- Hongkongese proverb
- Translation: A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring.
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 368
“Don’t bypass a town where there’s a friend” – Malagasy proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 366
“Beware of French people who pretend to quarrel with each other: they will join together to fight you.”
- Colonial Malagasy proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 365
“Don’t take a second mouthful before you have swallowed the first.”
- Malagasy proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 364
“Words go further than bullets.” – Malagasy proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 356
“Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.”
- Malagasy proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 331
“Power corrupts.” – Malagasy proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 318
“One does evil enough when one does nothing good.” - German proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 297
“똥 도 약에 쓰려면 없다”
- Korean proverb
Translation: “When you use dog shit as medicine, there isn’t any.”
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 293
“If you want to know the end, look at the beginning”
- African proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 264
“Ohne Fleiß kein Preis.”
- German proverb
Translation: “No diligence, no prize.”
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 225
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“There is never a wrong time to do the right thing”
-Maldivian proverb
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 188
“Ładnemu we wszystkim ładnie” – Polish proverb
Translation: A pretty person looks pretty in every clothing.
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 167
“Vita vya panzi (ni) furaha ya kunguru” -Kiswahili proverb
Translation: “War among grasshoppers delights the crow.”
Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 152
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“الحقران يقطع المصران”
-Kuwaiti proverb
