Confucius Proverbs

Love is like a war:Easy to begin Hard to end!
ancient Proverbs

If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile.
Indian Proverbs

Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.
Chinese Proverbs

Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
Confucius

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
English Proverbs

What is hateful to thyself do not do to another. That is the whole Law, the rest is Commentary.
Jewish Proverbs

Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.
German Proverbs

The journey is the reward.
Chinese Proverbs

Everyone is wise until he speaks.
Irish Proverbs

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
Confucius

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.
Chinese Proverbs

Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.
Latin Proverbs

When ambition ends, happiness begins.
Hungarian Proverbs

Blind belief is dangerous. - Luyia , Western Kenya
African Proverbs

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

Do not vacillate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing. - Ethiopia
African Proverbs

A boys best friend is his mother and there's no spancel stronger than her apron string.
Irish Proverbs

A dog knows the places he is thrown food.
African Proverbs

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
Confucius

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.
Confucius

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
Confucius

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
Confucius

Familiarity breeds contempt.
English Proverbs

In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.
Chinese Proverbs

Actions speak louder than words.
English Proverbs

Better be quarrelling than lonesome.
Irish Proverbs

All's well that ends well.
English Proverbs

If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?
Confucius

That which is escaped now is pain to come.
Proverbs

The good looks of a moron do not stay that way for long. - Ethiopia (Ayele, p. 23, Amharic)
African Proverbs

When the sky falls we'll catch larks.
Irish Proverbs

Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
Proverbs

Good fences make good neighbors.
English Proverbs

A bad penny always turns up.
English Proverbs

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
English Proverbs

An old broom knows the dirty corners best.
Irish Proverbs

One beetle recognizes another.
Irish Proverbs

Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.
English Proverbs

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Confucius

The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
Irish Proverbs

A Champion bull starts from birth. - Luyia.Western Kenya
African Proverbs

Bad dancing does not brake an engagement. - Luyia , Western Kenya
African Proverbs

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
English Proverbs

Knowledge is better than riches. Cameroon
African Proverbs

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.
Confucius

A windy day is not the day for thatching.
Irish Proverbs

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.
English Proverbs

Humor to a man is like a feather pillow.It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.
Irish Proverbs

Mere words do not feed the friars.
Irish Proverbs

The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb
African Proverbs