| 14,700 Proverbs from 349 nationalities and origins. |
| a proverb of the twelfth century |
Afghan |
African |
| African American |
African Annang |
African Ovambo |
| African Swahili |
African Wolof |
African Zulu |
| African-America |
Akan |
Albanian |
| American |
American, Dutch |
Amharic |
| Amish |
Ancient |
Arab |
| Arabian |
Arabian, quoted by Bulwer-Lytton "The Lady of Lyon |
Arabic |
| Arabic, Dutch |
Argentine |
Argentinean |
| Armenian |
Army |
Ashanti |
| Asturian |
Australian Aboriginal |
Azerbaijani |
| Baguirmi |
Balinese |
Bantu |
| Basque |
Bedouin |
Belgian |
| Belizean |
Bemba |
Bengali |
| Berber |
Black |
Bosnian |
| Brazilian |
British |
Bugandan |
| Bulgarian |
Burmese |
Cambodian |
| Cameroonian |
Catalan |
Chinese |
| Chinese, Dutch |
Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese |
Chinese, Spanish |
| Colombian |
Confucian |
Congolese |
| Congolese, French |
Cowboy |
Creole |
| Czech |
Czechoslovakian |
Dakotan |
| Danish |
Danish, Dutch |
Danish, Dutch, French, German |
| Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese |
Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish |
Danish, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Danish, Dutch, French, Italian |
Danish, Dutch, German |
Danish, Dutch, German, Italian |
| Danish, Dutch, German, Spanish |
Danish, Dutch, Irish |
Danish, Dutch, Italian |
| Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish |
Danish, English |
Danish, English, French, German, Portuguese |
| Danish, English, German |
Danish, French |
Danish, French, German |
| Danish, French, German, Spanish |
Danish, French, Italian |
Danish, German |
| Danish, Italian |
Danish, Spanish |
Darkovan |
| Dutch |
Dutch, English, French |
Dutch, French |
| Dutch, French, German |
Dutch, French, German, also found in Beaumont and |
Dutch, French, German, Italian |
| Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese |
Dutch, French, German, Portuguese |
Dutch, French, Italian |
| Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish |
Dutch, French, Spanish |
| Dutch, German |
Dutch, German, Italian |
Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese |
| Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
Dutch, German, Spanish |
Dutch, Irish |
| Dutch, Italian |
Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
Dutch, Italian, Spanish |
| Dutch, Portuguese |
Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish |
Dutch, Spanish |
| Ecuadoran |
Egyptian |
English |
| English, French |
English, German |
English, Italian |
| English, Portuguese |
English; Italian |
epigram on Butler |
| epitaph on Fair Rosamund |
Eskimo |
Estonian |
| Ethiopian |
European |
Fiji |
| Fijian |
Filipino |
Finnish |
| Flemish |
French |
French Foreign Legion |
| French, German |
French, German, Italian |
French, German, Italian, Portuguese |
| French, German, Italian, Spanish |
French, German, Spanish |
French, Italian |
| French, Italian, Portuguese |
French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
French, Italian, Spanish |
| French, Portuguese |
French, Portuguese, Spanish |
French, quoted by Lord Chesterfield |
| French, Romanian |
French, Spanish |
from Fuller's "Gnomologica" |
| Gaelic |
Galician |
Gambian |
| Genoese |
Georgian |
German |
| German, Italian |
German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
German, Italian, Spanish |
| German, Portuguese |
German, Portuguese, Spanish |
German, Spanish |
| Ghanaian |
Giryama |
Goan |
| Greek |
Guatemala |
Guatemalan |
| Guinean |
Gypsy |
Haida |
| Haitian |
Hasidic |
Hausa |
| Hawaiian |
Haya |
Hebrew |
| Hindi |
Hindu |
Hindustani |
| Hopi |
Hungarian |
Ibo |
| Icelandic |
Igbo |
India |
| Indian |
Indonesian |
Iranian |
| Irish |
Islamic |
Italian |
| Italian, Portuguese |
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
Italian, Spanish |
| Jabo |
Jamaican |
Japanese |
| Jewish |
Kashmiri |
Kenya |
| Kenyan |
Kikuyu |
Kikuyu [Kenyan] |
| Klingon |
Korean |
Kurdish |
| Lancastrian |
Laotian |
Latin |
| Latin, also found in the Preface of Franklin's "Po |
Latin, Danish |
Latin, Danish, Dutch |
| Latin, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spa |
Latin, Dutch |
Latin, Dutch, also see William Patten Expedition i |
| Latin, Dutch, German |
Latin, French |
Latin, French, German, Italian |
| Latin, French, Portuguese |
Latin, German |
Latin, German, Spanish |
| Latin, Italian |
Latin, Portuguese |
Latvian |
| Lebanese |
Legal |
Liberian |
| Lithuanian |
Lybian |
Maaori |
| Madagascari |
Madagasy |
Malabar |
| Malagasy |
Malay |
Malayan |
| Malaysian |
Malian |
Maltese |
| Mannar |
Maori |
Martinican |
| Massai |
Medical |
Mexican |
| Montenegro |
Moorish |
Moroccan |
| Myanmar |
Namibian |
Native American |
| Native American Anishinabe |
Native American Blackfoot |
Native American Minquass |
| Native American Navajo |
Native American Nez Perce |
Native American Pima |
| Native American Sioux |
Native American Tuscarora |
Native American Zuni |
| Navaho |
Nepal |
New England |
| Nigerian |
North American |
Norwegian |
| Okinawian |
Oriental |
Ovambo |
| Palestinian |
Pampango |
Persian |
| Philippine |
Polish |
Portuguese |
| Portuguese, Galician |
Portuguese, Spanish |
Puerto Rican |
| Puritan |
quoted as a common proverb by Thomas Scott in "The |
Roman |
| Roman, Italian |
Romanian |
Romanian, Italian |
| Rumanian |
Russian |
Rwandan |
| Samoan |
Samurai |
Sanskrit |
| Saudi |
Savoyard |
Scandanavian |
| Scotch |
Scottish |
Senegalese |
| Serbian |
Serbo-Croatian |
Shan |
| Sicilian |
Sierra Leonean |
Singhalese |
| Slovakian |
Slovenian |
Somalian |
| South African |
Spanish |
Spanish, Italian |
| Spanish, Portuguese |
Sudanese |
Sufi |
| Sumerian |
Surinam |
Suyin |
| Swahili |
Swedish |
Swiss |
| Tadjik |
Tamil |
Tanzania |
| Tanzanian |
Taoist |
Texan |
| Thonga |
Tibetan |
Turkish |
| Ugandan |
Ukrainian |
Ukranian |
| Unknown |
Uruguayan |
Venezuelan |
| Vermont |
Vietnamese |
Vulcan |
| Welsh |
West African |
West Indian |
| witticism that made Crassus "the unlaughing one" l |
Yemen |
Yiddish |
| Yiddish, Italian |
Yoruba |
Yoruban |
| Yugoslav |
Yugoslavian |
Zaire |
| Zambian |
Zen |
Zimbabwean |
| Zulu |
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