Around the World in 52 Proverbs PDF

11/10/24, 12:11 PM Around the World in 52 Proverbs | The Cultureur | For the Modern Global Citizen If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. | African Proverb 2....

11/10/24, 12:11 PM Around the World in 52 Proverbs | The Cultureur | For the Modern Global Citizen If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. | African Proverb 2. Fall seven times, stand up eight. | Japanese Proverb 3. Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. | Swedish Proverb 4. Words should be weighed, not counted. | Yiddish Proverb 5. If you can’t live longer, live deeper. | Italian Proverb 6. Do good and throw it in the sea. | Arab Proverb 7. Where love reigns, the impossible may be attained. | Indian Proverb 8. It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness. | Chinese Proverb 9. A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning. | Kenyan Proverb 10. Still waters run deep. | Latin Proverb 11. He who does not travel, does not know the value of men. | Moorish Proverb 12. The night rinses what the day has soaped. | Swiss Proverb 13. Measure a thousand times and cut once. | Turkish Proverb 14. A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. | Welsh Proverb 15. The most beautiful fig may contain a worm. | Zulu Proverb 16. Change yourself and fortune will change. | Portuguese Proverb 17. In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek. | French Proverb 18. https://thecultureur.com/around-the-world-in-52-proverbs/ 2/6 11/10/24, 12:11 PM Around the World in 52 Proverbs | The Cultureur | For the Modern Global Citizen Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. | Ethiopian Proverb 19. Who begins too much accomplishes little. | German Proverb 20. Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. | Spanish Proverb 21. Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. | English Proverb 22. Don’t sail out farther than you can row back. | Danish Proverb 23. There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. | Russian Proverb 24. Age is honorable and youth is noble. | Irish Proverb 25. In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed. | Thai Proverb 26. If you take big paces, you leave big spaces. | Burmese Proverb 27. Before you score, you first must have a goal. | Greek Proverb 28. Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never is. | French Proverb 29. Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. | Chinese Proverb 30. Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. | Spanish Proverb 31. What you see in yourself is what you see in the world. | Afghan Proverb 32. It takes a whole village to raise a child. | African Proverb 33. Examine what is said, not who speaks. | Arab Proverb 34. Two wrongs don’t make a right. | English Proverb 35. A large chair does not make a king. | Sudanese Proverb 36. Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone. | Moroccan Proverb 37. Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, small wisdom. | Chinese Proverb 38. A man does not seek his luck; luck seeks its man. | Turkish Proverb 39. A teacher is better than two books. | German Proverb 40. A beautiful thing is never perfect. | Egyptian Proverb 41. The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. | Japanese Proverb 42. https://thecultureur.com/around-the-world-in-52-proverbs/ 3/6 11/10/24, 12:11 PM Around the World in 52 Proverbs | The Cultureur | For the Modern Global Citizen Character is always corrupted by prosperity. | Icelandic Proverb 43. A fault confessed is half redressed. | Zulu Proverb 44. To be willing is only half the task. | Armenian Proverb 45. Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough, but not baked in the same oven. | Yiddish Proverb 46. The heart that loves is always young. | Greek Proverb 47. He who always thinks it is too soon is sure to come too late. | German Proverb 48. Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you. | New Zealander Proverb 49. When the sun rises, it rises for everyone. | Cuban Proverb 50. No man can paddle two canoes at the same time. | Bantu Proverb 51. If you go to a donkey’s house, don’t talk about ears. | Jamaican Proverb 52. Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. | Slovenian Proverb *Many cultures/languages have their own version of the same proverb. EDITOR’S PICKS What Will Travel Look Like in Our Post-Pandemic World? The global pandemic that we're currently experiencing in all corners of the world has stopped humanity in its... Recipe: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies The warm comfort of a soft, gooey chocolate chip cookie is second to none. I have been tweaking and tweaking this... https://thecultureur.com/around-the-world-in-52-proverbs/ 4/6