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Spanish Proverbs
You surrender your freedom where you deposit your secret.
If you talk too much you're likely to give yourself away.
Happiness itself does not stay only moments of happiness do.
He who fears death cannot enjoy life.
If you want to marry wisely, marry your equal.
Take no notice of the stupid things people say.
If you want to know secrets, seek for them in trouble or in pleasure.
Tell your friend your secret, and he will set his foot on your neck.
When one door shuts, a hundred open.
He who tells his own secret will hardly keep another's.
A beautiful wife without money is like a fine house without furniture.
Look for the good, and let the bad come on its own.
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
Beware of a bad woman, and put no trust in a good one.
Every person is a fool in some person's opinion.
Come live with me and you'll know me.
Love can do much, money can do everything.
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one.
It is better if they say, He ran away here. than ..He died here.
Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
He who lives a long life must pass through much evil.
The more a woman admires her face, the more she ruins her house.
A woman and a glass are always in danger.
He who knows how to live, knows enough.
Give me a seat, and I will make myself room to lie down.
He who denies everything confesses everything.
The judge's son goes into the courtroom without fear.
The woman who dresses well attracts the husband from another woman's door.
Swedish Proverb Sayings
Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.
We note the faults of others and forget our own.
Being young is a fault which improves daily.
Envy is the truest form of flattery.
Who is insulted for a long time, finally loses his patience.
Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
It's not the fault of one, that two are fighting.
When the sea is calm, every ship has a good captain.
Another's damage is soon forgotten,
A hardworking man is better than a crowd of loafers.
We are esteemed and treated by the company we keep.
Swiss Proverbs
It is easier to criticize than to do better.
You learn through mistakes, no one was born a master
When a neighbor gets divorced everyone thinks of his own wife.
Tanzanian Proverbs
We start as fools and become wise through experience.
If you refuse the elder's advice you will walk the whole day.
A person who is not disciplined cannot be cautioned.
Swahili Proverbs
Patience attracts happiness, it brings near that which is far.
Life can be understood backwards, but we live it forwards
A thief is a rogue but the one who repays is a gentleman.
Where there are experts there will be no lack ot learners.
Talk of the devil, and you'll hear the rustle of his wings.
Sudanese Proverbs
Our wasted days are the days we never laugh.
God is a great eye. He sees everything in the world.
A friend who visits you when you are suffering is your best friend.
Somali Proverbs
To be without knowledge is to be without light.
The bridge is repaired only after someone falls in the water.
He who takes responsibility becomes the target of the people.
The most dangerous thing a man needs is woman.
A brave man dies once, a coward a thousand times.
Dogs understand each other by their barking, and men by their words.
He is a fool who marries an old woman without teeth.
The person who does not listen to an elder's advice gets his or her leg broken.
