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  • source= Book of Proverbs: A Treasury of Proverbial Wisdom, Saws, Maxims, Adages From Diverse Peoples and Ages (by Patricia Houghton, 1981), Cassell edition.

    “PROVERBS FROM MANY LANDS”

    CHINESE: “I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet”. “

     “A man without a smiling face must not open shop”.

    “The first time it is a favour, the second time a rule”.

    RUSSIAN: “In the Kingdom of hope there is no winter”.

    SPANISH: “He who knows nothing, doubts nothing”.

    INDIAN: “When you are in the water you swim”.

    ARABIAN: “If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will follow”.

    MALAY: “Fear to let fall a drop and you will spill a lot”.

     ITALIAN: “Have an open face but conceal your thoughts”.

    “When the sun is highest it casts the least shadow”.

    GREEK: “Don’t hear one and judge two”.

    TURKISH: “Measure a thousand times and cut once”.

    “No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival”.

    “He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it”.

     JAPANESE: “Life is for one generation; a good name is forever”.

    PORTUGUESE: “To kick with sore toe only hurts foot”.

    “Prosperity lets the bridle go”.

    IRISH: “Evening is speedier than morning”.