Relationships | |
Where people love you, go rarely; where you are hated, go not at all. 4 likes | |
Neighbors | |
Good fences make good neighbours. 4 likes | |
Influence | |
One mother achieves more than a hundred teachers. 5 likes | |
If the imam farts, the community will shit. 3 likes | |
Familiarity | |
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. 9 likes | |
Familiarity breeds contempt. 4 likes | |
Let us get back to our sheep. Revenons à nos moutons. (to what we were doing before) 2 likes | |
Love | |
Love makes the world go round. 3 likes | |
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window. 3 likes | |
Love is friendship without the wings. 3 likes | |
Seduction | |
Faint heart never won fair lady. 11 likes | |
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. 7 likes | |
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. 4 likes | |
Sex | |
Below the navel there is neither religion nor truth. 10 likes | |
Marriage | |
Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. 6 likes | |
The woman cries before the wedding and the man after. 2 likes | |
Adultery | |
The husband is always the last to know. 6 likes | |
Parents | |
One mother achieves more than a hundred teachers. 5 likes | |
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. 2 likes | |
Woman | |
Look for the woman [to find the cause] Cherchez la femme. 3 likes | |
A woman's work is never done. 2 likes | |
Children | |
Small children don’t let you sleep; big children don’t let you rest. 3 likes | |
Children are poor men's riches. 3 likes | |
Children are a poor man’s wealth. — Danish Proverb 2 likes | |
Friendship | |
A man is known by his friends. 5 likes | |
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 4 likes | |
When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow. 4 likes | |
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 3 likes | |
Cramped but with friends. À l'étroit mais entre amis. 3 likes | |
A friend who became an enemy was never a friend. 3 likes | |
Meetings | |
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear. 3 likes | |
Socializing | |
Two are embarrassed: the fool in the company of wise men and the wise man in the company of fools. 7 likes | |
Two's company, but three's a crowd. 4 likes | |
Those who resemble each other, assemble together Qui se ressemble, s'assemble. 4 likes | |
Conversation | |
When a wise man talks to a fool, two fools are talking. 9 likes | |
Arguing | |
Use soft words and hard arguments. 4 likes | |
Treating others | |
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. 4 likes | |
Reciprocity | |
As Jake treats God, God will treat Jake. 3 likes | |
Fight fire with fire. 2 likes | |
Reputation | |
When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray. 4 likes | |
Speaking | |
While the word is still in your mouth, you are a lord; once you say it, you are a fool. 5 likes | |
Talking | |
Truth gives a short answer, while the lie usually babbles. 7 likes | |
Who talks too much, nobody listens to. 2 likes | |
Silence | |
Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark. — American Indian proverb ‐ Cheyenne 7 likes | |
Silence is golden. 2 likes | |
Seeing | |
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. 4 likes | |
Seeing is believing. 3 likes | |
Climb mountains to see lowlands. 3 likes | |
A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year. 3 likes | |
In the company of the blind, close your eyes. 2 likes | |
Hiding | |
Love, smoke and cough are hard to hide. 2 likes | |
Secrets | |
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it. 4 likes | |
Praise & Flattery | |
Wait a month before you praise a horse and a year before you praise a woman. — Czech proverb 3 likes | |
Gifts | |
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 3 likes | |
Favors | |
First time is a favor, second time is a rule. 8 likes | |
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. 3 likes | |
Persuasion | |
Seeing is believing. 3 likes | |
Advice | |
Many give advice, few give bread. 4 likes | |
Do as I say, not as I do. 3 likes | |
Those giving advice are not those who pay. Les conseilleurs ne sont pas les payeurs. 2 likes | |
Consolation | |
Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts. — American Indian proverb ‐ Hopi 3 likes | |
Compassion | |
Charity begins at home. 3 likes | |
Compromise | |
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. 4 likes | |
Submission | |
If you bow at all, bow low. 2 likes | |
Insult | |
Run away from an insult but don’t chase after honor. 5 likes | |
Protesting | |
The squeaking wheel gets the grease. 3 likes | |
Enemies | |
Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed. — American Indian proverb ‐ Plains 7 likes | |
When your enemy falls, don’t rejoice; but don’t pick him up either. 6 likes | |
The poor man’s enemies are few, the rich man’s friends are even fewer. 4 likes | |
Threat | |
Barking dogs seldom bite. 4 likes | |
Solitude | |
Even in paradise it is not good to be alone. 9 likes | |
Turmoil | |
Much ado about nothing. 2 likes | |
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