Idioms, Proverbs and Wise sayings across the world

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  1. Duty before devotion. – Mexican  
  2. Easily promised, quickly forgotten. – Japanese
  3. Eat and drink and let the world go to ruin. – Egyptian
  4. Eggs and vows are easily broken. – Japanese
  5. Eggs cannot be unscrambled. – U.S
  6. Empires rise and fall, yet it is the people in the society that must either embrace or resist change – Unknown
  7. Empty vessels make the greatest sound – Plato (Greek)
  8. Endurance pierces marble. – Moroccan
  9. Envy is prosperity’s manure. – Nigeria
  10. Eternity gives no answer. – African
  11. Even the clever one is advised – African
  12. Even the wisest man becomes foolish in the hands of a naked woman – African
  13. Every fool knows that we can’t touch the stars, but it doesn’t prevent a wise man from trying – African
  14. Fall seven times and stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb
  15. For whom is it well, for whom is it well? There is no one for whom it is well – Nigerian Proverb
  16. Girls are like mangoes, once you are waiting for them to ripe, others are eating them with salt – Nigerian Proverb
  17. Good sayings are like pearls strung together. – Chinese Proverb
  18. Having a female as a best friend is like having chicken for a pet, you will eat it someday – Nigerian Proverb
  19. Having a fool at your home is also a gift of nature – Nigerian Proverb
  20. He that lies down with dog, shall rise up fleas – Chinese proverb
  21. He who brings an ant-infested firewood to the house must know he’s inviting the lizards to a feast – Nigerian Proverb
  22. He who fetched ant infested fire woods have called lizards for a feast
  23. He who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing – Benjamin Franklin
  24. He who goes to bed with an itchy anus wakes up with smelly fingers – Confucius
  25. He who lives on hope will die fasting – Old English Proverbs
  26. He who prays for rain, must be prepared to deal with the mud – Nigerian
  27. He who refuses to obey cannot command – Nigerian
  28. He who urinates in a stream must remember his family also drinks from the water – African  
  29. However much the buttocks are in a hurry, they will always remain at the back – African  
  30. If a child washed his hands clean he could eat with the kings, high and mighty – Nigeria
  31. If a man wants to grow a long tooth, he should have the lip to cover it – African
  32. If Something that was going to chop off your head only knock off your cap, you should be grateful – Nigeria
  33.  If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it – Seychelles
  34. If the throat can swallow a knife, the anus must find a way of expelling it – African
  35. If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. – Latin Proverb
  36. If u wear white, stay away from the palm oil merchant – Nigeria
  37. If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there – Uganda
  38. If you pay an herbalist handsomely, he will go deep into the jungle to search for roots and herbs to work for you – Nigeria
  39. It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. — Latin Proverb
  40. It is difficult for a bee to convince a fly that honey is sweeter than feces – Unknown
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