I have a thing for proverbs so...?

Question

can you tell me some really good ones or ones that you really liked?

they can be chinese, italian, whatever

here's some that I like:

'Setting a mouse trap to catch an elephant is a waste of time'

-African proverb

'A baby that does not cry can be found dead in its cradle'

-African proverb

'At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go in the same box'

-Italian proverb

serious answers please!

Answer 1

Here's a Yiddish proverb I like: "He that knows not and knows not he knows not,  he is a fool, shun him at all costs.  but he that knows  not  and  knows he knows  not, he is teachable; count him your friend."

Answer 2

These are Arabic:

He that knows not, and knows not he knows not, he is a fool, shun him.

He that knows not, and knows he knows not, he is simple, teach him.

He that knows, and knows not he knows, he is asleep, wake him.

He that knows, and knows he knows, he is wise, follow him.

If you of all your goods are suddenly bereft, and of your worldly store two loaves alone to thee are left sell one and with the dole buy hyacinths to soothe your soul.

If he play being young and unskillful

For shekels of silver and gold,

Take his money, my son, praising Allah,

The lad was ordained to be sold.

Answer 3

For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today, will lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Sanskrit proverb

Answer 4

Here are some that I like:

What you cannot have, destroy. Spanish proverb

American Proverbs:

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

From small beginnings come great things. For good, return good. For evil, return justice.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Never swap horses crossing a stream.

Always count the cost.

In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed

A bird can sing with a broken wing, but you cant pluck feathers off a frog

A fool at forty is a fool indeed

A guilty conscience needs no accuser

A hairy man is a happy man, a hairy wife is a witch

A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

A scalded cat fears cold water

An excess of ceremony shows want of breeding

Flies Come to Feasts Unasked

Four things drive a man out of his house: too much smoke, a dripping roof, filthy air and a scolding wife

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait

In the land of hope there is never any winter

In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Man is King

The A*s Loaded With Gold Still Eats Thistles

The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything

Though the wound be healed, a scar remains

Two Dogs Fight for a Bone, and a Third Runs Away With it

" Don't let an angry man wash dishes, don't let a hungry man guard rice."-Cambodian proverbs.

"Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man/woman who thinks he/she is wise." - Welsh Proverb

"He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything." - Arabian Proverb

"Beware of a silent dog and still water." -- Latin Proverb

"The tongue is a wild beast; once let it loose, it is difficult to chain." -- Latin Proverb

"If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. "-Italian proverb

"If you cannot bite, don't show your teeth." -- Yiddish Proverb