Proverb Examples from around the world

Proverbs Starting with letter I - part 8
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It is better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
It is better to exist unknown to the law.

It is better to finish something than begin.
It is better to fly than to remain in disgrace.
It is better to give away the wool than the sheep.
It is better to give than to receive.
It is better to have a husband without love than jealous.
It is better to have bread left over than to run short of wine.
It is better to have broken Irish than clever English.' - a reference to the language.
It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.
It is better to have to do with God than with his saints.
It is better to hear the nightingale sing than the mouse gnaw.
It is better to irritate a dog than an old woman.
It is better to know how to help yourself than to beg from others.
It is better to leave than to lack.
It is better to leave the child's nose dirty than wring it off.
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
It is better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon.
It is better to lose a minute in your life, than to lose your life in a minute.
It is better to lose than lose more.
It is better to lose the saddle than the horse.
It is better to make conditions in the bush than in prison.
It is better to make money in the straw market than to lose it in the money market.
It is better to precede than to be preceded.
It is better to receive awards that you don't deserve rather than deserve them and not receive them.
It is better to refuse than to accept and not to go.
It is better to ride for half a year on a good horse than to spend your entire life riding on a mule.
It is better to run back than run the wrong way.
It is better to satisfy our hunger than to be clothed in purple.
It is better to save your innocence at the expense of your honor than your country at the expense of your life.
It is better to say nothing than not enough.
It is better to scrape the cheese than to peel it.
It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.
It is better to skip one meal than to consult a hundred doctors.
It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood.
It is better to talk shit about your bike than to bike on your dick.
It is better to talk to a woman and think of God, than talk to God and think of a woman.
It is better to talk to the organ-grinder than to his monkey.

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears.
It is better to turn back than go astray.
It is better to turn back than to persevere in an evil course.
It is better to walk around a bush than fight with a dog.
It is better to walk fast than to grow angry at the forest.
It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's sheets.
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.
It is better to work and be free than to be fed in captivity.
It is better to work in your own land than to count your money abroad.
It is bitter fare to eat one's own words.
It is bread that keeps one warm, not fur.
It is coming out of my elbow.
It is commendable to know some things, it is disgraceful to refuse to learn.
It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
It is cruel to refer to those things which cause sorrow.
It is crueller to be always afraid of dying than to die.
It is cruelty to the innocent not to punish the guilty.
It is dear honey that must be licked off thorns.
It is dear-bought butter that is licked off a woolcomb.
It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room, especially when it is not there.
It is difficult to chase a frog into the water. (sarcasticaly).
It is difficult to find a man but it's easy to recognize him.
It is difficult to get many heads under one hat.
It is difficult to hide what everybody knows.
It is difficult to repay the gifts you get at a wedding or a funeral.
It is difficult to scare people who think they will profit from dying.
It is difficult to spit honey out of a mouth full of gall.
It is difficult to steal when the boss is a thief.
It is difficult to teach a cow to climb a tree.
It is difficult to tie an unborn horse to the manger.
It is difficult to trap an old fox.
It is easier for the mare when a woman gets off the cart.
It is easier for the son to ask from the father than for the father to ask from the son.
It is easier not to commit a sin than to repent it.
It is easier ro believe than to go and ask.
It is easier to abstain than to restrain.
It is easier to be a happy bachelor for a year than a widower for a month.
It is easier to bear a child once a year than to shave every day.
It is easier to beat two devils into a child, than one devil out.
It is easier to believe than to go and ask.
It is easier to blame than do better.
It is easier to climb down than up.
It is easier to criticize than to do better.
It is easier to dam a river than to stop gossip.
It is easier to descend than ascend.
It is easier to fill a rogue's belly than his eye.
It is easier to fill twenty bellies than one pair of eyes.
It is easier to get a chicken back in the egg than to undo a slander.

It is easier to get away from the back than the bottom.
It is easier to give orders than to work.
It is easier to govern a country than a son.
It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love.
It is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas than a woman.
It is easier to know how to do than it is to do.
It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason.
It is easier to make a lady of a peasant girl than a peasant girl of a lady.
It is easier to prevent ill habits than to break them.
It is easier to pull down than to build up.
It is easier to raise the Devil than to lay him.
It is easier to stem the brook than the river.
It is easier to take a couple of drinks than to refuse them.
It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.
It is easier to visit your friends than to live with them.
It is easier to wage war with wise enemies than be at peace with foolish friends.
It is easier to watch over one hundred fleas than one young girl.
It is easier to win good luck than to retain it.
It is easy robbing when the dog is quieted.
It is easy to advise the wise.
It is easy to be born, it is difficult to be a human being.
It is easy to be generous out of another man's purse.
It is easy to be generous with another man's money.
It is easy to be liberal out of another man's purse.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others.
It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.
It is easy to cut thongs form other men's leather.
It is easy to die -- the difficulty lies in living.
It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog.
It is easy to find the rod when another finds the bottom.
It is easy to forget a kindness, but one remembers unkindness.
It is easy to frighten the bull from the window.
It is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but difficult to get one general.
It is easy to give advice when all goes well.
It is easy to go on foot if you are holding your horse by the rein.
It is easy to govern a kingdom but difficult to rule one's family.
It is easy to halve the potato where there is love.
It is easy to halve the potato where there's love.
It is easy to help him, who is willing to be helped.
It is easy to manage when fortune favors.
It is easy to poke another man's fire.
It is easy to preach fasting with a fully belly.
It is easy to set a cask a rolling. To influence a fool.].
It is easy to sit at the helm in fine weather.
It is easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling.
It is easy to stride a tree when it is down.
It is easy to swim, when another holds up your head.
It is easy to tempt a frog to the river.

It is easy to threaten a bull from a window.
It is fair and just to cheat the cheater.
It is fairer to listen to the string that broke than to never strain a bow.
It is fitting for a great God to forgive great sinners.
It is folly to drown on dry land.
It is folly to fear what one cannot avoid.
It is folly to gape against an oven.
It is folly to sing twice to a deaf man.
It is fun to do something foolish every now and then.
It is glorious to forget injustice.
It is good fishing in troubled waters.
It is good living under the shadow of the belfry.
It is good rowing with set sail.
It is good rowing with the sail set.
It is good sailing with wind and tide.
It is good speaking that improves good silence.
It is good spinning from another's yarn.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to beat a proud man when he is alone.
It is good to buy when another wants to sell.
It is good to dance on another man's floor.
It is good to go afoot when one is tired of riding.
It is good to have friends everywhere.
It is good to have friends in all parts.
It is good to have friends, even in hell.
It is good to hold the clothes of one who is swimming.
It is good to know the truth and to speak the truth. It is even better to know the truth and speak about palm trees.
It is good to look homewards.
It is good to make a bridge of gold to a flying enemy.
It is good to pay with other people's money.
It is good to sleep in a whole skin.
It is good to swim near a boat.
It is good to warm oneself by another's fire.
It is good, there where we are not.
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
It is hard for an ex-king to become a night watchman.
It is hard not to write satire.
It is hard to blow with a full mouth.
It is hard to catch birds with an empty hand.
It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds.
It is hard to find a pin in the dark.
It is hard to glean after a niggardly husbandman.
It is hard to labour with an empty belly.
It is hard to live in Rome and strive against the Pope.
It is hard to lure hawks with empty hands.
It is hard to make a fire on a cold hearth.
It is hard to pay for bread that has already been eaten.
It is hard to pay for bread that has been eaten.
It is hard to please every one.

It is hard to sail without wind, and to grind without water.
It is hard to steal where the host himself is a thief.
It is hard to steal where the host is a thief.
It is hard to swim against the current.
It is hard to swim against the stream.
It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
It is hard to teach old dogs to bark.
It is hard to track the path the ship follows in the ocean.
It is hard work to be the mother of many pigs.
It is harder work getting to hell than to heaven.
It is hasty speed that doesn't succeed.
It is heavy to carry, but you cannot throw it away.
It is human to err, but diabolical to persevere.
It is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail.
It is ill catching hares with drums.
It is ill done to chain a dragon for roasting your meat.
It is ill fishing before the net.
It is ill prizing of green barley.
It is ill sailing against wind and tide.
It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope.
It is ill takin' the breeks off a highlandman.
It is impossible to bend the arm of God.
It is in putting it into the oven that the loaf is made crooked.
It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.
It is in vain to cast nets in a river where there are no fish.
It is in vain to lay a net in sight of the birds.
It is in vain to lean the ox to the water if he is not thirsty.
It is inevitable that two thighs will rub against each other.
It is just that the priest should live by the altar.
It is later than you think.
It is little honor to the lion to seize the mouse.
It is little use to dig a well after the house has caught fire.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
It is loving too much to die of love.
It is madness for a sheep to talk of peace with a wolf.
It is merry in hall when beards wag all.
It is more becoming to have a large nose than two small ones.
It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35.
It is more difficult for beautiful women to stay chaste.
It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.
It is more disgraceful to suspect our friends than to be deceived by them.
It is more fun doing evil than putting it right.
It is more necessary to guard the mouth than the chest.
It is more painful to do nothing than something.
It is more wicked to love a sin than to commit one.
It is necessary to break the shell to have the almond.
It is necessary to learn how to obey to know to command.
It is necessary to strike the iron while it is hot.
It is never later than midnight.
It is never too late to ask what time it is.
It is never too late to learn.
It is never too late to mend.
It is never winter in the land of hope.
It is no advantage for a man in fever to change his bed.
It is no business of mine; may it go to the devil!.
It is no child's play when an old woman dances.
It is no disgrace to be poor, but it can be inconvenient.
It is no disgrace to move out of the way of the elephant.
It is no fun to guard a house with two doors.
It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.
It is no shame at all to work for money.

It is no time to go for the doctor when the patient is dead.
It is no time to play chess when the house is on fire.

These are Proverb Examples from around the world, some have been translated from their original language to english.


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