Proverb Examples from around the world

Proverbs Starting with letter N - part 2
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Night is the mother of advice.
Night is the mother of councils.
Nights of pleasure are short.

Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster.
Nine tailors make a man.
Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration.
Nip sin in the bud.
Nip the briar in the bud.
No Jew a fool; no hare lazy.
No and yes cause long disputes.
No answer is also an answer.
No ape but swears he has the handsomest children.
No apple tree is immune from worms.
No armour is proof against the gallows.
No attention is paid to him who is always complaining.
No bad thing which doesn't bring something good.' Cf. 'No cloud without a silver lining.
No barber shaves so close but another finds his work.
No bears and no forest.
No bed is big enough to hold three.
No bees, no honey.
No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
No better masters than poverty and want.
No better moonshine than in august.
No better witnesses than your own eyes.
No blessing is bestowed on a secret.
No call alligator long mouth till you pass him.
No camel route is long with good company.
No chicken will fall into the fire a second time.
No child was ever born without having been conceived.
No choice is an option.
No church without a sermon.
No clock is more regular than the belly.
No comforter's head ever aches.
No cook ever died of starvation.
No corn without chaff.
No cow on the lake ice.
No cross, no crown.
No crowd ever waited at the gates of patience.
No cure, no pay.
No danger on the roof.' Cf. below.

No day but has its evening.
No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.
No day is wholly productive of evil.
No day should pass without something being done.
No day so long but has its evening.
No day without a line.
No dew ever competed with the sun.
No diadem can cure a headache.
No dish pleases all palates alike.
No family has no ugly member.
No fat mouse in a widow's house.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
No feast like a miser's.
No fine clothes can hide the clown.
No fire without smoke.
No fishing like fishing in the sea.
No flies get into a shut mouth.
No flies light on a boiling pot.
No flock without dog and shepherd.
No fly gets into a shut mouth.
No friends but the mountains.
No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
No gains without pains.
No good doctor ever takes physic.
No good dog barks without reason.
No good lawyer ever goes to court himself.
No good lawyer ever goes to law himself.
No good thing is failure and no evil thing success.
No good will come of over sleeping.
No grass grows on a beaten road.
No greater promisers than they who have nothing to give.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
No hero without a wound.
No hill without gravestones, no valley without shadows.
No horse is so good, but that he will at times stumble.
No house without a mouse.
No house without its cross.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
No iron is so strong that it cannot be melted down, and no business so dirty that can be fixed with money.
No is a good answer when given in time.
No jealousy, no love.
No jesting with edged tools.
No joy without alloy.
No joy without wine.
No king was ever a traitor, or pope excommunicated.
No labour, no oilcakes.
No lamp burns till morning.
No living man all things can.
No loans today but tomorrow.

No lock avails against a hatchet.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No longer pipe, no longer dance.
No love like the first love.
No mad dog runs seven years.
No man acquires perfection all at once.
No man can call again yesterday.
No man can do nothing and no man can do everything.
No man can like all, or be liked by all.
No man can paddle two canoes at the same time.
No man can perfectly empty a pot with a ladle.
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters. Luc. 16.13.
No man can swim ashore and carry his baggage with him.
No man commands ably unless he has himself obeyed discipline.
No man ever became wicked all at once.
No man grieves long unless by his own fault.
No man has a worse friend than he brings with him from home.
No man is a good physician who has never been sick.
No man is a hero in the eyes of his valet.
No man is a prophet in his country.
No man is a prophet in his own country.
No man is an island.
No man is an island, but some of us are long peninsulas.
No man is content with his lot.
No man is contented with his lot in this life.
No man is faultless.
No man is his craft's master the first day.
No man is impatient with his creditors.
No man is infallible.
No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full.
No man is so rich as to say, 'I have enough!'.
No man is so tall that he need never stretch and none so small that he need never stoop.
No man is so young he cannot teach, or so old he cannot learn.
No man knoweth fortune till he dies.
No man learneth but by pain or shame.
No man limps because another is hurt.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man sees his shadow who faces the sun.
No man should be a witness in his own cause.
No man will feed on herbs when meat is to be had.
No man's master, no master's man.
No marriage contract is made without a quarrel.
No matter her past, when a chambermaid marries a lord she becomes a lady.
No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
No matter how big the sea may be, sometimes two ships meet.
No matter how big, one beam cannot support a house.
No matter how far down a wrong road you are, turn back.
No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back.

No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.
No matter how fast moonlight runs, daylight catches up.
No matter how fast the poplar grows, it will never reach heaven.
No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow.
No matter how full the river, it still wants to swell more.
No matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won't swim.
No matter how hard you try the bull will never give milk.
No matter how high a bird can fly, it still has to look for food on the ground.
No matter how long a log floats on the river, it will never be a crocodile.
No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come.
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.
No matter how many chores you finish in your house, there is always yet more to be done.
No matter how much the wise man travels, he always lives in the same place.
No matter how much the world changes, cats will never lay eggs.
No matter how much you feed a wolf, he will always return to the forest.
No matter how stout one beam, it cannot support a house.
No matter how tall the mountain, it cannot block out the sun.
No matter how tall the tree is, its leaves will always fall to the ground.
No matter how treacherous is the sea, a woman will always be more so.
No matter how worthless a man may be, kill him and see how much he costs you.
No matter if you eat a little or a lot of garlic, the smell is just as strong.
No matter where you go, your destiny follows you.
No matter where you go, your house is always there waiting.
No means, no market.
No meat ever remains in the shambles however bad it may be.
No medicines can cure the vulgar man.
No melon peddler cries, 'Bitter melons.' No wine dealer says, 'Sour wine.
No mill, no meal.
No mirror ever reflected an ugly woman.
No money, no Swiss.
No money, no justice.
No names, no pack-drill.
No need to cry over spilled milk.
No need to say 'trot' to a good horse.
No need to seek shelter for an old ox.
No need to teach an eagle to fly.
No needle is sharp at both ends.
No news is good news.
No office so humble but it is better than nothing.
No one became poor by giving alms.
No one betrays himself by silence.
No one boasts of what belongs to another.
No one buys what he recommends himself.
No one can be an expected to be an expert at something before they have tried it.
No one can be caught in places he does not visit.
No one can blow and swallow at the same time.
No one can climb a tree with no branches.
No one can complain of the sea who twice suffers shipwreck.
No one can do nothing, and no one can do everything.

No one can guard against treachery.
No one can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases.
No one can have peace longer than his neighbour pleases.
No one can pray well, but those who live well.
No one can see into another further than his teeth.
No one can take two skins from one ox.
No one ever became poor through giving alms.
No one ever kicks a dead dog.
No one ever repented of having held his tongue.
No one ever saw a goat dead of hunger.
No one ever suddenly reached the height of vice.
No one falls low unless he attempt to climb high.
No one gets into trouble without his own help.
No one has seen to-morrow.
No one in a shabby coat is treated with respect.
No one is a blacksmith when they are born.
No one is a fool always, every one sometimes.
No one is a good judge in his own cause.
No one is a good judge of his own case.
No one is a prophet in his own land.
No one is always right.
No one is as angry as the person who is wrong.
No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
No one is bound to do impossibilities.
No one is content with his lot.
No one is dragged to heaven by the hair.
No one is either rich or poor who has not helped himself to be so.
No one is expected to achieve the impossible.
No one is hanged who has money in his pocket.
No one is happier than he who believes in his happiness.
No one is hurt by doing the right thing.
No one is more afraid of ghosts than those who don't believe in them.
No one is obliged to do the impossible.' (Literally, 'No one is held to impossible things.').
No one is poor but he who thinks himself so.
No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.
No one is rich enough to do without his neighbour.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
No one is so liberal as he who has nothing to give.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
No one is so rich that he can do without a good neighbor.
No one is too old to learn.
No one is unhappier than the one who believes in happiness.
No one is wise enough to advice himself.
No one is wise enough to advise himself.
No one is wise in his own affairs.
No one is without fault.
No one is without knowledge except he who asks no questions.
No one is worse, for knowing the worst of themselves.
No one knows as much about the pot as does the spoon.
No one knows better where the shoe pinches that he who wears it.
No one knows the parson better than the clerk.
No one knows what a day may bring forth.
No one knows what the dawn will bring.
No one knows what the dinner was after the plates have been washed.
No one knows what will happen to him before sunset.
No one knows where another's shoe pinches.
No one likes justice brought home to his own door.
No one likes to be the first to step on the ice.
No one likes to bell the cat.
No one loathes the smell of himself.
No one loves another better than himself.

No one perceives where the shoe pinches but he who wears it.
No one puts his finger back where it was once bitten.

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


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