Proverb Examples from around the world

Proverbs Starting with letter T - part 5
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The end crowns all.
The end crowns the work.
The end is good, everything is good.

The end justifies the means.
The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief.
The end of mirth is the beginning of sorrow.
The end of passion is the beginning of repentance.
The end of the corsair is to drown.
The end of the pig is the beginning of the sausage.
The end of wrath is the beginning of repentance.
The end praises the work.
The ends justify the means.
The enemy of a person is a person.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
The enemy's own punishment is his envy.
The entire world rests on the tip of the tongue.
The envious man's face grows lean and his eye swells.
The envious man's face grows sharp and his eyes big.
The envious never give praise, they only take it in.
The epicure puts his purse into his belly.
The error is human.
The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
The evening crowns the days.
The evening is wiser than the morning.
The evening rage - put it away for the morning.
The evil is in the eyes of who sees it.
The evil is lessened when it is seen beforehand.
The evil weed produces the largest number of weeds.
The evil weed produces the largest number ofweeds.
The evil which issues from thy mouth falls into thy bosom.
The evil wound is cured, but not the evil name.
The ewer is cheaper than its solder.
The exception proves the rule.
The exception which proves the rule.
The excess of mirth leads to tears.
The excess of one is the shortage of another.
The executioner is a keen shaver.
The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates.
The exorcism for a mischievous child is a cane.
The eye can see but the hand is too short.

The eye can see it, but the tooth can't bite it.
The eye cannot rise above the eyebrow.
The eye cannot see what blows into it.
The eye does not get over the eyebrow.
The eye doesn't have a curtain.
The eye envies, not the ear.
The eye is bigger than the belly.
The eye is blind if the mind is absent.
The eye is never satiated with seeing.
The eye is the mirror of the soul.
The eye is the one that eats.
The eye never forgets what the heart has seen.
The eye of a master does more work than both his hands.
The eye of the master does more than his two hands.
The eye of the master fattens the horse.
The eye of the master fattens the steed.
The eye of the master makes the horse fat.
The eye of the master makes the horse fat, and the eye of the mistress makes the chambers neat.
The eye of the master will do more than both his hands.
The eye of the owner fattens the horse.
The eye sees, but the hand can't reach.
The eye that is still says more than a chattering mouth.
The eye that sees all things else, sees not itself.
The eye will never be higher than the eyebrow.
The eyeless ant asked God: Give me eye-lashes.
The eyeless ant asked God: Give me eye-lashes.
The eyes are bigger than the belly.
The eyes are of little use if the mind be blind.
The eyes are the mirror of the soul.
The eyes are the window of the soul.
The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people.
The eyes can do a thousand things that the fingers can't.
The eyes do not see what the mind does not want.
The eyes have one language everywhere.
The eyes of all cheats are full of tears.
The eyes see everything but themselves.
The eyes which don't see each other, forget each other.
The face is no index to the heart.
The face is the index of the mind.
The face is the index to the mind.
The face is the portrait of the mind; the eyes, its informers.
The fairer the hostess, the heavier the reckoning.
The falcon does not struggle when he is caught.
The fall is nobody's sire.
The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living.
The fall of the leaf; is a whisper to the living.
The false friend is like the shadow of a sun-dial.
The family is like the forest. If you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position.
The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position.

The family that prays together stays together.
The fangs of the green snake and the sting of a wasp don't really make poison -- that is only to be found in a woman's heart.
The faraoh was proud, but drowned in the sea.
The farmer grows the corn, but the bear eats it.
The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for sunshine, and the gods hesitate.
The farmer is a born philosopher, the aristocrat has to learn how.
The farther from Rome the nearer to God.
The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
The fast faggot is not easily broken.
The fast talker makes mistakes.
The faster, the slower.
The fat buffalo will attract the lean buffalo.
The fat is in the fire.
The fat sow knows not what the hungry sow suffers.
The fated thing will happen.
The father a saint the son a devil.
The father a saint, the son a sinner.
The father donated a vineyard to his son, the son didn't give a bunch of grapes to the father.
The father in praising his son extols himself.
The father in praising the son extols himself.
The father may well be a horse, but it's most likely that the son will be a mule.
The father of a saint, the son of a sinner.
The fatter the flea the leaner the dog.
The fatter the flea, the leaner the dog.
The fault is as great as he that commits it.
The fault is great in proportion to him who commits it.
The fault of another is a good teacher.
The fault was committed in the bush, but it is now talked about on the highway.
The favour of the great is not lasting.
The fear of death is worse than death itself.
The fear of death takes away the joy of living.
The fear of war is worse than war itself.
The fear of women is the basis of good health.
The feast passes and the fool remains.
The feather of falcon and the inside of a crow.
The feathers of a dead eagle would cover you all over.
The feet feed the wolf.
The feet of a lie are short.
The fellow roasts his fish in the flames of a fire.
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
The fences (walls) have ears.
The fertile field becomes sterile without rest.
The festival has passed, goodbye to the saint.
The fetus that is afraid of criticism is never born.
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
The fierce ox becomes tame on strange ground.
The fingers of the housewife do more than a yoke of oxen.
The fingers of the same hand are not alike.
The fire burns brightest on one's own hearth.

The fire cannot be put out with your hands.
The fire doesn't care about the owner of the coat that is burning.
The fire heeds little whose cloak it burns.
The fire is welcome within, when icicles hang without.
The fire is winter's fruit.
The fire that burns a royal palace only enhances its splendor.
The fire well knows whose cloak burns.
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
The firm tree does not fear the storm.
The first at the mill can grind the first.
The first at the mill grinds first.
The first bird get the first grain.
The first blow is as good as two.
The first breath is the beginning of death.
The first comer grinds first.
The first corn is for sparrows.
The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity.
The first day you see a friend; the next day, a brother.
The first decision of a woman is the most intelligent and the last decision most dangerous.
The first dish pleases every one.
The first drink makes you a frisky gazelle, the second an impetuous zebra, the third a roaring lion, and with the fourth you become a silly donkey.
The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water.
The first duty of a soldier is obedience.
The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.
The first favor is a favor, the second an obligation.
The first half of life is spent in longing for the second, the second half in regretting the first.
The first hen that cackles is the one that laid the egg.
The first hundred years are the hardest.
The first impressions counts.
The first in the boat has the choice of oars.
The first love letters are written with the eyes.
The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison.
The first mistake are theirs who commit them, the second are theirs that permit them.
The first one to eat, the last one to work.
The first pancake is (always) a blob.
The first pancake is always a failure.
The first sin makes the bed for the second.
The first step binds one to the second.
The first step is all the difficulty.
The first step to health is to know that we are sick.
The first step toward greatness is to be honest.
The first swallow doesn't make the springto come.
The first time you cheat me, be ashamed. The second time it is I who must be ashamed.
The first to the mill grinds.
The first wife is a broom, and the second a lady.
The first wife is matrimony, the second company, the third heresy.
The first will get the credit, even if the second is better.
The fish always stinks from the head downwards.
The fish caught in the net starts to think.

The fish dies by it's mouth.
The fish lead a pleasant life, they drink when they like.
The fish rots from the head.
The fish sees the bait not the hook; a man sees not the danger -- only the profit.
The fish stinks from the head.
The fish you cannot catch is always a big one.
The fisherman fishes in troubled water.
The fisherman knows where the octopuses are.
The fist loss is the best.
The flame is not far from the smoke.
The flatterer makes you climb up a tree then takes the ladder away.
The flatterer's throat is an open sepulchre.
The flaw doesn't need to be big, if it is in the head.
The flaw of the armpit is that it stinks even though it is not a wound.
The flawed pot lasts longest.
The flesh of a young animal tastes flat.
The flood takes him in, and the ebb takes him out.
The flounder does not return to the place he left when disturbed.
The flour tastes bitter to the mouse who has had enough.
The flower has no front or back.
The flowers in your garden don't smell as sweet as those in the wild, but they last much longer.
The fly flutters about the candle till at last it gets burnt.
The fly flutters around the candle till it gets burnt.
The fly has no pity for the thin man.
The fly on the back of a water buffalo thinks that it's taller than the buffalo.
The fly sat upon the axle of the chariot-wheel and said 'What a lot of dust I raise!'.
The fly that bites the tortoise breaks its beak.
The folly of a man is not broadcast like that of a woman.
The food is half the provisions, the rest is herring and potatoes.
The food which is prepared has no master.
The fool castrates himself in order that he could accuse his pregnant wife of adultery.
The fool cuts himself with his own knife.
The fool does what he can't avoid, the wise man avoids what he can't do.
The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue.
The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.
The fool hunts for misfortune.
The fool is always beginning to live.
The fool is thirsty in the midst of water.
The fool never undertakes little.
The fool passes for wise if he is silent.
The fool sings a love song to his wife, the wise man will talk about his dog.
The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
The fool who is silent passes for wise.
The fool who owns an ox is seldom recognized as a fool.
The fool who's not proud, is not fool enough!.
The fool would teach the learned!.
The fool's excuse is bigger than the mistake he made.
The fool's mother is always pregnant.
The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones.
The foot has no place of repose.
The foot of a lamp is always the least lit.
The foot of the farmer manures the field.
The foot of the owner is the best manure for his land.
The forbidden fruit is the most desired.
The force of anger is broken by a soft answer.
The forest answers in the same way one shouts in it.
The forest can't be without its jackals.
The forest has ears, and field has eyes.
The forest is the poor man's overcoat.
The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted.
The fortress that parleys soon surrenders.

The fortune-teller never knows his own.
The fowl digs out the blade that kills it.

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


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