Proverb Examples from around the world

Proverbs Starting with letter V - part 1
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Vainglory bears no grain.
Vainglory blossoms, and bears no fruit.
Valour acquires strength by union.
Valour even in an enemy is worthy of praise.
Vanity blossoms but bears no fruit.

Vanity has no greater foe than vanity.
Vanity is also an education.
Vanity of vanities and everything is vanity.' (, 1:2).
Variant of 'A man's home is his castle.
Variant: All is well that ends well.
Variant: Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Variant: Birds of the same feather flock together.
Variant: Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
Variant: Give the Camel and inch and it will take an ell.
Variant: Give the Devil his due.
Variant: Money talks, bullshit walks.
Variant: Nothing ventured, nothing have.
Variant: Slow but sure.
Variant: Well begun is half ended.
Variation on a quote from ': '...whatever Hercules says, the cat will mew and dog will have its day.
Variation on the above.
Variation refreshes.
Variation: Church ain't over until the fat lady sings.
Variation: If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
Variety is the spice of life.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
Various are the roads to fame.
Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.
Vengeance is mine, thus sayeth the Lord.
Vengeance is slow, but stern.
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
Venture a small fish to catch a much greater one.
Venture all; see what fate brings.
Venture not to defend what your judgment doubts of.
Verbal fraud is worse than monetary fraud.
Very good corn grows in little fields.
Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other.
Vetches seem bitter to the full-cropped pigeon.
Vice hides under a cloak of virtue.
Vice is learnt without a schoolmaster.
Vice is most dangerous when it puts on the garb of virtue.
Vice is nourished by concealment.
Vice is often clothed in virtue's habit.
Vice often rides triumphantly in the coach of virtue.
Vices are learned without a master.
Vices creep into our hearts under the name of virtue.

Vicious as a tigress can be, she never eats her own cubs.
Victims of the same disease have a lot to talk about.
Victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan.
Victory has hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
Victory is not gained by idleness.
Victory makes you into an emperor, defeat into a rebel.
Vile let him be who deems himself vile.
Vinegar is the son of wine.
Vinegar that costs nothing is sweeter than honey.
Vinegar that is too sour even taints the glass it's kept in.
Viper produces viper.
Vipers breed vipers.
Virginity can be lost in one night.
Virginity is noted only in its absence.
Virtue alone ennobles' - motto of.
Virtue and valour rejoice in being put to the test.
Virtue becomes a wife; beauty becomes a concubine.
Virtue carries an empty purse.
Virtue comes not from chance but long study.
Virtue consists in action.
Virtue consists of action.
Virtue flourishes in misfortune.
Virtue is better than wealth.
Virtue is its own reward.
Virtue is not knowing but doing.
Virtue is not left to stand alone.
Virtue never dies.
Virtue never dwells alone, it always has neighbors.
Virtue never goes far without the company of idleness.
Virtue our leader, fortune our companion.
Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
Virtue stands in the middle.' Virtue is in the moderate, not the extreme position.
Virtue subdues power.
Virtue which parleys is near a surrender.
Virtue would not go far, if a little vanity walked not with it.
Virtue, which parleys, is near a surrender.
Virtue: climbing a hill; vice: running down.
Virtue: climbing a hill; vice: running down.
Virtuous for ten years is still not enough; evil for one day is too much already.
Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. (Japanese proverb).
Visit infrequently, and you will get closer.
Visit rarely, and you will be more loved.
Visit your aunt, but not every day of the year.
Visiting is good, but home is better.
Visitors' footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick.
Visits always give pleasure -- if not the arrival, the departure.
Vixen resolved not to steal chicken.

Vodka is the aunt of wine.
Voice of one, voice of none.
Voluntary work is better than slavery.
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.

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


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