| A | B |
|---|
| Absence makes the heart | grow fonder |
| Actions speak louder than | words |
| Beauty is only | skin deep |
| Beggars cannot be | choosers |
| Once bitten twice | shy |
| Experience is often the best | teacher |
| Don't cross the bridge until | you come to it |
| Don't count your chickens | until they are hatched |
| A bird in the hand is worth | two in the bush |
| Advice is least heeded | when most needed |
| After dark all cats are | leopards |
| After the chessgame, the king and the pawn | go into the same box |
| All things good to know | are difficult to learn |
| An army of sheep led by a lion | would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep |
| Ask a lot but take what is | offered |
| Ask about your neighbours, | then buy the house |
| Ask the experienced rather than | the learned |
| Avoid evil | and it will avoid you. |
| The beginning is the half | of every action |
| Be on your guard against a | silent dog and still water |
| Be slow in choosing a friend | but slower in changing him |
| The best armor is to keep | out of range |
| Better to light a candle than | to curse the darkness |
| Better be quarreling than | lonesome |
| Beware of a man's shadow | and a bee's sting |
| Beware of the young doctor | and the old barber |
| The blind man is laughing at | the bald head |
| A book is like a garden | carried in the pocket |
| By asking for the impossible | obtain the best possible |
| By learning you will teach; | by teaching you will learn |
| Children are a poor man's | wealth |
| Complain to one who can | help you |
| Confessed faults are | half mended |
| Danger and delight | grow on the same stalk |
| The deeper the sorrow | the less tongue it has |
| A dimple in the chin | a devil within |
| The doctor is to be feared | more than the disease |
| Do not bathe if there is | no water |
| Do not speak of the rhinoceros | if there is no tree nearby |
| Do not place yourself in danger | while trusting in miracles |
| Don't empty the water jar | until the rain falls |
| Don't live in a town | where there are no doctors |
| Don't offer me advice; | give me money |
| Don't open a shop unless | you know how to smile |
| Don't speak unless you can | improve on the silence |
| Don't think there are no crocodiles | just because the water is calm |
| The enemy of my enemy is | my friend |
| Even a clock that does not work | is right twice a day |
| Even a fool is thought wise | if he keeps silent |
| Every beetle is a gazell in the | eyes of its mother |
| Everyone thinks his own | burden heavy |
| Every path has its | puddle |
| Every road has two | directions |
| Examine what is said, | not he who speaks |
| The eyes believe themselve | the ears believe other people |
| Fall seven times | stand up eight |
| Fast ripe, | fast rotten |
| A father is a banker | provided by nature |
| Fear less; | hope more |
| Eat less: | chew more |
| Talk less; | say more |
| First deserve, | and then desire |
| 7/5 of all people do not | understand fractions |
| A cigarette has fire at one end | and a fool at the other |
| Did Noah include termites | on the Ark? |
