What's your favourite proverb?

[ethan bradberry]

personally my favourite one is from imam shafi "say what you want in abuse of me for my silence towards the idiot is indeed an answer. I am not at lost for a response but rather it doesn't befit the lion to answer the dogs"

 

[DuctTape]

personally my favourite one is from imam shafi "say what you want in abuse of me for my silence towards the idiot is indeed an answer. I am not at lost for a response but rather it doesn't befit the lion to answer the dogs"

Too many cucks spoil the broth

 

[ethan bradberry]

Too many cucks spoil the broth

 

[Inactive]

Something along the lines of: I was sad I had no shoes to wear until I met someone who had no feet.

It's Chinese

 

[ethan bradberry]

Something along the lines of: I was sad I had no shoes to wear until I met someone who had no feet.

It's Chinese

Nice quote. Shows we should be great full for what we have.

 

[ebimomo]

idk if this is a proverb, but i heard it somwhere

"What will be, will be"

It's so reassuring.

 

[CitrusFlower]

Something along the lines of: I was sad I had no shoes to wear until I met someone who had no feet.

It's Chinese

It's I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet.

 

[Gambar]

I love Somali proverbs (maahmaah) such as aqoon la'aan waa iftiin la'aan.

 

[CitrusFlower]

Be kind to those that meet you as you rise, you may pass them again as you fall.

 

[DuctTape]

Be kind to those that meet you as you rise, you may pass them again as you fall.

This is my favourite one so far
Simple yet effective

 

[ethan bradberry]

I've got another one, "a brave man is scared of a lion three times: first when he sees the tracks; second when he hears the first roar; and third when they are face to face."

 

[Hemaal]

"Cun bahalkeeda sida khudrada"

 

[SOMALI GENERAL]

"If there's a will, there's a way. If not, you'll find an excuse."

 

[illiyas]

haddaad meel laga indho la'yahay tagtid adna il iska rid. Which means always adapt and fit into your environment

 

[Galaeri]

Bless the Kacaan. Makes you sad when you realise the 'liberators' had no brains, they all the landmarks destroyed.