Proverbs & Sayings
Traditional proverbs and sayings, grouped by where they come from.
By origin
- Chinese Proverb 98
- French Proverb 79
- English Proverb 71
- German Proverb 58
- Italian Proverb 54
- Spanish Proverb 44
- American Proverb 40
- Jewish Proverb 33
- Arabian Proverb 29
- Yiddish Proverb 28
- Scottish Proverb 26
- Irish Proverb 25
- Saying 21
- Danish Proverb 20
- Latin Proverb 19
- Greek Proverb 17
- Persian Proverb 16
- Russian Proverb 15
- Indian Proverb 13
- Japanese Proverb 13
- Gaelic Proverb 11
- Portuguese Proverb 11
- Turkish Proverb 11
- Zen Saying 11
- African Proverb 9
- Hebrew Proverb 9
- Dutch Proverb 5
- Hasidic Proverb 4
- Swedish Proverb 4
- Czech Proverb 3
- Hungarian Proverb 3
- Mexican Proverb 3
- Native American Proverb 3
- Welsh Proverb 3
- Jewish Saying 3
- Traditional Saying 3
- Catalan Proverb 2
- Ethiopian Proverb 2
- Korean Proverb 2
- South African Proverb 2
- Hasidic Saying 2
- Albanian Proverb 1
- American Indian Proverb 1
- Ashanti Proverb 1
- Bavarian Proverb 1
- Bedouin Proverb 1
- Camerounian Proverb 1
- Cuban Proverb 1
- Gypsy Proverb 1
- Haitian Proverb 1
- Ibo Proverb 1
- Icelandic Proverb 1
- Kenyan Proverb 1
- Latvian Proverb 1
- Lebanese Proverb 1
- Malabar Proverb 1
- Malayan Proverb 1
- Maori Proverb 1
- Moorish Proverb 1
- New England Proverb 1
- Nigerian Proverb 1
- Norse Proverb 1
- Norwegian Proverb 1
- Pennsylvania Dutch Proverb 1
- Polish Proverb 1
- Sicilian Proverb 1
- Tibetan Proverb 1
- Zimbabwe Proverb 1
- American Saying 1
- Black American Saying 1
- English Saying 1
- Fourteenth Century Saying 1
- French Saying 1
- Greek Saying 1
- Hopi Indian saying 1
- Indian Saying 1
- Ojibwa Saying 1