Arabic Wisdom

about Friends

"Be wary around your enemy once, and your friend a thousand times. A double crossing friend knows more about what harms you."

Yoruba Wisdom

"Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor."

Nigeria Wisdom

"Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use."

Slovak Wisdom

about truth

"The truth rises to the surface like oil on water."

Indonesian Wisdom

"There shrimp behind a rock"

Albanian Wisdom

"A painter is luckier than a sculptor. He only has to depict his subject from in front."

Igbo Wisdom

"No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person’s teeth."

Wolof Wisdom

about kindness, love

"To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better."

Scottish Wisdom

"Ask thy purse what thou should spend."

Scottish Wisdom

about mind

"A willing mind makes a light foot."

Spanish Wisdom

about love, reason

" Acts are love and good reasons aren't."

Icelandic Wisdom

"The one who’s only tasted sweet cannot describe sourness."

Haitian Wisdom

"The mouth speaks what the eyes see."

Turkish proverb

"A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers."

Hindi Wisdom

"Living in water and being an enemy of the crocodile is not good."

Greek proverb

"By degrees the prudent man planted a vineyard;by degrees the green grapes became as sweet as honey."

Tamil Wisdom

"Weapon which is not polished gets rusted."

Persian Wisdom

" He makes the water muddy to fish."