World Proverbs

The world is a good teacher, but it charges a huge fee. (Finnish Proverb)
The night hides a world, but reveals a universe. View proverb
Persian Proverb
In this world generous people have no money and those with money are not generous. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
If a rich man dies, all the world is moved; if a poor man dies, nobody knows it. View proverb
Armenian Proverb
A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. View proverb
French Proverb
A beggar will always be a beggar even if they give him the whole world as a gift. View proverb
Persian Proverb
He that will have no trouble in this world must not be born in it. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you. View proverb
African Proverb
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on. View proverb
English Proverb
A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field. (Hindi Proverb)
Only two things matter in this world: a son and a daughter. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
The world flatters the elephant and tramples on the ant. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
The world is a pot, man but a spoon in it. View proverb
Armenian Proverb
If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists. View proverb
Jewish Proverb
When I am dead the world can be an ocean or a dried up ditch. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone. View proverb
English Proverb
God is not without sins: He created the world. View proverb
Bulgarian Proverb
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Money makes the world go round. View proverb
English Proverb
What's all the world to a man when his wife is a widow. (Irish Proverb)
The world is a ladder, in which some go up and others go down. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
He who has not traveled thinks that his mother is the best cook in the world. View proverb
Kiganda Proverb
In the entire world, things are two and two. View proverb
Kiganda Proverb
To the patient man will come all the riches of the world. View proverb
Liberia Proverb