City Proverbs

A bad man in Zion City is a good man in Chicago. (American Proverb)
If you enter the city of the blind, cover your eyes. View proverb
Persian Proverb
You can close the city gates but not the mouths of men. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Limerick was, Dublin is, and Cork shall be the finest city of the three. View proverb
Irish Proverb
You can close the city gates, but you can't close the people's mouths. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Good and bad make up a city. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
If each person would sweep before his own house, the city would soon be clean. View proverb
Polish Proverb
If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean. View proverb
Italian Proverb
A shy woman is worth a city, a shy man is worth a goat. View proverb
Kurdish Proverb
When in the city of the pretenders. Be pretending. View proverb
Thai Proverb
If every man would sweep his own door-step the city would soon be clean. (Welsh Proverb)
Monreale, a city without comfort, either it rains, or the wind blows, or bells ring for the dead. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Better a patient man than a warrior, one who controls his temper than one who takes a city. View proverb
Moroccan Proverb
Do not dwell in a city whose governor is a physician. View proverb
Traditional Proverb
When you are poor, you will have no visitors even if you live in a crowded city; once you become rich, you'll be surprised by visitors from alleged relatives even if you live in a remote location. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
The disgrace of the city is the fault of the citizens. View proverb
American Proverb
Do not dwell in a city where a horse does not neigh nor a dog bark. View proverb
English Proverb
The city, whose physician has the gout, is in a bad state. View proverb
Jewish Proverb
You can't fight City Hall. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
The city that negotiates is half conquered. View proverb
French Proverb
A great city. a great desert. (Latin Proverb)
Things may be traded in the city but it is the fisherman who brings in the food supply. View proverb
Sumerian Proverb
Where there is no grain, this is a sign of vengeance turned towards a city. Where there are no reeds, it is the worst of all poverty. View proverb
Sumerian Proverb
When liars enter by the city gate, in front of them there is a finger pointing at them, behind them there is a finger pointing at them. View proverb
Sumerian Proverb
Another city (town) - another temper. View proverb
Russian Proverb
📖 City Quotes