The native Indian proverb goes - We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Here follows a list of lesser known proverbs. Mostly because they are not English in origin, they are not as widely used. Some of them are German, French, Italian, Chinese and African. Yet a proverb is a proverb with a witty way of saying a worldly matter with local nuance. Here goes...
Too far east is west.
An old horse knows the way.
Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.
The mother of idiots is always pregnant.
Between doing and saying lies the sea.
Better to lick the knife than give up the spoon.
When you drink the water remember the spring.
Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted.
Even a blind chicken finds a grain once in a while.
The rooster that crows too early gets a twisted neck.
Evil enters like a splinter and spreads like an oak tree.
It is the chef who knows the contents of the pot best.
If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the plain.
The wolf would hire himself out very cheaply as the shepherd.
Rebuke is greater to the wise than a hundred blows to the fool.
Tell me who you spend time with and i will tell you who you are.
If you are looking for a fly in your food, it means that you are full.
The rain of your insults do not breach my umbrella of indifference.
When the bush is on fire, the antelope ceases to fear the hunter’s bullet.