PROVERBS ON MOUNTAIN

PROVERBS ON MOUNTAIN

A blow to another's purse is like a blow to a mountain of sand-Egyptian
A day-old pigeon cannot fly over a mountain pass-Korean

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A doorstep is the highest of all mountains-Slovenian 
A girl without a mother is like a mountain with no paths; a girl without a father is like a mountain with no streams. Kurdish 
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds-Chinese 
Beyond the mountain is another mountain-Haitian 
Behind every mountain lies a valley-Dutch 
Death is not found behind mountains but right behind our shoulders-Russian 
Even God cannot make two mountains without a valley in between-Gaelic
Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river-Chinese 
For every fruit consumed by a bat a hundred are spoiled-Irish  
For our sins God has created three enemies for us: mice in the house, the fox in the mountains, and a priest in our village-South America
If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain-Chinese 
If you have escaped the jaws of the crocodile while bathing in the river, you will surely meet a leopard on the way-African
If you have escaped the jaws of the crocodile while bathing in the river, you will surely meet a leopard on the way-African 
If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives-Chinese 
In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain-Kurdish 
It is better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon-Yugoslavian 
Love is like fog -- there is no mountain on which it does not rest-Hawaiian 
Marry a mountain girl and you marry the whole mountain-Irish 
Mountain does not meet mountain, but a face meets another face-Maltese 
Mountains are used to snow-Greek 
No matter how big the butterfly may be, it cannot be called a bat-African  
No matter how tall the mountain, it cannot block out the sun-Chinese 
Only the mountains never meet-Namibian 
One night with an ugly woman and one day in the mountains both are like an eternity-Turkish
Rivers and mountains may change; human nature, never-Chinese 
Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones-Chinese 
The goodness of the father reaches higher than a mountain; that of the mother goes deeper than the ocean-Japanese 
The most difficult mountain to cross is the threshold-Danish 
The mountains are never so far apart but the animals find one another-American 
The mountains are never so far apart but the animals find one another-American 
The mountains make the mist and the valleys must consume them-German 
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same-Chinese
Too many hands will row the boat up a mountain-Japanese 
Water does not stick to the mountain, and vengeance does not stick to a big heart-Chinese 
When a camel is at the foot of a mountain only then judge his height-Indian 
When you drink water, remember where the mountain spring is-Chinese 
Without seeing the mountain, do not tuck up your skirt, without seeing the water, do not take off your boots-Thai
You must scale the mountain if you want to view the plain-Chinese
You do not stumble over a mountain, but you do over a stone-Indian