- Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.~ Malagasy Proverb
- A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
- Better a devil you know than a hundred strangers.~ South American Proverb
- Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.~ Ethiopian Proverb
- Dear God: You do such wonderful things for complete strangers; why not for me?.~ Yiddish Proverb
- Go to friends for advice; to women for pity; to strangers for charity; to relatives for nothing.~ Spanish Proverb
- I against my brother. My brother and I against our cousin. My brother, my cousin and I against the neighbors. All of us against the stranger.~ Bedouin Proverb
- If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.~ Maya Angelou
- It’s all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he’s perfect.~ Mae West
- Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
- May good luck be your friend in whatever you do and may trouble be always a stranger to you.~ Irish Blessings
- Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You’ll never get out of the jungle that way.~ Arthur Miller
- Pity the stranger, even if he is rich.~ Yemeni Proverb
- The day your horse dies and your money’s gone, your relatives change into strangers.~ Chinese Proverb
- There are three things that have to be done quickly: burying the dead, opening the door for a stranger, and fixing your daughter’s wedding.~ Iranian Proverb
- The hand of the stranger is heavy.~ Basque Proverb
- The house is our father’s and the strangers came to kick us out.~ Palestinian Proverb
- The stranger has big eyes but he doesn’t see anything.~ Ivorian Proverb
- The tears of strangers are only water.~ Russian Proverb
- Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.~ Author Unknown
- Truth is stranger than fiction.~ Traditional Proverb
- You have a lot of friends if you have money; otherwise there are only strangers.~ Nepalese Proverb
- You may boast to strangers, but tell the truth to your own people.~ Croatian Proverb
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