It is better to be born lucky than rich…
- A dying man discovers the honesty with which he was born. ~ Japanese Proverb
- A man who develops himself is born twice. ~ Argentine Proverb
- A man will be born in his house and will die in the desert. ~ Manchuria Proverb
- A newborn baby has no fear of tigers. ~ Korean Proverb
- A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch. ~ Mexican Proverb
- A poet is born not made. ~ Traditional Proverb
- A rat is not born a rabbit. ~ Nigerian Proverb
- All the past died yesterday; the future is born today. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Bad is want which is born of plenty. ~ Latin Proverb
- Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Don’t give a child a name until after it is born. ~ Netherlands Antillean Proverb
- Do not make the dress before the child is born. ~ Tanzanian Proverb
- Don’t trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Friendship is not born of words alone. ~ Armenian Proverb
- He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. ~ French Proverb
- He who is born a mule can never be a horse. ~ Corsican Proverb
- He who is born in jail loves jail. ~ Greek Proverb
- He who is born with a weak intellect and a goiter can never be cured. ~ Italian Proverb
- He who was born for a small loaf, will never own a big one. ~ Puerto Rican Proverb
- I cried when I was born and each day now I realize why. ~ French Proverb
- If it’s not your time, you won’t be born and you won’t die. ~ Corsican Proverb
- If you are born an ass, you will die one. ~ Hebrew Proverb
- If you are born fat you will not die thin. ~ Martiniquais Proverb
- If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs. ~ Russian Proverb
- It is easy to be born; it is difficult to be a human being. ~ Filipino Proverb
- It matters less to a person where they are born than where they can live. ~ Turkish Proverb
- Lending is the firstborn of poverty. ~ Nigerian Proverb
- Men were born with bread in their hands women were born with empty hands. ~ Hebrew Proverb
- No child was ever born without having been conceived. ~ Filipino Proverb
- Not the place where I was born but where I hang my hat is home. ~ African Proverb
- One eats, other watch; that’s how revolutions are born. ~ Turkish Proverb
- One is born, one dies; the land grows. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
- She who is born a beauty is born betrothed. ~ Italian Proverb
- Some people are born hammers, others anvils. ~ Traditional Proverb
- The baby is not yet born, and yet you say that his nose is like his grandfather’s. ~ Indian Proverb
- The calf isn’t even born yet and there he is sharpening his carving knife. ~ Lithuanian Proverb
- The doorstep weeps for forty days whenever a girl is born. ~ Arabian Proverb
- The farmer is a born philosopher; the aristocrat has to learn how. ~ Polish Proverb
- The fetus that is afraid of criticism is never born. ~ Burundi Proverb
- The newborn baby yells; you die in silence. ~ Russian Proverb
- The war horses are born on the frontiers. ~ Chinese Proverb
- There are two kinds of perfect person; one who is dead and the other one is not yet born. ~ Chinese Proverb
- They are flies that are born of a wasp. ~ Indonesian Proverb
- The real owners of the land are not yet born. ~ American Proverb
- The rose comes from the thorns that were born of roses. ~ Turkish Proverb
- We start to die when we are born, and the end depends on the beginning. ~ Latin Proverb
- We will be grateful to flowers only if they have born fruits. ~ Zimbabwean Proverb
- When a girl is born it is like having six thieves invade the house. ~ Polish Proverb
- When it’s raining and the sun shines — then a Turk is born. ~ Maltese Proverb
- When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. ~ American Proverb
- Where you were born is less important than how you live. ~ Turkish Proverb
- Wisdom is born; stupidity is learned. ~ Russian Proverb
- Who is born a chicken loves scratching. ~ French Proverb
- Woman was born three days earlier than the devil. ~ Korean Proverb
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