- A chicken you eat only once — eggs a hundred times. ~ Tajikistani Proverb
- A day is long, but a lifetime is short. ~ Russian Proverb
- A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end–and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka. ~ Yiddish Proverb
- A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. ~ Traditional Proverb
- A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time. ~ Persian Proverb
- A timely “no” beats a hasty “yes.” ~ Brazilian Proverb
- A truth spoken before its time is dangerous. ~ Greek Proverb
- Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves. ~ English Proverb
- All times are good when old. ~ Polish Proverb
- An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Better to write down something one time than to read something ten times. ~ Japanese Proverb
- By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed. ~ Ghanaian Proverb
- Consider the facts seven times before you suspect someone. ~ Japanese Proverb
- Disgrace is like the grain of a tree trunk — time makes it bigger instead of erasing it. ~ Japanese Proverb
- Do everything at the right time and one day will seem like three. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Eat when the meal is ready; speak when the time is ripe. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
- Every dog knows his dinnertime. ~ Jamaican Proverb
- Every seed knows its time. ~ Russian Proverb
- Everything in time comes to him who knows how to wait. ~ French Proverb
- Fish must swim three times: once in the water, a second time in the sauce and a third time in wine in the stomach. ~ French Proverb
- Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down. ~ Traditional Proverb
- For he who has the time even the jungle is a paradise. ~ Sri Lankan Proverb
- For lazy people it is always party time. ~ Greek Proverb
- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ~ Chinese Proverb
- God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home. ~ French Proverb
- Going into a country the first time, ask what is forbidden; on entering a village, ask what are the customs; on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.~ Chinese Proverb
- Good things require time. ~ Dutch Proverb
- Great deeds come from times of shortage. ~ Japanese Proverb
- He who does not know what to do in his spare time is not a businessman. ~ Chinese Proverb
- He who is warned in time is saved. ~ Chilean Proverb
- He who slowly gets angry will stay angry for a long time. ~ Hungarian Proverb
- If it rained macaroni, what a fine time for gluttons! ~ Italian Proverb
- If it’s not your time, you won’t be born and you won’t die. ~ Corsican Proverb
- If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.~ Chinese Proverb
- If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~ Chinese Proverb
- If your time ain’t come not even a doctor can kill you. ~ American Proverb
- In the garden of time grows the flower of consolation. ~ Russian Proverb
- It is never too late to ask what time it is. ~ Traditional Proverb
- It is not enough to run; you must start on time. ~ French Proverb
- It is only idle people who can find time for everything. ~ French Proverb
- It takes time to build castles. ~ Irish Proverb
- It takes two days to learn everything about a man; to know animals you will need more time. ~ Iranian Proverb
- Lazy men get active when it’s time to sleep. ~ German Proverb
- Lazy people always want to do everything at the same time. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Lazy people have no spare time. ~ Japanese Proverb
- Life itself cannot give you joy/ Unless you really will it./ Life just gives you time and space — It’s up to you to fill it.~ Chinese Proverb
- Love kills time and time kills love. ~ Italian Proverb
- Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away. ~ French Proverb
- Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Mother Nature, time and patience are the three best doctors. ~Bulgarian Proverb
- No man can paddle two canoes at the same time. ~ Bantu Proverb
- No time like the present. ~ Traditional Proverb
- Nothing is more changeable than time and a woman. ~ Romanian Proverb
- One cannot blow and swallow at the same time. ~ Spanish Proverb
- One step at a time is good walking. ~ Chinese Proverb
- One time “here you are” is better than ten times “heaven help you.” ~ German Proverb
- Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry becomes silk. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Patience, money and time bring all things to past. ~ Traditional Proverb
- People live like birds in a wood: When the time comes, each takes flight. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Procrastination is the thief of time. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Something done at the wrong time should be regarded as not one. ~ Indian Proverb
- Tell a woman once she is beautiful and the devil will repeat it ten times. ~ French Proverb
- The day is short and work lasts a long time. ~ Hebrew Proverb
- The day you are leaving is not the time to start your reparations. ~ Nigerian Proverb
- The dog has four feet, but he does not walk in four roads at the same time. ~ Haitian Proverb
- The first time you cheat me, be ashamed. The second time it is I who must be ashamed. ~ Chinese Proverb
- The happier the time, the more quickly it passes. ~ Latin Proverb
- The harvest of a whole year depends on what you sow in the springtime ~ Chinese Proverb
- The right man comes at the right time. ~ Italian Proverb
- The right time to dine is: for the rich man, when he is hungry; and for the poor, when he has something to eat. ~ Mexican Proverb
- The tail of an ox says, “Time goes, time comes.”~ Creole Proverb
- The white flower has bloomed — it is time to sleep outside. ~ Fijian Proverb
- There has to be a first time for everything — even our most natural habits ~ Arabian Proverb
- There is a time to fish and a time to dry the nets. ~ Chinese Proverb
- There is no hand to catch time. ~ Indian Proverb
- Third time lucky. ~ Traditional Proverb
- Three times an early rise makes a whole day. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Time and I against any two. ~ Spanish Proverb
- Time and place make the thief. ~ Dutch Proverb
- Time and tide wait for no men. ~ English Proverb
- Time builds castles, and time destroys them. ~ Serbian Proverb
- Time chases love away and love chases the time away. ~ German Proverb
- Time flies when you are among friends. ~ Basque Proverb
- Time has no respect for beauty. ~ Polish Proverb
- Time heals all wounds. ~ English Proverb
- Time is a great healer. ~ Traditional Proverb
- Time is a great story teller. ~ Irish Proverb
- Time is anger’s medicine. ~ German Proverb
- Time is longer than a rope. ~ Virgin Islander Proverb
- Time is the best adviser. ~ Greek Proverb
- Time is the master of him who has no master. ~ Arabian Proverb
- Time is the soul of business. ~ English Proverb
- Time is the soul of the world. ~ Greek Proverb
- Time spent laughing is time spent with the Gods. ~ Japanese Proverb
- Time tries truth. ~ Traditional Proverb
- Time waits for no one. ~ Japanese Proverb
- Time will tell. ~ Traditional Proverb
- Times are not always the same; the grass is not always green. ~ Mongolian Proverb
- To be a fool at the right time is an art. ~ French Proverb
- To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, and three times — madness. ~ Dutch Proverb
- Too much hurry, and get there tomorrow; take time, get there today. ~ Jamaican Proverb
- Truth is the daughter of time. ~ Traditional Proverb
- Two times good — one time stupid. ~ French Proverb
- Wasting time is stealing from oneself. ~ Estonian Proverb
- We are all a long time dead. ~ French Proverb
- What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~ Scottish Proverb
- What you give you get, ten times over. ~ Beninese Proverb
- When the time comes for you to live, there aren’t enough years. ~ Yaddish Proverb
- When you have read a book for the first time, you get to know a friend, read it for a second time and you meet an old friend. ~ Chinese Proverb
- Why kill time when one can employ it. ~ French Proverb
- With time even a bear can learn to dance. ~ Yiddish Proverb
- You can accompany a friend for a thousand miles but at some time you must take your leave. ~ Chinese Proverb
- You cannot have the bacon and the pig at the same time. ~ French Proverb
- You have to give time some time. ~ French Proverb
- You may well have two legs but you still can’t climb two trees at the same time. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
