As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 God did not create hurry FINLAND

      2 Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank Him for not having given it wings ETHIOPIA

      3 The face came before the photograph USA

      4 Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer NORWAY

      5 Everything comes to those who wait ENGLAND

      6 There’s a time and a place for everything ENGLAND

      7 The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates MALAYSIA

      8 Handsome is as handsome does ENGLAND

      9 Friendly is as friendly does USA

      10 Everything is possible, except to bite your own nose NETHERLANDS

      11 Fingers were made before forks ENGLAND

      12 The bigger they come, the harder they fall USA

      13 When God made the rabbit He made bushes too HUNGARY

      14 Let the church stand in the churchyard ENGLAND

      15 Everything will perish save love and music SCOTLAND

      16 Rules are made to be broken ENGLAND

      17 If you aren’t what you ain’t, then you ain’t what you are USA

      1 If you have no relatives, get married EGYPT

      2 Vultures eat with their blood relations SOUTH AFRICA

      3 One family builds the wall; two families enjoy it CHINA

      4 In every family’s cooking-pot is one black spot CHINA

      5 The bazaar knows neither father nor mother TURKEY

      6 A hundred aunts is not the same as one mother SIERRA LEONE

      7 If my aunt had wheels, she might be an omnibus NETHERLANDS

      8 Bed is your brother ZANZIBAR

      9 Better a neighbour over the wall than a brother over the sea ALBANIA

      10 Two happy days are seldom brothers BULGARIA

      11 Three brothers, three fortresses PORTUGAL

      12 Brotherly love for brotherly love, but cheese for money ALBANIA

      13 Children regard their father’s guest as a slave REPUBLIC OF CONGO

      14 A father is a banker provided by nature FRANCE

      15 It’s a wise child that knows its own father ENGLAND

      16 The house with an old grandparent harbours a jewel CHINA

      17 Those whose mother is naked are not likely to clothe their aunt SUDAN

      18 Love and blindness are twin sisters UKRAINE

      19 When you are chased by a wolf you call the boar your uncle SLOVENIA

      20 The spear of kinship soon pierces the eye CAMEROON

      21 Many kiss the child for the nurse’s sake ENGLAND

      22 Those who gossip about their relatives have no luck and no blessing NETHERLANDS

      1 It is not the one way everyone goes mad IRELAND

      2 The cry of the hyena and the loss of the goat are one NIGERIA

      3 Both legs in the stocks or only one is all the same GERMANY

      4 Luck and bad luck are driving in the same sledge RUSSIA1 FAMILY MOTTOESMany Latin family mottoes are no more than single words or phrases, such as Labora (‘Endeavour’). But a number are sentences with a proverbial character. Some families have even adopted a proverb as their motto. In these examples, an illustrative family surname is given in parentheses.Vivis sperandum While there is life there is hope (NIVEN)Non est sine pulvere palma The prize is not won without dust (YARBURGH)Ex vulnere sallus Health comes from a wound (BORTHWICK)Ales volat propriis The bird flies to its own (TUFTON)Praemonitas praemunitus Forewarned, forearmed (RICKART)Virtus omnia vincit Virtue conquers all (WHITE)Labor omnia vincit Labour conquers all (BROWN)Spes anchora tuta Hope is a safe anchor (DUNMURE)Audaces fortuna juvat Fortune favours the brave (CARPENTER)Other languages than Latin can be a source. Here are two from French (or Old French):Qui sera sera What will be will be (BETENSON)Qui s’estime petyt deviendra grand Who esteems himself little will become great (PETYT)

      5 Ability and necessity dwell in the same cabin NETHERLANDS

      6 Lovers have much to relate – but it is always the same thing GERMANY

      7 Those who stumble twice over the same stone are fools LATIN

      8 It is the hyenas of the same den that hate one another KENYA

      9 Straps come from the same leather ARGENTINA

      10 A bad thing that does no harm is the same as a good one that does no good GERMANY

      11 There are many paths to the top of the mountain – but the view is always the same CHINA

      12 A hole here and there is not the same as a window KENYA

      13 You cannot jump over two ditches at the same time NETHERLANDS

      14 If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree SIERRA LEONE

      15 Thin ice and thick ice look the same from a distance USA

      16 No one can blow and swallow at the same time GERMANY

      17 No one can paddle two canoes at the same time SOUTH AFRICA

      18 You can never get all the possums up the same tree USA

      19 Lightning never strikes twice in the same place ENGLAND

      20 Love and blindness are twin sisters UKRAINE

      21 Crows everywhere are equally black CHINA

      22 The water is the same on both sides of the boat FINLAND

      23 Not even a bell always rings the same way SERBIA

      24 When it rains, the roof always drips the same way LIBERIA

      25 Great minds think alike ENGLAND

      26 One beetle knows another IRELAND

      27 Before God and the bus-conductor we are all equal GERMANY

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