As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 Dawn does not come twice to wake us SOUTH AFRICA

      2 The darkest hour is just before the dawn ENGLAND

      3 We can never see the sun rise by looking into the west JAPAN

      4 A misty morning may have a fine day ENGLAND

      5 The morning is the mother of trades and the evening the mother of thoughts ITALY

      6 Those who spend a night with a chicken will cackle in the morning TUNISIA

      7 The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected SWEDEN

      8 No day so long but has its evening FRANCE

      9 The evening crowns the day SWEDEN

      10 A clear conscience never fears midnight knocking CHINA

      11 It cannot be later than midnight MYANMAR

      12 An apple at night puts the dentist to flight ENGLAND

      13 The later in the evening, the nicer the people NETHERLANDS

      14 Even the moon does not shine before it rises FINLAND

      1 Many people are like clocks, they show one hour and strike another DENMARK

      2 The one who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; the one who does not ask a question is a fool forever CHINA

      3 Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer NORWAY

      4 There’s one born every minute USA

      5 Where the minute-hand suffices the hour-hand is not needed NETHERLANDS

      6 Seconds are the gold dust of time USA

      7 God works in moments FRANCE

      8 God listens to short prayers ITALY

      1 Who teaches me for a day is my father for a lifetime CHINA

      2 As long as life lasts, the cow never stops moving its tail NIGERIA

      3 Gossip lasts but seventy-five days JAPAN

      4 It takes a long time to sharpen a hammer made of wood NETHERLANDS

      5 If the bucket has been long in the well, it ought to come out with water NIGERIA

      6 No matter how long a log floats on the river it will never be a crocodile MALI

      7 A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy CHINA

      8 The longest chant has an end SCOTLAND

      9 If you follow a crow long enough you light on carrion ALBANIA

      10 An apothecary ought not to be long a cuckold FRANCE

      11 The one who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; the one who does not ask a question is a fool forever CHINA

      12 No day so long but has its evening FRANCE

      13 Longest at the fire soonest finds cold SCOTLAND

      14 Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer NORWAY

      15 One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade CHINA

      16 The rod that will hang him is still growing IRELAND

      17 Who goes around the village long enough will get either a dog-bite or a dinner SERBIA

      18 It is the prudent hyena that lives long ZAMBIA

      19 Those who wait long at the ferry will get across some time SCOTLAND

      20 Those who wait for roast duck to fly into their mouth must wait a very, very long time CHINA

      21 Creaking wagons are long in passing NETHERLANDS

      22 Want a thing long enough, and you don’t CHINA

      1 Sunday plans never stand CANADA

      2 Driftwood never goes upstream USA

      3 An elephant never forgets ENGLAND

      4 Friday begun, never done USA

      5 Better late than never ENGLAND

      6 Tomorrow never comes ENGLAND

      1 Many people are like clocks, they show one hour and strike another DENMARK

      2 One should not ask the time of a rusty clock NETHERLANDS

      3 If it were not for the hands the clock would be useless POLAND

      4 The clock must be the master in the house SWEDEN

      5 The clock ticks nowhere as it ticks at home NETHERLANDS

      6 Someone with a watch knows what time it is; someone with two watches is never sure FRANCE