99 Proverbs about Strange / Page 2
21. In a strange land one should always move near one's kinsmen.
22. It is odd for a dog to look unconcerned when a sheep is barking at a stranger.
23. Travel makes one a stranger.
24. When you're a stranger in a land, if good comes to it may you have you share and if bad comes let it go to the owners of the land who know what gods should be appeased.
25. It is better to host a good stranger than a bad brother.
26. A stranger has big eyes but sees nothing.
27. Eat and drink with your relatives, but do business with strangers.
28. In war it is best to tie your horse to a strange manger.
29. Strangers' meat is the greatest treat.
30. Never sleep with a stranger or borrow from a neighbour.
31. Pity the man who has a stranger's spancel on him.
32. Boast to a stranger, complain only to your friends.
33. Do not eat the strangers' bread as this diminishes your stature.
34. It is better to be naked in your place than to be a pasha with strangers.
35. Go to friends for advice, woman for love, strangers for charity and relatives for nothing.
36. Go to friends for advice; to women for pity; to strangers for charity; to relatives for nothing.
37. The fierce ox becomes tame on strange ground.
38. When you go to a strange house knock at the door.
39. Women believe the strangest of lies as long as they are wrapped up in praise.
40. Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
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