A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit in

-Greek Proverb

Post coitum omne animal triste (After sex every animal is sad)

-Latin Proverb

I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one. 

- Chinese proverb

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers 

- African proverb

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

-Japanese Proverb

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them

-German Proverb

If you wish to go fast, go alone.  If you wish to go far, go together 

-African proverb

Summum ius summa iniurua (Extreme justice is extreme injustice)

-Latin Proverb

You can suffer without love, but you can't love without suffering. 

- German Proverb

None of us is as smart as all of us 

- Japanese proverb

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box 

- Persian Proverb

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

- Native American Proverb

Be humble, for you are of the earth. Be noble, for you are of the stars.

- Serbian Proverb

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

-Indian Proverb

Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless.

-Jewish Proverb

Charity sees the need not the cause.

-German Proverb

Before you speak let your words pass through three gates.  At the first gate, ask yourself, "Is it true?" At the second ask, "Is it necessary?"  At the third gate ask "Is it kind?"

-Sufi Proverb

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money

-Native American Proverb

When the axe came into the woods, many of the trees said "At least the handle is one of us"

-Turkish Proverb

When the winds of change blow; some people build walls and others build windmills

-Chinese Proverb