The document contains a collection of proverbs from different cultures about women. The proverbs provide advice on marriage, relationships, and gender roles. They suggest that a virtuous woman is more valuable than beauty, a girl should stay occupied to avoid trouble, and a wise woman marries the man who loves rather than the one she loves. The proverbs also address the roles of women as wives, mothers, and homemakers.

1. Sayings about Women

2. A good woman worth more than rubies.
(Philippine proverb)

3. A plain woman with moral beauty
is better than a beautiful woman.
(Vietnamese proverb)

4. He who marries a young woman
gets welfare and a treasure.
(Moroccan proverb)

5. A girl unemployed is thinking of mischief.
(French proverb)

6. When a girl is refined,
the wife is a little dove.
(Yiddish proverb)

7. A girl is like a shadow;
Follow her, she runs;
Flee from her, she follows you.
(Russian proverb)

8. A bad wife takes advice from everyone
but her own husband.
(Irish Proverb)

9. A girl draws more than a rope.
(Spanish proverb)

10. A lovely girl attracts attention by her good looks,
an ugly girl by the help of a mirror.
(Maltese proverb)

11. A wife is one’s heart’s delight.
(Hebrew proverb)

12. A pretty girl is the kind of goods
that is always in demand.
(Yiddish proverb)

13. A bad wife is a poor harvest
for sixty years.
(Japanese proverb)

14. A thrifty woman is the wealth of her house.
(Maltese proverb)

15. A wife gives beauty to a house.
(Indian-Tamil proverb)

16. A wise woman will marry the man who loves her
rather than the one she loves.
(Slovenian Proverb)

17. Girls are wont to say ‘no’ with their lips,
but with their lips, they say ‘yes’.
(Mexican proverb)

18. He fasts enough whose wife
scolds all dinner time.
(English proverb)

19. A woman can beat the devil. (Irish proverb)

20. When you have a pretty wife,
You are a bad friend.
(Yiddish proverb)

21. A woman and melon are hard to choose.
(French proverb)

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