Proverbs against women

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Here is a collection of proverbs against Human's better half - The woman. Culturally, this gender biasness is prominant in folklores & Proverbs. When we consider that proverbs are nuggets of practical advice, such sayings make us rethink when man is projected as the ideal representation of our being while the female image is tarnished. Find more thought provoking & meaningful proverbs at www.cuteproverbs.com

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Proverbs against Women

Anti-Feminist Sayings

Who is tired of happy days, let him take a wife. (Dutch Proverb)

A woman has long hair but short brain. (Estonian Proverb)

The biggest trouble - a shrewish wife.

(Yiddish Proverb)

He who marries a beauty marries trouble. (African Proverb)

A brilliant daughter makes a brittle wife.

(Dutch Proverb)

The jealousy of a wife is the key to her divorce.

(Egyptian Proverb)

He who has a white horse and a fair wife is seldom without trouble. (Danish Proverb)

Smoke and a scolding woman drive one out of the house.

(Rumanian Proverb)

A man's best friend is his dog, better even than his wife.

(Icelandic Proverb)

Good wine and pretty wife are two sweet poisons to a man.

(Rumanian Proverb)

Gold is tested with fire and woman with gold. (Yiddish Proverb)

A beautiful woman is a beautiful trouble. (Jamaican proverb)

A bad wife is poor harvest for sixty years. (Japanese Proverb)

The more a woman admires her face, the more she ruins her house. (Spanish Proverb)

The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.

(Polish Proverb)

Love your wife like your soul, shake her like a pear tree.

(Russian Proverb)

Beware of a bad woman and put no trust in a good one. (Spanish Proverb)

A woman is never satisfied. (African Proverb)

Living by yourself is better than living with a bad woman. (African Proverb)

Your first wife is sent to you by God, the second by man and the third by the devil.

(Russian Proverb)