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| A bad neighbor is as great an evil as a good one is a blessing. Hesiod. | 1 |
| A bad year passes, a bad neighbor remains always. Modern Greek. | 2 |
| A good neighbor is a precious thing. German. | 3 |
| A good neighbor is a good morrow. | 4 |
| A good neighbor is better than a brother afar off. Danish. | 5 |
| A good neighbor is better than a jewel in a chest. German. | 6 |
| A good neighbor is the safest guide. German. | 7 |
| A great man and a great river are often ill neighbors. | 8 |
A man may take a neebor’s part
Yet no hae cash to spare him. Burns. | 9 |
| A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin. | 10 |
| An unpeaceable man hath no neighbor. | 11 |
| Better a near neighbor than a distant cousin. Italian. | 12 |
| Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother that is far off. Bible. | 13 |
| Better is my neighbor’s hen than mine. Portuguese. | 14 |
| Better learn by your neighbor’s skaith than by your own. | 15 |
| Between neighbors’ gardens a hedge is not amiss. Spanish. | 16 |
| Does your neighbor bore you lend him a sequin. Italian. | 17 |
| Every man’s neighbor is his looking-glass. | 18 |
| He who has a good neighbor has a good morning. Italian, German, Danish. | 19 |
| He who has a bad neighbor is fain to praise himself. Danish. | 20 |
| Here’s talk of the Turk and the Pope, but its my next neighbor that does me the harm. | 21 |
| If a man would know what he is let him anger his neighbor. German. | 22 |
| It is not as thy mother says but as thy neighbors say. | 23 |
| Keep well with your neighbors whether right or wrong. German. | 24 |
| My neighbor’s goat gives more milk than mine. Spanish, Portuguese. | 25 |
| My neighbor’s hen lays more eggs than mine. Spanish. | 26 |
| One cannot keep peace longer than his neighbor will let him. German. | 27 |
| Neighbor once over the hedge, neighbor over it again. German. | 28 |
| Neighbor’s right, God’s right. Turkish. | 29 |
| No neighbor is the best. German. | 30 |
| No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor. Danish. | 31 |
| The bad neighbor gives a needle without thread. Spanish, Portuguese. | 32 |
| The neighbor’s cow gives the most milk. German. | 33 |
| The neighbor’s hen lays the largest eggs. German. | 34 |
| The neighbor’s misfortunes to us are only dreams. German. | 35 |
| The neighbor’s wife is always the handsomest. German. | 36 |
| There are three bad neighbors: great rivers, great lords, and great roads. Danish. | 37 |
| What is it to me how my neighbor lives. German. | 38 |
| What my neighbor eats does my stomach no good. Spanish. | 39 |
| When thou seest thy neighbor’s house in flames go warm by it. Spanish. | 40 |
| When your neighbor’s house is on fire look to your own. Modern Greek. | 41 |
| You may love your neighbor and yet not hold his stirrups. | 42 |
| You must not throw stones into your neighbor’s garden. French. | 43 |
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