Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.
Mountain
Behind every mountain lies a vale.Dutch.
Believe if thou wilt that mountains change their places, but believe not that men change their dispositions.Mahomet.
If the mountain will not go to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
If you don’t scale the mountain you can’t view the plain.Chinese.
Mountains do not come near to mountains, but men to men.Turkish.
Mountains never unite.
The most difficult mountain to cross is the threshold.Danish.
Two men may meet, but never two mountains.French.