It's interesting how some expressions that you believe as distinct to your own culture can be found in other languages. Take: "Talking about the devil". Every language I have studied so far has this proverb, the only thing that varies is the so called "devil": in German, like in English, you also talk about the devil, in Polish it is the wolf, in Korean the tiger, and Chinese talk of Cao Cao, some warlord from very very long ago.
Every time I come across such a universal saying it makes me feel good. Those proverbs tell a lot about the universality of human thought...
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