Proverbs and old sayings, page 344

43574 proverbs and old sayings

No one will give a pauper bread, but everybody will give him advice.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about advice

The stones of my native country are warmer than the ovens of Babylon.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about country

A girl with a golden cradle doesn't remain long in her father's house.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about home, house

The butterfly who settles on a branch is afraid that he will break it.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian

Advice is a free gift that can become expensive for the one who gets it.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about gifts, advice

Give a horse to the one who likes the truth so that on it he can escape.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about truth

The bee gets honey from the same flower where the snake sucks her poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about garden

The gravity of the earth is so strong that the old grey man walks crooked.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about earth, man, old, olderness

When your fortune improves, the columns of your house appear to be crooked.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about wealth, home, house

It is better to carry stones with a wise man than accept the meal of a madman.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about man

Wealth can give legs to the cripple, beauty to the ugly, and sympathy to tears.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about tears, wealth, beauty

If a rich man dies, all the world is moved; if a poor man dies, nobody knows it.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about wealth, world, man

To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about thieves

The friend who helps me and the enemy who does me no harm, make a pair of earrings.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about enemies

Choose a friend with the eyes of an old man, and a horse with the eyes of a young one.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about eyes, man, old, olderness

Even if the nightingale is in a gold cage, she still dreams of returning to the forest.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about dream

When someone's wealth improves, all of a sudden their house's columns appear to be crooked.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about wealth, home, house

A mule can swim seven different strokes but the moment he sees the water he forgets them all.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about moment, water

If it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, pick it up; and if you can't pick it up, paint it.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about contentment

The wolf is upset about what he left behind, and the shepherd is upset about what he took away.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian