A good bell is heard from far, a bad one still further.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about bad luck, bad, good, good luck
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish, page 7
186 proverbs and old sayings finnish
The world is a good teacher, but it charges a huge fee.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about teachers, world, good, good luck
Who reaches for the spruce, falls down onto the juniper.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
Even a stupid one seems wise if he keeps his mouth shut.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
One cannot ski so softly that the tracks cannot be seen.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
Poverty is no joy, although it sometimes makes you laugh.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about joy, poverty
Roll me, don't curse me, said the stone to the ploughman.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
An honest man would rather sell his land than tell a lie.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about commerce, lie, man
Who stands by the door of his house is not yet gone away.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about home, house
The walking-stick reaches many lands, the word many more.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about word
The memories of one's youth make for long, long thoughts.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about youth
No matter how misbehaved a child, the parents will accept.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about parents, children
Always exist branch grabbers, when exist fir-tree haulers.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
No need to plough and sow madmen, they grow by themselves.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about need
Pissed off like a little squirrel with a frozen pine cone.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
Better one hazel grouse in the bag, than ten on the branch.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
War does not determine who is right, only who is remaining.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about war, rightness
It is the dog which is hit by the tossed stick, which yelps.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
Cow's diets have never been sustained on grass grown in May.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about diets
All that glitters is not gold, nor all that sparkles silver.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
