Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian, page 2

40 proverbs and old sayings yugoslavian

The place of an uninvited guest is behind the door.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian

He who humbles himself too much gets trampled upon.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian

If envy would burn, there would be no need for wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about envy, need

A man shows in his youth what he will be in his age.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about youth, age, olderness, man

Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about rocks, man

A good name reaches far but a bad one reaches farther.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about name, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

One ounce of good luck is better than a ton of brains.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about good luck, bad luck, good

Condemn a man within earshot; praise him at a distance.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about praise, man

If you spit against the wind, you spit in your own face.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about face

When the big bells ring, the little bells are not heard.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian

Man is learning all his life and yet he dies in ignorance.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about ignorance, life, man

Who asks at once for a lot, returns home with an empty bag.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about home

It is not easy to meet Good, but it is easy to recognize it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about good, good luck

He who does not know how to serve cannot know how to command.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian

Don't go selling the hide while the bear remains in the hole.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian

It is better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian

On your own donkey it is quicker than on someone else's racehorse.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian

There is little use building a fence around the garden to keep out the rabbits.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about garden, use

He is not honest who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company the soup is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about companies

Life is like a game in which God shuffles the cards, the devil deals them and we have to play the trumps.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about games, devil, life, god