Loba Blogs

“In his own nest a beetle is a sultan.”

“For the benefit of the flowers, we water the thorns, too.”

“Silence is the best answer to the stupid.”

“Rather a piece of bread with a happy heart than wealth with grief.”

“A beautiful thing is never perfect.”

“Learn politeness from the impolite.”

“A man’s ruin lies in his tongue.”

“Love and let the world know, hate in silence.”

“Pride goes before a fall.”

“Put by for a rainy day.”

“Cover up the good you do - do like the Nile and conceal your sources.”

“He who knows not shame does whatever he likes.”

“Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk.”

“The glow soon becomes ashes.”

“He who chatters with you will chatter about you.”

“More precious than our children are the children of our children.”

“A person with a wound on his head keeps touching it.”

“Bed is the poor man’s opera.”

“Old countries don’t disappear overnight; they stay for breakfast.”

“If there were no fault, there would be no pardon.”

“Pass by your enemy hungry but never naked.”

“If there were no wrongdoing, there would be no forgiveness.”

“Put a stout heart to a steep hill.”

“Put a rope around your neck and many will be happy to drag you along.”

“False ambition serves the neck.”

“A blow to another’s purse is like a blow to a mountain of sand.”

“Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.”

“Pride feels no pain.”

“Run as hard as a wild beast if you will, but you won’t get any reward greater than that destined for you.”

“A small house can lodge a hundred friends.”

“A borrowed coat does not keep one warm.”

“Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

“When the angels present themselves, the devils abscond.”

“A man with two ears can be supported by two words.”

“A back does not break from bending.”

“He who has a back is not beaten on the belly.”

“An onion shared with a friend tastes like roast lamb.”

“Do not rejoice over what has not yet happened.”

“The miser destroys what he collected.”

“The day cuts off the promise of the night.”

“Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.”

“Everything is formed by habit, even praying.”