Loba Blogs

“All men have three ears, one on the left of his head, one on the right and one in his heart.”

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

“All riches come from the earth.”

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

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

“Tears have meaning but only he who sheds them understands.”

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

“You cannot put a fire out with spit.”

“When the thief has stolen from a thief, God laughs in heaven.”

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

“When the cart breaks down, advice abounds.”

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

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

“On a rainy day many offer to water the chickens.”

“You cannot hit the point of a needle with a fist.”

“He who looks for a friend without a fault will never find one.”

“A drowning man will clutch at straws.”

“Better to be an ant’s head than a lion’s tail.”

“As mills require two stones, so friendship requires two heads.”

“A pain in the foot is soon forgotten; a pain in the head is not.”

“Friendship is not born of words alone.”

“He who cannot pray at home will celebrate mass somewhere else.”

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

“A calf is not found under an ox.”

“He that asks knows one shame; he that doesn’t knows two.”

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

“He who speaks a lot learns little.”

“Dine with a friend but do not do business with him.”

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

“He’s looking for the donkey while sitting on it.”

“Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf.”

“Clouds that thunder do not always rain.”

“At death’s door a man will beg for the fever.”

“You are as many a person as languages you know.”

“You don’t satisfy your hunger by watching others work.”

“To ask a favor from a miser is like trying to make a hole in water.”

“The world is a pot, man but a spoon in it.”

“Love did not grow any garlic.”

“Where is there a tree not shaken by the wind?”

“The water in which one drowns is always an ocean.”

“The voice of the people is louder than the boom of a canon.”

“The tongue of the fool is always long.”

“The eagle was killed by an arrow made from its own feathers.”

“Quiet horses kick the hardest.”

“How can one start a fast with baklava in one’s hand.”

“Ashamed of what she sees in the daytime the sun sets with a blush.”