Finnish proverbs
Life is uncertain so eat your dessert first.
The elderly, even if deaf and blind, still know a lot.
A child is like an axe; even if it hurts, you stil carry them on your shoulders.
War does not determine who is right, only who is remaining.
Iron must be forged when it is hot.
Better a bony agreement than a fat disagreement.
A brave man eats the soup, a shy won't even get cabbage.
Empty barrels clack the most
Of a stupid head the whole body has to suffer.
Lies have short legs.
A wise fool is wiser than a foolish wise man.
One stupid person asks more than ten wise ones can spare time answering.
The flaw doesn't need to be big, if it is in the head.
A loan is a brother when taken, a nephew when paid back.
A cat would eat the fish, but not be ready to wet its paws.
Whose bread you eat, his songs you'll sing.
A snotnose may grow up to be a man; but he who laughs without cause, never.
In a group stupidity condenses
Who digs a hole for another, falls in it himself.
Like pissed while running. (sloppy work )
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edit on 27-4-2014 by dollukka because: (no reason given)