Finnish Proverbs
Life is uncertain so eat your desert first.
One should not go farther than the sea to fish.
A master has their master too.
The elderly, even if deaf and blind, still know a lot.
Asleep in the morning, awake in the evening; this is how you lose a house.
A bark does not hurt you.
Who digs a hole for another, falls in it himself.
A child who is loved has many names.
Who hears wrong, replies wrong.
A man is valued by his work, not his words.
A tiny morsel is a feast to the starving man.
War does not determine who is right, only who is remaining.
Hope for miracles, but don't rely on them happening.
If you can not find peace within yourself, it is useless to look elsewhere.
Big fish are worth of fishing even if you don't catch one.
There's no smoke without fire.
A cat lives on praise, a dog by pats on the head.
The water is the same on both sides of the boat.
A wife who cannot cook puts the blame on the pots.
A little bit of experience is better than a barrel full of knowledge.
One who is drowning will even grasp a haystraw.
What one learns while young, one masters when old.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Judge not the dog by its fur.
Little is better than nothing.
Who promises a lot, gives a little.
What one learns without joy, one forgets without grief.
The world will surely teach one; if nothing else, than to walk slowly.
A tree is recognized by its fruit.
It's more likely for the earth to rip than for a whore to feel ashamed.
No one is a blacksmith when they are born.
Live in the country as they live, or leave.
A pessimist will not get disappointed.
A barking dog does not bite.
The soul shines from the eyes.
After the rain, fine weather.
Opportunity makes the thief.
Better a bitter truth than a sweet lie.
If a man knew where he would fall, he would spread straw there first.
A bird in the hand is worth ten in the bush.
The cat would eat fish, too, but it wouldn't jump into the ocean.
No matter how misbehaved a child, the parents will accept.
Good comes slowly.
The evening is wiser than the morning.
Whose bread you eat, his songs you'll sing.
Happiness is a place between too little and too much.
A child is like an axe; even if it hurts, you still carry them on your shoulders.
There is no such path, that has not been walked along before.
Diligence vanquishes hard luck.
The forest will answer you in the way you call to it.
From small beginnings could come great things.
One sleeps like one makes his bed.
A man by his word, an bull by its horn.
A youth who does not work hard, will be begging will he is old.
Don't beat the man who has already been beaten.
The wolf makes a terrible shepherd.
The moon is the sun of young men.
Even a small star shines in the darkness.
Who is raised without discipline, will die without honor.
Spend, spend, spend will result in your children paying the debts.
To be in love is to feel the sun from both sides.
A good one gives from the little he has, a bad one not even from his plentiful.
You won't survive life.
