Romanian Proverbs
Water flows, but rocks remain.
Throw the good to your left and right, and you'll find it when you'll need it.
If you only kept silent you would have passed for a wise man.
Early risers travel far away.
The will is everything.
When you do good, you get good.
Life is a waste if you didn't live as you would have wanted to.
The old dog doesn't bark without reason.
What is everybody's business is nobody's business.
Knowledge is power.
Look before you leap.
A disease known is half cured.
Time ripens all things.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Better to ask twice than go wrong once.
There's no smoke without fire.
Every bird dies by its own tongue.
It's the gentle cat that scratches the worst.
Many hands make light work.
All is well that ends well.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Yesterday will not be called again.
In unity lies strength.
You can't straighten the world with your shoulder.
The one who has knowledge, has four eyes.
Many see, few understand.
A hungry belly has no ears.
Truth lies at the bottom of the well.
Actions speak louder than words.
Luck is like glass: when it starts to shine, it breaks.
Virtue is its own reward.
The village is burning and the granny is combing her hair.
One fool creates a mess which ten wise men cannot undo.
Use your ears to listen, use your eyes to see, but use your mouth to shut up.
Where the liquor is in, the wit is out.
Still waters run deep.
The sun warms the good man and bad man equally.
You do not know what is good until you lose it.
Don't leave for tomorrow, what you can do today.
It is one thing to promise and another to perform.
Don't argue with a fool, he has a rested mind.
Everything has a beginning.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Good is rewarded with good.
Don't measure others with your hand.
What can't be cured must be endured.
The dogs bark and the caravan passes by...
If the sun doesn't come in through the window, the doctor will come in through the door.
A good beginning is half the battle.
When the cat is not at home the mice dance on the table.
Either act as you speak, or speak as you act.
One gather while the other one wastes.
The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
A dog dies from too much walking , a fool from worrying about other's business.
Little chips light great fires.
Don't give the sparrow in the hand for the crow on the fence.
He who steals an egg today, will steal an ox tomorrow.
Do not wake the sleeping lion.
The one who has a book, has the power.
