Proverbs from Latvia

 

 

 

If you can't use your eyes, follow your nose.

 

 

 

In dense woods the trees grow straight.

 

 

 

Let the devil into church and he will climb into the pulpit.

 

 

 

Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.

 

 

 

On the hook of truth only small carp will bite; in the net of falsehood the big salmon are caught.

 

 

 

Your belly is not a book.

 

 

 

Sleep is the poor man's treasure.

 

 

 

Promised berries will not fill the basket.

 

 

 

Once you've cut the bread, you cannot put it together again.

 

 

 

Even the devil himself does not know where women sharpen their knives.

 

 

 

A strange glass is emptied in one draught; your own glass not even in ten.

 

 

 

A smiling face is half the meal.

 

 

 

A good backside will easily find a bench to sit on.

 

 

 

"We have rowed well," said the flea as the fishing boat arrives at its mooring.

 

 

 

We have rowed well, said the flea as the fishing boat arrives at its mooring.

 

 

 

As long as you live, you learn.

 

 

 

Every man forges his own destiny.

 

 

 

No matter how much you eat, save some seeds for sowing.

 

 

 

The ready back gets all the loads.