Wet your finger in tar and soon it is all over you.
More Finnish Proverbs:
Judge not the dog by its hair.Finnish
Your memory can let you down like it did to a Finn who was carving a wooden spoon.
Finnish
Express yourself earnestly, and you have no reason for shame even if you lack talent.
Finnish
The fate of the Gypsy's horse.
Finnish
God never says no to grand thoughts.
Finnish
Who stands by the door of his house is not yet gone away.
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