Korean Proverbs (74 Proverbs)
- A great river does not refuse any small streams.
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- A stranger nearby is better than a far-away relative.
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- Anyone who goes hungry for three days will be inclined to steal.
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- Even if the sky falls on you, there is a hole that you can escape from.
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- Even though words have no wings, they can still fly a thousand miles. Even if you encounter a stone bridge, tap it first before crossing. Through old things, we learn new things.
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- Man's mind changes throughout the course of a day.
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- One moment is worth more than a thousand gold pieces.
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- The person who has many faults is usually the first to criticize others. Put something off for one day, and ten days will pass.
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- The person who knows himself and his opponent will be invincible. Carve a peg only after you have observed the hole.
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- To be prepared is to have no anxiety.
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- To begin is to be half done.
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- You will hate a beautiful song if you sing it often.
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- Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.
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- Do not draw your sword to kill a fly.
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- A fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
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- You cannot strike a face that is smiling.
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- Man's affairs are evaluated only after his coffin is closed.
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- Cross even a stone bridge after you've tested it.
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- A day-old pigeon cannot fly over a mountain pass.
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- Words have no wings but they can fly many thousands of miles.
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- It is a bad plowman that quarrels with his ox.
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- Catch not at the shadow, and lose the substance.
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- Woman was born three days earlier than the devil.
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- If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot.
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- Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water.
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- Wise men philosophize as the fools live on.
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- In the valley where there are no tigers the hare is king.
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- Carve the peg only after studying the hole.
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- Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important.
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- If you want a well, only dig in one place.
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- Carve the peg by looking at the hole.
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- When you have three daughters, you sleep with the door open.
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- If you starve for three days, there is no thought that does not invade your imagination.
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- Better in the grave than be a slave.
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- There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions.
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- If there is a rich man in the area three villages are ruined.
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- Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart.
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- There is no flower that lasts ten days and no might lasts ten years.
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- If a pedestrian sees a horse he will want to ride it.
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- A turtle can only get on it by sticking its neck out.
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- The nicest woman is your own; the nicest harvest is your neighbors.
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- Give an extra piece of cake to a stepchild.
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- A sheet of paper is lighter if two of you don't try to carry it.
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- The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails.
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- Even the best song becomes tiresome if heard too often.
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- A poor old horse will have a worn out tail.
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- The frog forgets that he was once a tadpole.
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- Even honey can taste bitter if it's used as medicine.
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- A nobleman's calf does not know how a butcher kills.
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- The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
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- Even children of the same mother look different.
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- A newborn baby has no fear of tigers.
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- The bull that is used to the sun shivers by the light of the moon.
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- Even a sheet of paper is lighter when two people lift it.
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- A man's youth will never die, unless he kills himself.
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- The bad calligrapher is choosy about his brushes.
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- Even a monk can't shave his own head.
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- A kitchen knife cannot carve its own handle.
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- Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
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- Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
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- A hunter's knife cannot carve its own handle.
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- Man's extremity, God's opportunity.
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- No sleep, no dream.
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- Remember, even monkeys fall out of trees.
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- Tall branches are apt to be broken.
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- Tap even a stone bridge before crossing.
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- The bad plowman quarrels with his ox.
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- The thief hates the moon.
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- Three years will eradicate even murderous thoughts.
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- Useful trees are cut down first.
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- Virginity can be lost in one night.
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- A physician's neighbor is never a doctor.
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- Butterflies come to pretty flowers.
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- Cast not pearls to swine.
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