You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.

More Korean Proverbs

• To begin is to be half done.
• There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions.
• Empty vessels make the most sound.
• Laughter is the best medicine.
• Virginity can be lost in one night.
• Help is needed at times.
• If you starve for three days, there is no thought that does not invade your imagination.
• Tall branches are apt to be broken.
• Words have no wings but they can fly many thousands of miles.
• Two heads are better than one.
• A sheet of paper is lighter if two of you don’t try to carry it.
• A kitchen knife cannot carve its own handle.
• Woman was born three days earlier than the devil.
• A newborn baby has no fear of tigers.
• Man’s mind changes throughout the course of a day.
• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
• A great river does not refuse any small streams.
• The parish priest forgets that he was once a parish clerk.
• There is always a way out.
• Honesty is the best policy.
• The person who knows himself and his opponent will be invincible.
• Look before you leap.
• Even if you know the way, ask one more time.
• Better late than never.
• When you have three daughters, you sleep with the door open.
• Going day is the fair day.
• What goes up must come down.