Even gentle people can lose their tempers.

More Korean Proverbs

• Keep your cool even in the face of despair.
• If you buy cheap, you waste your money.
• An empty cart rattles loudly.
• A poor old horse will have a worn out tail.
• A turtle can only get on it by sticking its neck out.
• Out of sight, out of mind.
• If you want a well, only dig in one place.
• A loaf of bread is better than the song of many birds.
• If a pedestrian sees a horse he will want to ride it.
• There is no shortcut to learning.
• Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
• Wise men philosophize as the fools live on.
• Remember, even monkeys fall out of trees.
• Actions speak louder than words.
• Birds listen to day-words and rats listen to night-words.
• Even children of the same mother look different.
• Things are never where you want them.
• Even gentle people can lose their tempers.
• 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.