If you starve for three days, there is no thought that does not invade your imagination.

More Korean Proverbs

• 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.
• The pot calling the kettle black.
• Carve the peg by looking at the hole.
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
• What looks good tastes good.
• Even if you encounter a stone bridge, tap it first before crossing.
• No pain, no gain.
• The person who has many faults is usually the first to criticize others.
• One moment is worth more than a thousand gold pieces.
• A soft answer turns away wrath.
• Three years will eradicate even murderous thoughts.
• There is no flower that lasts ten days and no might lasts ten years.
• It is a bad plowman that quarrels with his ox.
• One hour today is worth two tomorrow.
• There is a way out of every situation.
• Give an extra piece of cake to a stepchild.
• The frog forgets that he was once a tadpole.
• In a place where there is will, there is a road.
• Don’t try to cover the whole sky with the palm of your hand.