It is hard to get angry at a smiling face.

More Korean Proverbs

• 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.
• 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.