Tap even a stone bridge before crossing.

More Korean Proverbs

• Genius shows itself from an early age.
• If there is a rich man in the area three villages are ruined.
• The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails.
• A physician’s neighbor is never a doctor.
• To make trouble and then give help.
• No sleep, no dream.
• A hunter’s knife cannot carve its own handle.
• It is hard to get angry at a smiling face.
• Clothes make the man.
• Even monkeys may fall from trees.
• You will hate a beautiful song if you sing it often.
• Better to ask the way than to go astray.
• Birds of a feather flock together.
• Useful trees are cut down first.
• There is no use in crying over spilled milk.
• You cannot strike a face that is smiling.
• The thief hates the moon.
• A fish wouldn’t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
• After three years at a village schoolhouse, even a dog can recite a poem.
• Even a monk can’t shave his own head.
• Anyone who goes hungry for three days will be inclined to steal.
• You reap what you sow.
• Starting is half the task.
• Better in the grave than be a slave.
• From rags to riches.
• Even if the sky falls on you, there is a hole that you can escape from.
• One good turn deserves another.