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.