Armenian Proverbs in English Quotes and Sayings
The stones of my native country are warmer than the ovens of Babylon.
Tears have meaning but only he who sheds them understands. |
As mills require two stones, so friendship requires two heads. |
When the cart breaks down, advice abounds. |
Clouds that thunder do not always rain. |
He who speaks a lot learns little. |
The bee gets honey from the same flower where the snake sucks her poison. |
The wolf is upset about what he left behind, and the shepherd is upset about what he took away. |
A calf is not found under an ox. |
When your fortune improves, the columns of your house appear to be crooked. |
He's looking for the donkey while sitting on it. |
The woman who loves her husband corrects his faults; the man that loves his wife exaggerates them. |
When the thief has stolen from a thief, God laughs in heaven. |
Dine with a friend but do not do business with him. |
Even if the nightingale is in a gold cage, she still dreams of returning to the forest. |
You are as many a person as languages you know. |
Because the cat was given no meat, he said it was Friday. |
A mule laden with gold is welcome at every castle. |
The friend who helps me and the enemy who does me no harm, make a pair of earrings. |
Thunder clouds do not always give rain. |
If a rich man dies, all the world is moved; if a poor man dies, nobody knows it. |
No one will give a pauper bread, but everybody will give him advice. |
A woman is like the moon-some nights it is silver others gold. |
You cannot hit the point of a needle with a fist. |
Give a horse to the one who likes the truth so that on it he can escape. |
The gravity of the earth is so strong that the old grey man walks crooked. |
On a rainy day many offer to water the chickens. |
Advice is a free gift that can become expensive for the one who gets it. |
You cannot put a fire out with spit. |
To ask a favor from a miser is like trying to make a hole in water. |
If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look. |
He that asks knows one shame; he that doesn't knows two. |
Before the fat one slims, the slim one will die. |
You don't satisfy your hunger by watching others work. |
All riches come from the earth. |
Better to be an ant’s head than a lion’s tail. |
The only sword that never rests is the tongue of a woman. |
To be willing is only half the job. |
Priest on the outside, Satan on the inside. |
If you cannot become rich, be the neighbor of a rich man. |
Better to be an ant's head than a lion's tail. |
The stones of my native country are warmer than the ovens of Babylon. * |
He who cannot pray at home will celebrate mass somewhere else. |
To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up. |
Always tell the truth in the form of a joke. |
Quiet horses kick the hardest. |
Birds are caught with seed, men with money. |
The tongue of the fool is always long. |
He who looks for a friend without a fault will never find one. |
Wealth can give legs to the cripple, beauty to the ugly, and sympathy to tears. |
The voice of the people is louder than the boom of a canon. |
Stand away from dwarfs, for it's God who hit them on the head. |
When asked, "What news from the sea?" The fish replied "I have a lot to say, but my mouth is full of water." |
If you speak too much, you will learn too little. |
The water in which one drowns is always an ocean. |
When someone's wealth improves, all of a sudden their house's columns appear to be crooked. |
It is better to carry stones with a wise man than accept the meal of a madman. |
Choose a friend with the eyes of an old man, and a horse with the eyes of a young one. |
When they gave the donkey flowers to smell, he ate them. |
A girl with a golden cradle doesn’t remain long in her father’s house. |
A drowning man will clutch at straws. |
Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf. |
The butterfly who settles on a branch is afraid that he will break it. |
Ashamed of what she sees in the daytime the sun sets with a blush. |
The world is a pot, man but a spoon in it. |
Love did not grow any garlic. |
How can one start a fast with baklava in one's hand. |
Where is there a tree not shaken by the wind? |
At death's door a man will beg for the fever. |
There is no reason for war that reasonable men can't settle. Clouds and thunder don't always result in rain. A small cloud can hide the sun and the moon. |
Men have three ears: one on the left of the head, one on the right of the head, and one in the heart. |
The dowry that a woman brings is like a bell; every time she passes by she hits you with the clapper. |
Whoever drinks on credit gets drunk more quickly. |
A mule can swim seven different strokes but the moment he sees the water he forgets them all. |
The eagle was killed by an arrow made from its own feathers. |
Friendship is not born of words alone. |
They asked a bullfrog, "Why do you croak all the time?" He replied, "I'm enchanted with my voice." |
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