Finnish Proverb Sayings

 Finnish Proverb

Happiness is a place between too little and too much.

He who lies thrice believes he's told the truth.

Love blinds your eyes, marriage opens them wide.

Being in love is like feeling the sun from both sides.

Time goes on while life runs out.

Who has honey on his tongue has poison in his mind.

He who praises the past blames the present.

Everything is beautiful once the eye likes the view.

Trying is the first step towards failing.

He who asks won't lose his way.

Better a bitter truth than a sweet lie.

Age does not give sense it only makes one go slowly.

Through talking things will be solved.

A little bit of experience is better than a barrel full of knowledge.

When something has been denied of you, you can still do it once.

Who promises a lot, gives a little.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul.

You don't get anywhere if you run in your thoughts.

Who is raised without discipline, he will die without honor.

Even the clock shows the time without knowing anything.

If you can not find peace within yourself, it is useless to look elsewhere.

He who cannot light a fire knows nothing about love.

Great things often come from small beginnings.

One talks about what one does not have. 

An honest man would rather sell his land than tell a lie.

A loan is a brother when taken, a nephew when paid back.

What one learns without joy, one forgets without grief.

War does not determine who is right, only who is remaining.

He needs a long candle who awaits the death of another.

A married man has many sorrows,an unmarried man has one more.