188 Finnish Proverbs / Page 2
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Age does not give sense it only makes one go slowly.22.
Age does not give you good sense, it only makes you go slowly.23.
All that glitters is not gold, nor all that sparkles silver.24.
Always exist branch grabbers, when exist fir-tree haulers.25.
An empty barn needs no roof.26.
An honest man would rather sell his land than tell a lie.27.
As we grow older our bad qualities make us younger.28.
Be always a little afraid so that you never have need of being much afraid.29.
Being in love is like feeling the sun from both sides.30.
Better ice that melts than fire that extinguishes.31.
Better one hazel grouse in the bag, than ten on the branch.32.
Big words won't split ones mouth.33.
Buy, buy, the children will pay the debts.34.
Cleanliness is half a meal.35.
Closeness without conflict only exists in the cemetery.36.
Cow's diets have never been sustained on grass grown in May.37.
Cowardice will not prolong life.38.
Disappears like a fart into Sahara.39.
Disappears without trace.40.
Do it today! Tomorrow it might be forbidden.