Albanian Proverbs 4

Famous Albanian sayings and proverbs.

“Who has drunk will drink.”

“Who got it, did get it; and who left it, did regret it.”
“Who busies himself where no profit is found remains a fool the whole year round.”
“Who avoids temptation avoids sin.”
“Where the woman wears the breeches, she has a good right to them.”

“Where the carcass is, there the ravens will collect together.”
“Where law ends, tyranny begins.”
“When your neighbour's house is on fire, beware of your own.”
“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.”
“When you see the gossamer flying, be sure the air is drying.”
“When you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.
“When you buy friends with anything other than friendship, they do not stay bought long.”
“When you argue with a fool, make sure he is not doing the same.”
“When the water's high, the boat's high.”
“When the glow worm lights her lamp, the air is always very damp.”
“When the fruit fails, welcome haws.”
“When the fox preaches, beware of your geese.”
“When the eagle is dead, the crows pick out his eyes.”

“When the dead man sings it may last a very long time. ”
“When the candles are all out, all women are fair. ”
“When the bait's worth more than the fish, it's time to stop fishing. ”
“When the apple gets ripe, it's likely to fall. ”
“When the ale is in, wit is out.”
“When one door shuts, another opens.”

Albanian Proverbs 3

Famous Albanian sayings and proverbs.

1. "You are judged not by what you have but by what you do with what you have."
2. "Wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces."
3. "Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason."
4. "Work well done makes pleasure more fun."
5. "Words and deeds are not weighed in the same balance."
6. "Women are like books: too much gilding makes men suspicious that the binding is the most important part."
7. "Without justice, courage is weak."
8. "With the old year leave your faults, however dear."
9. "With age comes wisdom."
10. "Wise men learn from other men's mistakes; fools insist on learning from their own."
11. "Wisdom doesn't always speak in Greek and Latin."
12. "Wide experience makes for deep tolerance."
13. "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?"
14. "Whom chance often passes by, it finds at last."
15. "Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you."
16. "Who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart his house."
17. "Who pleasures gives shall joy receive."
18. "Who never doubted never half believed."
19. "Who is great in faith won't be small in failure."

Albanian Proverbs 2

Famous Albanian sayings and proverbs.

1. “You can't catch fish on a dry line.”
2. “You can't get there from here.”
3. “You can't fly with one wing.”
4. “You can't blame a dentist for looking down at the mouth.”
5. “You cannot unscramble eggs.”
6. “You can't be a howling success by simply howling.”
7. “You cannot squeeze blood out of a stone.”
8. “You cannot hunt with a tied dog.”
9. “You cannot drive a windmill with a pair of bellows.”
10. “You can shut the door on a thief, but you can do nothing about a liar.”
11. “You can run into debt, but you have to crawl out.”
12. “You can never tell what's in a package by its cover.”
13. “You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.”
14. “You can hardly keep from getting soiled if you fight with a skunk.”
15. “You can go home when you can go nowhere else.”
16. “You can get far with a lie, but not come back.”
17. “You can fool an old horse once but you can't fool him twice.”
18. “You can build a house but you must make a home.”
19. “You can drive sixty miles a minute, but there is no future in it.
20. “You can bear with your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?.”
21. “You can always tell a drunkard by his actions.”
22. “You are never too young to die.”

Albanian Proverbs 1

Famous Albanian sayings and proverbs.

1. “Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.”
2. “You're not supposed to keep religion, it's supposed to keep you.”
3. “Your whole destiny is involved in the attitude you take toward your sin.”
4. “Your thoughts go no farther than your vocabulary.”
5. “Your sins will find you out.”
6. “Your own faults look as big to the other fellow as his do to you.”
7. “Your ignorance is your worst enemy.”
8. “Your first accident may be your last.”
9. “Your failures could be stepping-stones to success.
10. “Your eye is the only way you can judge things.”
11. “Your best friend is yourself.
12. “Young courage and old caution are a strong pair.
13. “You'll hear a lot of things before your ears drop off.”
14. “You will never find a cat on a cold hearth.”
15. “You need not grease a fat sow.”
16. “You need more than dancing shoes to be a dancer.”
17. “You must pay the fiddler if you want to dance.”
18. “You might as well die with the chills as with the fever.”
19. “You may choose your friends; your family is thrust upon you.”
20. “You know who your friend and your enemy are during difficult moments”
21. “You have to crawl before you can walk.”
22. “You have to be smarter than the dog to teach him tricks.”
23. “You can't trust your best friend.”
24. “You can't tell the depth of the well by the length of the handle on the pump.”
25. “You can't take a second drink unless you have taken a first.”
26. “You can't see the sun when you're crying.”
27. “You can't lose what you haven't got.”
28. “You can't kid your conscience.”
29. “You can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.”
30. “You can't jest an enemy into a friend, but you can jest a friend into an enemy.”
31. “You can't hold another fellow down in the ditch unless you stay down there with him.”