Time has turns, and the year has weeks.
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Patience.
205 Greek Proverb
Category Archives: Greek Proverbs
293 Greek Proverb
Wine and truth. (ancient Greek saying)
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131 Greek Proverb
The sea gives them and the sea takes them back.
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117 Greek Proverb
Whoever gets burnt by (hot) soup blows the (cool) yogurt.
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When someone has had a bad experience they tend to be overcautious. For example, someone who has been betrayed does not trust anyone anymore. Akin to Once bitten, twice shy.
75 Greek Proverb
Some wish they had a beard and the ones that do, are spitting on it.
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The young wish to be old, and the old wish to be young again.
257 Greek Proverb
When God wants to destroy the ant, he puts wings on him and it flies (to its destruction). (Kefalonian proverb)
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223 Greek Proverb
Out of a fallen tree, every man jumps wood.
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When the oak tree falls, everyone its timber claims.
188 Greek Proverb
Literally: You gave a knife, you’ll take a knife.
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Equivalent to: You live by the sword, you die by the sword. This is quoted in the New Testament ~ the original Bible written in Greek~ . When the Roman soldiers appeared to arrest Jesus, one of Christ’s companions pulled out a knife to protect him. Jesus stopped him and told that quote verbatim.
203 Greek Proverb
A priest, a doctor and a policeman is better not to enter one’s house.
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Authority. ~ Rather than to authority, this refers to the unfavorable circumstances of such persons visiting.~
147 Greek Proverb
Even a saint needs to be ‘threatened’.
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274 Greek Proverb
An old cat wants young mice.
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Old-age sex. Also: a Dirty Old Man.
33 Greek Proverb
From a child and a crazy person you learn the truth.
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271 Greek Proverb
When the wolf gets old, he becomes the clown of dogs.
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133 Greek Proverb
The liar gives birth to another liar, until they become a generation (of liars).
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280 Greek Proverb
Everything about the wedding is difficult (obstacles or objections) and the bride is pregnant.
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When people make excuses or place obstacles about a task that has to be done.
289 Greek Proverb
A woman and the sea are the same in anger.
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194 Greek Proverb
What you learn as a child, you cannot forget as an old person.
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Refers to knowlegde/skills one acquires as a youngster, and continues to remember for ever.
120 Greek Proverb
A priest can’t stand another good priest.
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Envy.