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70 Hungarian Proverbs About Life & Love (WISDOM)

Top 13 Most Famous Hungarian Proverbs

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.Pin
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The one who gets up early will find gold.Pin
The one who gets up early will find gold.
Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.Pin
Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.
Life is beautiful if it’s happening.Pin
Life is beautiful if it’s happening.
Hunger is the best cook.Pin
Hunger is the best cook.
Patience is a virtue, and a little will not hurt you.Pin
Patience is a virtue, and a little will not hurt you.
Patience creates roses.Pin
Patience creates roses.
A fool in the morning is fool in the afternoon.Pin
A fool in the morning is fool in the afternoon.
It is a fine thing to die for one’s fatherland, but a still finer thing to live for it.Pin
It is a fine thing to die for one’s fatherland, but a still finer thing to live for it.
Don't have too many irons in the fire.Pin
Don’t have too many irons in the fire.
Walk slowly, you’ll get farther.Pin
Walk slowly, you’ll get farther.
Once bitten, twice shy.Pin
Once bitten, twice shy.
Like mother, like daughter.Pin
Like mother, like daughter.
Unwillingness ends in groaning.Pin
Unwillingness ends in groaning.

22 Inspirational Hungarian Proverbs About Life

The way you sow, the way you reap.Pin
The way you sow, the way you reap.
Nature has given us two ears and one tongue.Pin
Nature has given us two ears and one tongue.
A man with good judgment does not make the goat his gardener.Pin
A man with good judgment does not make the goat his gardener.
Many small things can add up a big one.Pin
Many small things can add up a big one.
Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.Pin
Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
The covetous man is good to none and worst to himself.Pin
The covetous man is good to none and worst to himself.
Even the blind chicken finds grains.Pin
Even the blind chicken finds grains.
Forbidden fruit is sweet.Pin
Forbidden fruit is sweet.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.Pin
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
The early bird catches the worm.Pin
The early bird catches the worm.
The magpie wants a lot, but its tail can’t carry it all.Pin
The magpie wants a lot, but its tail can’t carry it all.
The best defense is a good offense.Pin
The best defense is a good offense.
Barking dogs seldom bite.Pin
Barking dogs seldom bite.
He who dares, wins.Pin
He who dares, wins.
There is no rose without thorns.Pin
There is no rose without thorns.
Even the white lily casts a shadow.Pin
Even the white lily casts a shadow.
Who doesn’t appreciate the little does not deserve the big.Pin
Who doesn’t appreciate the little does not deserve the big.
Don’t make an elephant out of a mosquito.Pin
Don’t make an elephant out of a mosquito.
Try to be in good company, even when you are alone.Pin
Try to be in good company, even when you are alone.
He who trusts is happy; the doubter is wise.Pin
He who trusts is happy; the doubter is wise.
Too much talk is poverty.Pin
Too much talk is poverty.
Cheap meat produces thin broth.Pin
Cheap meat produces thin broth.

4 Hungarian Proverbs About Love

The wife of a careless man is almost a widow.Pin
The wife of a careless man is almost a widow.
It’s natural to have some disagreement between husband and wife.Pin
It’s natural to have some disagreement between husband and wife.
Opposites attract each other.Pin
Opposites attract each other.
Love is blind.Pin
Love is blind.
You’ll recognize the bird from its feathers, the man from his friends.Pin
You’ll recognize the bird from its feathers, the man from his friends.

5 Hungarian Proverbs on Learning

Books are silent masters.Pin
Books are silent masters.
Repetition is the mother of knowledge.Pin
Repetition is the mother of knowledge.
Necessity is the greatest teacher.Pin
Necessity is the greatest teacher.
Do more things by wisdom than by force.Pin
Do more things by wisdom than by force.
Knowledge is power.Pin
Knowledge is power.

2 Hungarian Proverbs on Fear

He who is feared by many must be afraid of many.Pin
He who is feared by many must be afraid of many.
Better to fear than to be frightened.Pin
Better to fear than to be frightened.

3 Hungarian Proverbs on Time

There is nothing more precious than time.Pin
There is nothing more precious than time.
Time is money.Pin
Time is money.
Time heals all wounds.Pin
Time heals all wounds.

20 Thought-Provoking Hungarian Proverbs

If women were not vain, men could teach them how to be.Pin
If women were not vain, men could teach them how to be.
Stretch only as far as your blanket reaches.Pin
Stretch only as far as your blanket reaches.
The lazy one tires twice.Pin
The lazy one tires twice.
Grasp all, lose all.Pin
Grasp all, lose all.
The walls have ears.Pin
The walls have ears.
No one was ever hung for what he was thinking.Pin
No one was ever hung for what he was thinking.
Even a blind chicken finds one grain.Pin
Even a blind chicken finds one grain.
Men are like fish; the great ones devour the small.Pin
Men are like fish; the great ones devour the small.
Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.Pin
Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.
The horse has four legs and still stumbles.Pin
The horse has four legs and still stumbles.
A lie has short legs.Pin
A lie has short legs.
A fair face and a foul heart.Pin
A fair face and a foul heart.
The wall will not punch back.Pin
The wall will not punch back.
As one hollows in the woods, so it echoes back.Pin
As one hollows in the woods, so it echoes back.
He who says A, should also say B too.Pin
He who says A, should also say B too.
Whoever digs a hole for someone else, will fall in it themselves.Pin
Whoever digs a hole for someone else, will fall in it themselves.
Misery loves company.Pin
Misery loves company.
A fish rots from the head down.Pin
A fish rots from the head down.
Although pepper is tiny, its taste is intense.Pin
Although pepper is tiny, its taste is intense.
Iron ring made of wood.Pin
Iron ring made of wood.
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