Romanian proverbs Quotes and Quotation
- "Ai carte, ai parte."
- Translation: "Knowledge is power."
- "Apa trece, pietrele rămân."
- Translation: "The water is passing, the stones remain."
- "Apără-mă de găini, că de câini nu mă tem."
- Transliteration: "Defend me from chicken, I'm not afraid of dogs."
- Notes: this refers to people: the chicken are the mean people, the treacherous friends, the dogs are the known enemies
- "Aruncă bine în dreapta şi în stânga, şi la nevoie o să-l găseşti."
- Translation: "Throw good to your left and right, and you'll find it when you'll need it."
- "Ascultă cu urechile, vezi cu ochii dar taci cu gura."
- Translation: "Listen with your ears, see with your eyes, but keep silent with your mouth."
- "Banul este ochiul dracului"
- Transliteration: "Money is the devil's eye."
- Translation: "Money is the root of all evil."
- "Câinele bătrân nu latră degeaba."
- Translation: "The old dog doesn't bark for nothing."
- "Câinii latră, caravana trece."
- Transliteration: "The dogs bark, the caravan goes by."
- Translation: "Don't listen to every word you hear."
- "Cine se scoală; de dimineaţă departe ajunge."
- Translation: "Early risers travel farther."
- "Dacă doi spun că eşti beat, du-te şi te culcă."
- Transliteration: "If two people say you're drunk, go to sleep."
- Translation: "If more people say you're wrong, don't insist saying you're right."
- "Dragostea e oarbă, dar căsătoria îi găseşte leacul."
- Translation: "Love is blind, but marriage finds a cure."
- "Drumul spre iad e pavat cu intenţii bune."
- Transliteration: "The road to Hell is paved with best intentions."
- Translation: "People sometimes do all the wrong things for all the right reasons."
- Fiecare pasăre pe limba ei piere.
- Transliteration: "Every bird dies in its own language."
- Iartă pe toată lumea, numai pe tine nu!
- Transliteration: "Forgive everybody but not yourself!"
- Leneşul mai mult aleargă.
- Transliteration: "The lazy man will work more in the end."
- Mâţa blândă zgârie rău.
- Transliteration: "Nice cats scratch the worst."
- Nu da vrabia din mână pe cioara de pe gard.
- Transliteration: "A sparrow in your hand is worth two on the fence."
- Nu iese fum fără foc.
- Transliteration: "There's no smoke without fire."
- Nu lăsa pe mâine ce poţi face azi.
- Transliteration: "Don't postpone to tomorow what you can do today."
- Nu măsura pe alţii cu palma ta.
- Transliteration: "Don't measure others with your hand."
- Translation: "Some people may have reasons unknown to you for doing certain things"
- Nu poţi îndrepta lumea cu umărul.
- Transliteration: "You can't straighten the world with your shoulder."
- Nu te pune cu prostul, căci are mintea odihnită.
- Transliteration: "Don't argue with a fool, because he has a rested mind."
- Nu vinde pielea ursului din pădure.
- Transliteration: "Don't sell the skin of the bear currently in the forest."
- Obiceiul e a doua natură.
- Transliteration: "Habit is the second nature."
- Ochii care nu se văd se uită.
- Transliteration: "The eyes who don't see each other forget each other."
- Translation: "Out of sight, out of mind."
- Omul sfinţeşte locul.
- Transliteration: "The man makes the place holy."
- Translation: "Let me look at your house and I'll tell you who you are."
- Ori te poarta cum ţi-e vorba, ori vorbeşte cum ţi-e portul.
- Transliteration: "Either act as you speak, or speak as you act."
- Translation: "Don't be a hypocrite."
- Prietenul la nevoie se arată.
- Translation: "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
- Râde hârb de oală spartă.
- Translation: "The pot calls the kettle black."
- S-a dus bou şi s-a întors vacă.
- Transliteration: "He went as an ox and returned as a cow."
- Translation: "He didn't learn anything (referring to both learning from a teacher and finding out information)."
- Sângele apă nu se face.
- Transliteration: "Blood doesn't turn into water."
- Totu-i bine cand se termină cu bine.
- Transliteration: "All's well that ends well"
- Un nebun aruncă o piatră în apă şi zece înţelepţi nu pot s-o scoată.
- Transliteration: "A mad man throws a stone in the water, ten wise men can't get it out."
- Un necaz nu vine niciodată singur.
- Transliteration: "A problem never comes alone."
- Vino necazule, dar vino singur!
- Transliteration: "Come trouble, but come alone!"
- Dai un ban dar stai in faţă!
- Transliteration: "If you pay top dollar, you get a front row seat!"
See also: List of proverbs.
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