128 Sayings of Finnish Origin
1. "A wife who cannot cook puts the blame on the pots." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
2. "Big words won't split ones mouth." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
3. "Little is better than nothing." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
4. "Praise your horse tomorrow, your son when he has a beard, your daughter when she is married and yourself never." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
5. "A good bell is heard from far, a bad one still further." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
6. "A wife who farts during the supper hour foretells a thunderstorm." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
7. "The old cow forgets that she was once a calf." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
8. "A child who is loved has many names." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
9. "Don't raise your club so high; it will only fall on your head." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
10. "Happiness does not come from happiness itself, but from the journey towards achieving it." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
11. "Better one hazel grouse in the bag, than ten on the branch." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
12. "Rain does not stay in the sky." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
13. "A fat man is a lazy man." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
14. "The cat would eat fish, too, but it wouldn't jump into the ocean." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
15. "Spend, spend, spend, your children will pay the debts." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
16. "A child unwilling to be taught must learn to dig trenches." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
17. "You reap what you sow." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
18. "He who shares the meat is always left with the bone." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
19. "A laughing ermine eats a goodly cobbler while the weasel dances to his own tune." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
20. "The unhappy child cries for toasted snow." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
21. "If a man knew where he would fall, he would spread straw there first." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
22. "A woman becomes her most beautiful, one hour after taking a sauna." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
23. "The cheese betrays the milk." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
24. "A good deal for two, is a clip on the ears of a third." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
25. "He who shuns the millstone, shuns the meal." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
26. "Even the crow sings with its own voice." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
27. "Who stands by the door of his house is not yet gone away." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
28. "Read like the devil reads the Bible." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
29. "The world is a good teacher, but it charges a huge fee." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
30. "The back has to pay for what the ears didn't hear." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
31. "Better ice that melts than fire that extinguishes." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
32. "One shouldn't make a bull out of a fly." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
33. "God did not create haste." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
34. "No smoke without fire." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
35. "The lazy sweat when they eat and complain of the cold when they work." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
36. "A child is like an axe; even if it hurts, you still carry them on your shoulders." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
37. "If you borrow some chaff from the rich man you have to repay him with wheat." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
38. "Rain in August portend crickets in the tea kettle." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
39. "A tiny morsel is a feast to the starving man." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
40. "Age does not give sense it only makes one go slowly." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
41. "The echo knows all languages." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
42. "The apple does not fall far from the tree." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
43. "Better a bitter truth than a sweet lie." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
44. "Love is a garden full of flowers and marriage is a field of stinging nettles." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
45. "A mother-in-law who farts during the supper foretells a good harvest." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
46. "A widow, like a widower, is a house without a roof." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
47. "A ring round the sun for rain, a ring round the moon for fine weather." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
48. "Don't look for lice if you're not itching." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
49. "Evil will get its share." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
50. "Silence is gold, talking is silver." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
51. "Winter brings want." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
52. "If the bathroom and a brandy cannot help a man, then death is imminent." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
53. "Other land blueberry; own land strawberry." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
54. "Life is uncertain so eat your desert first." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
55. "From a word comes a word; from a spark the earth catches fire." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
56. "The mouth brought the wolf into the trap, the tongue the ermine to the snare." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
57. "A priest with lice in his beard brings bad luck everywhere he travels." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
58. "A youth who does not work hard, will be begging will he is old." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
59. "One sleeps like one makes his bed." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
60. "Such mother, such daughter." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
61. "Do it today! Tomorrow it might be forbidden." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
62. "When you flee from a wolf, you run into a bear." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
63. "Not worth it to go further than the sea for fish." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
64. "The walking-stick reaches many lands, the word many more." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
65. "The butchers children go to bed hungry." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
66. "A small fire in the hearth is better than fleas in the bed." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
67. "If tar, hard liquor and sauna do not cure; the disease is fatal." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
68. "Love blinds your eyes, marriage opens them wide." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
69. "Even a small star shines in the dark." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
70. "One year ages the old, two years grow a child." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
71. "A small candle can light up the darkest forest." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
72. "The memories of one's youth make for long, long thoughts." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
73. "A fool boasts of his horse, a madman of his wife, the skillfulness of his children." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
74. "Men seek a warm hearth as termites seek rotten wood." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
75. "Help a man uphill, not at the foot of the hill." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
76. "An opportunity makes a thief." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
77. "The forest answers in the same way one shouts at it." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
78. "The wolf makes a terrible shepherd." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
79. "A honey pot often contains wasps." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
80. "A poke in the eye for those, who dwell on the past." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
81. "Who promises a lot, gives a little." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
82. "Age does not give you good sense, it only makes you go slowly." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
83. "A barking dog does not bite." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
84. "What is acquired easily is lost easily." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
85. "Never judge a reindeer from close by when you got it from a rich man because you may find that some of the antlers are missing." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
86. "Judge not the dog by its hair." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
87. "With a walking-stick you reach many lands; you reach many more with words." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
88. "To an optimist every weed is a flower; to a pessimist every flower is a weed." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
89. "Be always a little afraid so that you never will be much afraid." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
90. "An old dog doesn't bark lies." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
91. "One who grows up without discipline will die without glory." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
92. "Geese are caught with Geese." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
93. "If there is snow in the forest at the New Year, diseases will spread that year." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
94. "The cake is fine on top, but there are crickets inside." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
95. "Such father, such son." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
96. "All eggs should not be put in one basket." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
97. "A beloved child has many names." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
98. "After the rain, fine weather." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
99. "The wise man will be cheated only once." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
100. "Big fish are worth of fishing even if you don't catch one." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
101. "Don't beat the man who has already been beaten." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
102. "He needs a long candle who awaits the death of another." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
103. "You are not a man until you have plowed a field." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
104. "A loaf of fresh baked bread brings happiness to even devils." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
105. "A married man has many sorrows, an unmarried man has one more." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
106. "The winter does not leave without a backward glance." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
107. "Foreigners bring fleas to the sauna." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
108. "Do not protect yourself by a stone wall, but rather by your family." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
109. "Everyone knows the bear, but the bear knows no one." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
110. "Not all that shines is gold, nor all that glows is silver." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
111. "Those who wrestle weasels will be scratching for fleas." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
112. "In heaven you wont hear the mosquitoes." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
113. "War does not determine who is right, only who is remaining." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
114. "Freedom does not lengthen life." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
115. "The path of obligation lies down the marriage aisle." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
116. "No one can climb a tree with no branches." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
117. "He who cannot light a fire knows nothing about love." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
118. "A spot in gold and a fault in a wise man are soon visible." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
119. "As we grow older our bad qualities make us younger." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
120. "A tree is climbed from its base." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
121. "Cowardice will not prolong life." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
122. "Invite a beggar to break bread and you will be minding the silver all evening." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
123. "The mouth lies, but the eyes tell the truth." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
124. "The woman should let the man lead the dance." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
125. "One cannot ski so softly that the tracks cannot be seen." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
126. "The reins of fortune, the keys to luck, are in the hands of God and not under envy's arm or at an evil person's fingertips." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
127. "The lazy man is living behind God's back." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
128. "One's own help is the best help." (Finnish Sayings) Click to tweet
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