149 Sayings of Armenian Origin

1. "The wolf is upset about what he left behind, and the shepherd is upset about what he took away." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "The butterfly who settles on a branch is afraid that he will break it." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Birds are caught with seed, men with money." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "The stones of my native country are warmer than the ovens of Babylon." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "The dowry that a woman brings is like a bell; every time she passes by she hits you with the clapper." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "He sleeps for himself and dreams for others." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "He who falls into the water need have no fear of rain." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Thunder clouds do not always give rain." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "The fool throws himself into the stream, and forty wise men cannot pull him out." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Only a bearded man can laugh at a beardless face." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "To be willing is only half the job." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Water is sure to find its way." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "He who cannot pray at home will celebrate mass somewhere else." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Until you see trouble you will never know joy." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Because the cat was given no meat, he said it was Friday." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "He who steals an egg will steal a horse also." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "You never know a man until you have eaten a barrel of salt with him." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "Unless the child cries, the mother will not suckle it." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "A king must be worthy of a crown." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Let it be late, let it be good." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "If a rich man dies, all the world is moved; if a poor man dies, nobody knows it." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "What is play to the cat is death to the mouse." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "No one will give a pauper bread, but everybody will give him advice." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "Love ever so well, there is also hate; hate ever so much, there is always love." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "The friend who helps me and the enemy who does me no harm, make a pair of earrings." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "One hand cannot clap alone." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "When someone's wealth improves, all of a sudden their house's columns appear to be crooked." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "Before the fat one slims, the slim one will die." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "Dogs quarrel among themselves, but against the wolf they are united." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "He who looks for a friend without a fault will never find one." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "The rose of winter-time is fire." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "A mule can swim seven different strokes but the moment he sees the water he forgets them all." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "The eyes would not disagree even if the nose were not between them." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "Even if the nightingale is in a gold cage, she still dreams of returning to the forest." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "Better to be an ant's head than a lion's tail." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "When you are going in, consider first how you are coming out." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "A drowning man will clutch at straws." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "You cannot put a fire out with spit." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "The ass knows seven ways of swimming, but when he sees the water he forgets them all." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "The guest is the ass of the inn-keeper." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "The woman who loves her husband corrects his faults; the man that loves his wife exaggerates them." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "The childless have one trouble, but those who have children have a thousand." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "Whoever drinks on credit gets drunk more quickly." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "All riches come from the earth." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "Choose a friend with the eyes of an old man, and a horse with the eyes of a young one." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Better lose one's eyes than one's calling." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "Give a horse to the one who likes the truth so that on it he can escape." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "When a tree falls there is plenty of kindling wood." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "The gravity of the earth is so strong that the old grey man walks crooked." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Priest on the outside, Satan on the inside." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "When they gave the donkey flowers to smell, he ate them." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "As mills require two stones, so friendship requires two heads." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "One wit is good; two wits are better." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "What the wind brings it will take away again." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "The end of strife is repentance." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "Not everything round is an apple." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "The more you stone a dog the more he barks." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "The water in which one drowns is always an ocean." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "I know many songs, but I cannot sing." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "What a man acquires in his youth serves as a crutch in his old age." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "A calf is not found under an ox." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "One can spoil the good name of a thousand." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "When God gives, He gives with both hands." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "God turns away his face from a shameless man." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "When the cart breaks down, advice is plentiful." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "The tongue of the fool is always long." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "Always tell the truth in the form of a joke." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "A small cloud can hide the sun and the moon." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "Friendship is not born of words alone." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "If you speak too much, you will learn too little." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "You don't satisfy your hunger by watching others work." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "Ashamed of what she sees in the daytime the sun sets with a blush." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "Dine with a friend but do not do business with him." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "Men have three ears, one on the left of the head, one on the right of the head, and one in the heart." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "The eagle was killed by an arrow made with his own feathers." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "A girl with a golden cradle doesn't remain long in her father's house." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "When the thief has stolen from a thief, God laughs in heaven." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "The scornful soon grow old." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "When a man sees that the water does not follow him, he follows the water." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "In dreams the hungry see bread and the thirsty water." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "If you chase two rabbits (at the same time), you won't catch either of them." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "The red cow won't change his hide." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "The poor understand the troubles of the poor." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "The world is a pair of stairs, some go up and others go down." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "Tears have meaning but only he who sheds them understands." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "On a rainy day many offer to water the chickens." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "Clouds that thunder do not always rain." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

92. "There is no reason for war that reasonable men can't settle." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

93. "How can one start a fast with baklava in one's hand." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

94. "The wound of a dagger heals, but that of the tongue, never." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

95. "Stand away from dwarfs, for it's God who hit them on the head." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

96. "He who has money has no sense; and he who has sense, no money." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

97. "The world is a pot, man but a spoon in it." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

98. "He who speaks a lot learns little." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

99. "A devil with experience is better than an angel without." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

100. "What does the blind care if candles are dear?" (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

101. "Make friends with a dog, but keep a stick in your hand." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

102. "A fish in the water is worth nothing." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

103. "Love did not grow any garlic." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

104. "The sun won't stay behind the cloud." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

105. "The bee gets honey from the same flower where the snake sucks her poison." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

106. "Where is there a tree not shaken by the wind?" (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

107. "It is better to carry stones with a wise man than accept the meal of a madman." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

108. "He who begs is shameless, but still more shameless is he who lends not to him." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

109. "They asked a bullfrog, “Why do you croak all the time?” He replied, “I'm enchanted with my voice”." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

110. "The blind have no higher wish than to have two eyes." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

111. "He's looking for the donkey while sitting on it." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

112. "The only sword that never rests is the tongue of a woman." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

113. "When the cart breaks down, advice abounds." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

114. "One bad deed begets another." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

115. "Wealth can give legs to the cripple, beauty to the ugly, and sympathy to tears." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

116. "Take up a stick, and the thieving dog understands." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

117. "A pain in the foot is soon forgotten, a pain in the head is not." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

118. "In business you need two Jews for one Greek, two Greeks for one Syrian and two Syrians for one Armenian." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

119. "To ask a favor from a miser is like trying to make a hole in water." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

120. "The voice of the people is louder than the boom of a canon." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

121. "At home the dog is very brave." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

122. "All men have three ears, one on the left of his head, one on the right and one in his heart." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

123. "A shrewd enemy is better than a stupid friend." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

124. "You are as many a person as languages you know." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

125. "What the great say, the humble hear." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

126. "No other day can equal the one that is past." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

127. "No one is sure that his light will burn till morning." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

128. "If you cannot become rich, be the neighbor of a rich man." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

129. "Speak little and you will hear much." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

130. "Begin with small things, that you may achieve great." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

131. "From the same flower the serpent draws poison and the bees honey." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

132. "At death's door a man will beg for the fever." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

133. "When your fortune improves, the columns of your house appear to be crooked." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

134. "Quiet horses kick the hardest." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

135. "One should not feel hurt at the kick of an ass." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

136. "A devil at home, a parson abroad." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

137. "One blossom does not make a spring." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

138. "A near neighbour is better than a distant kinsman." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

139. "If bread tastes good, it is all one to me whether a Jew or a Turk bakes it." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

140. "If a brother was really good for anything, God would have one." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

141. "He that asks knows one shame; he that doesn't knows two." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

142. "A mule laden with gold is welcome at every castle." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

143. "Advice is a free gift that can become expensive for the one who gets it." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

144. "Far from the eye, far from the heart." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

145. "When asked, “What news from the sea?” The fish replied “I have a lot to say, but my mouth is full of water”." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

146. "Which of the five fingers can you cut off without hurting yourself?" (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

147. "A woman is like the moon-some nights it is silver others gold." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

148. "The goat prefers one goat to a whole herd of sheep." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

149. "You cannot hit the point of a needle with a fist." (Armenian Sayings) Click to tweet