27 Sayings of Sri Lankan Origin

1. "Only the cure you believe in cures." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "If the devil is your godfather you will be welcome in hell." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "It's the rain that fills the rivers not the dew." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "The bird that flies from branch to branch will end up getting drenched." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "The more one has, the more one wants." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Sin is sin whether big or small." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "A good tongue is a good weapon." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "Use the small fish as bait to catch the bigger fish." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "You cannot justify a crime by saying its very small crime." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "When the mother dies the father becomes an uncle." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "If you have driven a vehicle in Moratumulla, you can drive in any road in Sri Lanka." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "You can buy everything, except a father and a mother." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "He who has studied himself is his own master." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "Faith in medicine makes it effective." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "You would do better to be someone's victim rather than someone's certainty." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "An enemy's punishment is his envy." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "For he who has the time even the jungle is a paradise." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "Desire never stops, it increases even after satisfaction." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "The one who teaches is the giver of eyes." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Wisdom can be found travelling." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Don't believe everything you hear, and don't tell everything you believe." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "If the cow gives milk as a healthy food, why ask whether she is black or white?" (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "Adversity makes a man wise, not rich." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "A good husband might have a bad wife, and a bad wife might have a good husband." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "Our shadow will follow us." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "Tell the defect to get more quantity." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Don't count on the chicken before they hatch." (Sri Lankan Sayings) Click to tweet