76 Sayings of Serbian Origin

1. "After a trial one party is naked and the other without a shirt." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "A tree near the road is easily cut down." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "God does not pay every Saturday." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "To serve our elders is a duty, our equals it is polite, but serving the young is humiliating." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "It is difficult to find a man but it's easy to recognize him." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "He who drinks on credit, gets drunk twice." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Everyone is worth more than his neighbor and less than his son." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "Let war be waged in the house of him who wants it." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "We won the war, but lost peace." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "If there is a rumor, there must be some truth behind it." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Quick to believe is quickly deceived." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "The miser ends by giving more, and the lazy man by going further." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "An empty knapsack is heavier to carry than a full one." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "To set fire to a church is not so bad as to speak ill of a virgin." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "If you can't hold on to the horse's mane then don't try to hang on to its tail." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "A wife is frightened of her first husband and a husband is frightened of his second wife." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "One devil does not scratch out another devil's eyes." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "A thorn pierces young skin more quickly than old." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "A dead man pays no debts." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "It is not at the table but in prison that you learn who your true friends are." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Think before you speak." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Solitude is full of God." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "It is easy to advise the wise." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Where there are no dogs the wolves will howl." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "When big bells ring, little ones are not heard." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "What makes you tired makes you stronger." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "When the sun shines on me I think but little of the moon." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Do not measure the wolf's tail till he is dead." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "What is play to horses is death to donkeys." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "All returns, everything comes back." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Actions speak, not words." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "Money and the devil know no rest." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "It is easier to believe than to go and ask." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "The wound heals, the scar remains." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "You never get a headache from winning." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "A clean pig makes lean bacon." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "Better retreat in honor than advance in disgrace." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "A greedy father has thieves for children." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "Mother earth promised to tell her secrets to heaven." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "You don't need a candle to look for a fool." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "God created the beard on himself first." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "When a stepmother moves in, the father becomes a stepfather." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Walk the walk, then talk the talk." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "A foolish fox is caught by one leg, but a wise one by all four." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "The just man laughs and the guilty hides himself." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "Three times measure, one time cut." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Time builds castles, and time destroys them." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "Where right is of no use wrong will not avail." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "No resolution without discussion." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "You can judge what you make by what others make." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Jealousy and fear have big eyes." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "No trade without tools." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "A new broom brushes his targets well." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "It is easy to tempt a frog to the river." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "What is the use of a big wide world when your shoes are too small?" (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "Better to blush once than pale a hundred times." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "The glory of ancestors should not prevent a man winning glory for himself." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "When coins rattle, philosophers are silent." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "When your wine is finished, conversation ends; when your money has been spent, you lose your friends." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "Sleeping over can make problems be solved easier." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "It is better to be threatened by the sword of a Turk than by the pen of a German." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "A good reputation is better than a golden girdle." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "Who does not keep a cat keeps mice." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "Warm bed, cold food." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "It is better to make money in the straw market than to lose it in the money market." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "Peace pays what war wins." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "What is it to be a gentleman? Firstly it is to be thankful and secondly to complain." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "Even the devil knows what is right, but he will not do it." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "A man without enemies is worthless." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "There's nothing worse than a person looking for a quarrel." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "Missing the forest because of the trees." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "A good deed is the best form of prayer." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "Tell the truth and make thyself scarce." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "To believe is easier than investigation." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "It does no harm now and then to burn a candle for the devil." (Serbian Sayings) Click to tweet