98 Sayings of Welsh Origin

1. "Everything that glitters is not gold." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "The will is a good horse." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "A ship and a woman are ever repairing." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Home is home, no matter how poor it may be." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Man learns from the cradle to the grave." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Better a friend at court than gold on the finger." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "The coldness of a friend and the coldness of linen, they never lasted long." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "Every flock has its black sheep." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Whilst kicking and biting, love develops." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "When the steersmen are many the ship will sink." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "If you would be praised, die." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "Money is the key that opens all locks." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Better educated than wealthy." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "It is good to look homewards." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "The first to the mill grinds." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Conscience is the nest where all good is hatched." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "No good will come of over sleeping." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "The achievement of all work is practice." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "Adversity brings knowledge, and knowledge wisdom." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "The world is wide to everyone." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "People aren't good unless others are made better by them." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Old age will not come alone." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "Three things it is best to avoid, a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "All waiting is long." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "A great sin can enter by a small door." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "A youth's promise is like the froth of water." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Perfect love sometimes does not come till the first grandchild." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Old feel the blows suffered when young." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "The strength of the old is their ready counsel." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "Milk for a child, meat for a man, beer for the old." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Three things give us hardy strength, sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "The older the man, the weaker his mind." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "An Angel on the road, a Devil at the fireplace." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "Those not ruled by the rudder will be ruled by the rocks." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "To become a leader, you must help others achieve their aims." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "The old know and the young suspect." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "The old feel the blows suffered when young." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "A work ill done must be twice done." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "The seed of all evil is laziness." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "The spring sun is worse than poison." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "A nation without a language is a nation without a heart." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Breaking her hip is the old woman's fault." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "I was wise once, when I was born, I cried." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "Everything you have in this world is only borrowed for a short time." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "The kettles boiling and I'm ready." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "Playing with fire will eventually turn bitter." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "Home is home, however poor it may be." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "Speak well of your friend; of your enemy, say nothing." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Tapping persistently breaks the stone." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "Let not your tongue cut your throat." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "You must crawl before walking." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "The strength of a nation is its knowledge." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "To sing before breakfast is to weep before supper." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "Do good and then do it again." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "Never trust overmuch to a new friend or an old enemy." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "Your hand is never the worse for doing its own work." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "Old age is a hundred disorders." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "Every bird enjoys his own voice." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "Of all weights, old age is the heaviest." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "Starting the work is two thirds of it." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "Without perseverance talent is a barren bed." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "He who steals an egg will steal more." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "It is easy to be brave from behind a wall." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "The best way to gather praise or recognition is to die." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "Better my own cottage than the palace of another." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "The best knowledge is knowledge of oneself." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "Anger is the mother of treachery." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "The young laugh when the old fall." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "The best candle is understanding." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "He who has no faults is not born." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "A boy is easier cheated than an old lady." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "The wiser the man, the fewer his words." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "More the hurry, more the obstacles." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "The child will grow, his clothes will not." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "Birds of the same color fly to the same place." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "The greater the hurry, the more obstacles there are." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "At the end of the song comes payment." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "Of a compliment only a third is meant." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "Repay evil with good, and hell will not claim you." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "If you want to be a leader, be a bridge." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "A word to the wise, a stick to the unwise." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "Scatter with one hand, gather with two." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "Better a good shilling than a dud sovereign." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "Death considers not the fairest forehead." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "The best shortage is a shortage of words." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "Memory slips, letters remain." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "A man without prudence is a ship without an anchor." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

92. "Be a friend to yourself, and others will." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

93. "A wife's advice is not worth much, but woe to the husband who refuses to take it." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

94. "Too much pudding will choke a dog." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

95. "Adversity and loss make a man wise." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

96. "Three comforts of old age, fire, tea and tobacco." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

97. "A sword's honor is its idleness." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet

 

98. "Adversity comes with instruction in his hand." (Welsh Sayings) Click to tweet