52 Sayings of Albanian Origin

1. "Nobody can serve two masters." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "He who can read and write has four eyes." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Every man is the smith of his own fortune." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "To err is human; to dine, divine." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "The weaker the argument, the stronger the words." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "When the cat is away, the mice will play." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "When you have no companion, look to your walking stick." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "In times of need a pig is called uncle." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "If you have figs in your knapsack, everyone will want to be your friend." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "When a hundred men call a wise man a fool, then he becomes a fool." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Hard heads suffer much." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "Stroke the dog and he will mark you with his dirty paws." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Don't put gold buttons on a torn coat." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "He who is not drunk on a Sunday is not worth a greeting on Monday." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Love is sometimes difficult but death even more so." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "One eats figs whilst the other pays." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "If you fear God, you won't fear humans." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "The stomach has no windows." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "Other people's burdens killed the ass." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "More lambs than sheep are slaughtered." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "The monk gets married to please his friend." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "When in doubt, find out." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "The sun at home warms better than the sun elsewhere." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "Well begun, is half done." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "There was anguish before there was man." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Even the hen looks toward heaven when she drinks." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "If your neighbor is an early riser, you too will become one." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "He who hesitates, regrets." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "You cannot turn blood into water." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "Fire is a good slave, but a bad master." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "Brotherly love for brotherly love, but cheese for money." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "Plough your furrows deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "You can fool an old horse once but you can't fool him twice." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "If you are in the house of a friend, bad times are soon forgotten." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "In the eyes of the mouse the cat is a lion." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "Where a horse of a Turk passes the grass will not grow again." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "Patience is the key to paradise." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "What the eye can't see, the heart won't crave." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "The wolf loves the fog." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "Work like a slave and eat like a gentleman." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "A tailless dog cannot express his joy." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "The end of the thief is the gallows." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "Whoever is shy, will suffer from hunger." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "Still pursuing, still achieving." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "You can't blame a dentist for looking down at the mouth." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "The fox will catch you with cunning, and the wolf with courage." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "When a Greek shakes your hand, count your fingers after." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "A dry bone is never licked." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "The man who has eaten enough will never believe a hungry one." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "He who leans against a big tree will always find shade." (Albanian Sayings) Click to tweet