22 wise Bulgarian Proverbs
By desiring what belongs to others, you lose your own.
Wise men honor their wives.
Draw water from the new well, but do not spit in the old one.
Anything forced is not beautiful.
A friend in need is a friend in deed.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Wisdom cannot be bought with money, yet it is worth the most.
Water washes up everything but shame.
He who envies does not see.
If the hand gives, but the heart does not, nothing happens.
He who does not work, must not eat.
Tell the blind he is eyeless, and he will get mad at you.
A mother's lesson – a son's success.
Lies legs are short.
Every tree has its worm to eat it.
Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Take a big bite, don't say a big word.
One swallow doesn't make a spring.
The pear does not fall far from the tree.