Cypriot Proverbs
Sayings of Cypriot origin Love me as I love you, want me as I want you, for there will come a time when you will want and I will not. When you see food, eat and when you see work flee. Don’t fear for the tree that leans for it won’t break. Honor is priceless and joy to him who has it. We have no bread to eat yet we seek a radish. Whatever rains let it fall. Teacher, you instructed but failed to obey. Blood does not become water. The liar and the thief rejoice in the first year only. A child inherits features from seventeen sources. If my grandma had balls I’d call her granddad. Let’s drink and God will pay. Can you give a fool brains? When you find a fig pick it up. When you find your saint light your candle. The thief succeeds once, the thief succeeds twice, the third time is his comeuppance day. However much is above ground is also below. Better to have five in the hand than to wait for ten. The way you made your bed is the way you’ll sleep. Ra...