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Greek Proverbs & Sayings

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A heart that loves is always young.
~Greek Proverb


An iron rod bends while it is hot.
– Greek

A fox knows much; a hedgehog one great thing.
– Greece

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a prophet.
– Greek

A thousand men can’t undress a naked man.
~Greek Proverb
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Any time is the proper time for saying what is just.
—From the Greek.
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Everything has two handles.
– Greece

Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers.
– Greek

everything ancient is to be respected.
– Greece

First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
– Greek

From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn.
– Greek

He who respects his parents never dies.
– Greek

Let the guests at the table be three or four – at the most five.
– Greece

No need to teach an eagle to fly.
– Greek Proverb

Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
– Greek

Someone may learn and learn and yet remain a fool.
– Greece

The label is bigger than the package.
– Greece

To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it.
– Greek

Those who run away will fight again.
– Greece

The beginning is the half of every action.
– Greek

The heart that loves is always young.
– Greek

Where there is a sea there are pirates.
– Greek