Austrian Proverbs

Proverbi dalla tradizione popolare austriaca

A light is still a light-even though the blind man can not see it.

If you shoot your arrows at stones, you'll damage them.

The earth doesn't shake when the flea coughs.

A blind chicken will often find an ear of corn.

A light is still a light -- even though the blind man cannot see it.

A marriage is a procession in which the cross goes first.

The cripple is always the one to open the dancing.

The situation is hopeless, but not serious.

There are more chains than mad dogs.

Losing freedom means losing everything.

Tact is, not to see the mistakes. Tolerance is forgiving mistakes people make.