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Martisor - the celebration of spring

Martisor is a Romanian ancient tradition, it’s been dated for 8000 years, which celebrates the beginning of the spring on 1 March. Is the celebration of joy, freshness, the victory of Good against Bad. The...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

If you don't mend up a small crack on the wall you end up building the entire wall.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about end

When there is a misunderstanding between the left leg and right leg the entire body falls down.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about body, rightness

Give a man a fish and he won't starve for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he won't starve for his entire life.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about life, man, day

It is better to be without a book than to believe it entirely.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

To die is to stop living but to stop living is something entirely different than dying.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A person of high principles is one who can watch an entire chess game without making a comment.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about games, people

Sometimes life can be as bitter as dragon tears. But whether dragon tears are bitter or sweat depends entirely on how each man perceives them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about tears, bitter, life, man

The person who is his own master cannot tolerate another boss. It's better to be without a book than to believe a book entirely. When economy goes south, people get political.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about economy, heads, people

It is better to ride for half a year on a good horse than to spend your entire life riding on a mule.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about life, good, good luck

Give the devil your little finger, you will be taken entirely.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about devil

Disease and disasters come and go like rain, but health is like the sun that illuminates the entire village.

Proverbs and old sayings about disaster, rain, sun

If you are going to do something carelessly, it is better to give it up entirely.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

If you still have money in the month of May, you'll have it the entire year.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about money