Venezuelan Proverbs

Venezuelan Proverbs echo a land of llanos and Andes forged in Bolívar’s independence era. They mix warmth and sharp humor, praising ingenuity, hospitality, and endurance through boom-and-bust oil life.

A good friend will fit you like ring to finger. (Venezuelan Proverb)
Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
A mother has little love for a son who did not give her pain. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
For a new sin, a new penance. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
He who abandons his family, God forsakes him. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
One sword keeps another in its scabbard. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
Proverbs in conversation are torches in darkness. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
The man to whom God gives no children, the devil gives nieces and nephews. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
There is nothing hidden between heaven and earth. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
There is nothing like leather. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
There is nothing lost by civility. (Venezuelan Proverb)
Treat the lesser as you would have the greater treat you. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
Join with good men and you will be one of them. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
When the hare leaps, there are no lame greyhounds. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
He who doesn't look ahead gets left behind. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
He who would be a redeemer ends up crucified. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
For the ugly vice of begging, there's the virtue of not giving. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
Blood is inherited; character is earned. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
A monkey, even dressed in silk is still a monkey. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
There's no illness that lasts one hundred years, or body that can resist it. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
Each thief judges by his condition. (Venezuelan Proverb)
Whoever sleeps with children wakes up all wet. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
The fish dies by its mouth. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
Who spits up, spit falls on his face. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
Cry to the valley. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb