Styrian Proverbs

Styrian Proverbs capture the plainspoken wit of Austria’s green heart. Shaped by Alpine farm life, vineyards, and an old ironworking tradition around Graz, they prize thrift, hard work, neighborly help, and dry humor.

Kiss any arm you cannot break, a and pray to God to break it. (Styrian Proverb)
Marry the girl of a good family though she be seated on a mat, very poor. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
Stone dead hath no fellow. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
The cloth of shame does not warm and if it does, it does so only briefly. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
The land is cultivated by its own oxen. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
The person who deals in camels should make the doors high. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
The zawan of your own country is better than the wheat of strangers. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
When your neighbor shaves, you start to wet your cheeks. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
A little spark can kindle a great fire. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
A narrow place can contain a thousand friends. (Styrian Proverb)
A small house is enough room for a thousand friends. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
All ways lead to the mill. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
An Aleppine can sell even a dried donkey skin. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
An ignorant person is simply an enemy to himself. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
Be not water, taking the tint of all colors. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
Birth is the messenger of death. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
Choose the neighbor before the house. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
Even paradise is no fun without people. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
Girl, do not exult in thy wedding dress; see how much trouble lurks behind it. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
He who has his hand in the water is not like him who has his hand in the fire. (Styrian Proverb)
In every village, there is a path that leads to the mill. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
It is an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
Keep away from trouble and sing to it. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
It's better to deal with the devil we know than the devil we don't know. View proverb
Styrian Proverb
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