Gypsy Proverbs

Gypsy Proverbs carry road-born wisdom of the Romani diaspora. Shaped by centuries of wandering across Europe and persecution, they praise freedom, sharp wit, music, and the strength of family bonds.

He who willingly gives you a finger will also give you the whole hand. (Gypsy Proverb)
Everybody sees only his own dish. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
Good horses can't be of a bad color. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
Children will tell you what they do, men what they think and older people what they have seen and heard. View proverb
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Happiness you pay for is to be found everywhere. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
Credit is better than money. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
He that has a white horse and a fair wife need never want for trouble. View proverb
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I have two masters -- God and the devil; I work for the devil until lunch then I follow the Lord. View proverb
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Go in God's name–so you ride no witches. View proverb
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He who is late may gnaw the bones. View proverb
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In the hour of your greatest success are sown the seeds of your own destruction. (Gypsy Proverb)
A tear in the eye is a wound in the heart. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
As the crow is made for stewing the dog is made for kicking. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
Beauty cannot be eaten with a spoon. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
Burn your enemies caravan and you burn you future. View proverb
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Stay where there are songs. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the horse thief not one. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
The stick that breaks the window does not kill a dog. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
In the village without dogs the farmers walk without sticks. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
The winter will ask what we did all summer. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
The world is a ladder, in which some go up and others go down. (Gypsy Proverb)
A witch-wife and an evil is three-halfpence worse than the devil. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
It is easier to milk a cow that stands still. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
They that burn you for a witch lose all their coals. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
When you are given, eat, when you are beaten, run away. View proverb
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