Monk Proverbs

To a tendai monk, everything is wonderful. (Tibetan Proverb)
Even a monk can't shave his own head. View proverb
Korean Proverb
Not everyone who has a cowl on is a monk. View proverb
Russian Proverb
The monk gets married to please his friend. View proverb
Albanian Proverb
He that cannot do better, must be a monk. View proverb
English Proverb
A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows. View proverb
German Proverb
Offend one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome. View proverb
German Proverb
You monk, do you want us to give you in marriage? View proverb
Bulgarian Proverb
The habit doesn't make the monk. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
A vagabond monk never spoke well of his convent. View proverb
Italian Proverb
The election of the abbot is not stopped for want of a monk. (Italian Proverb)
Capacious as the sleeve of a monk and patient as the priest with his arms across his chest. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
The monk preached against stealing, and had the good in his larder. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
"bad company,” said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
It is easy to become a monk in one's old age. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the labor between them. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the labor among them. When it comes to three, they have to go thirsty. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
The cowl does not make the monk. View proverb
Italian Proverb
At length the fox turns monk. View proverb
Romanian Proverb
In good companionship, the monk took a wife. View proverb
Corsican Proverb
There is nary a feast or a party without a monk or a priest. (Sicilian Proverb)
The peasant is like the monk in many ways. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
The gluttony of the monk and the appetite of the priest. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
The monk feasts and the convent pays. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
A runaway monk never speaks well of his convent. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
📖 Monk Quotes