Votian proverbs

Votian (or Votic) is a language spoken in Ingria. E e̮ma silmiz ed näe irttätŝi, a te̮izē silmɨz näed i pikkaraizē roitū. English equivalent: You see the splinter in another's eye but fail to see the beam in your own. "Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that." Charles Spurgeon, Gleanings Among the Sheaves, Humility. Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 131 527 1-875943-44-7 e̮una e̮unassa kaukālē eb lankē. Idiomatic translation: The apple does not fall far from the tree. Meaning: Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents. Source for proverbs and meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 259 527 1-875943-44-7 I Ikä ühs on omā onnē pällä seppä. English equivalent: Every man is the smith of his own fortune. Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 388 527 1-875943-44-7 K Kem kḛrtā, mittā, sīz leikkā. Idiomatic translation: Measure thrice, cut once. Meaning: One should always act only after due consideration. A hasty action may involve an improper consideration of important aspects. Source for meaning and proverbs: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 420 527 1-875943-44-7 M Millen emä, mokom i tütär. Translation: Such mother, such daughter. English equivalent: Like mother, like daughter. Meaning: Daughters may look and behave like their mothers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and rarely. Source for meaning and proverb: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 137 527 1-875943-44-7 Millin isä, mokomain pokatsi. Translation: Such father, such son. English equivalent: Like father, like son. Meaning: Sons may look and behave like their fathers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily. Source for meaning and proverbs: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 170 527 1-875943-44-7 T Tŝen ep tī, se ep sǖ. Idiomatic translation: He that will not work, shall not eat. Meaning: Without due effort one is not entitled to the fruits of the work. Source for proverb and meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 256 527 1-875943-44-7 U ühessä ke̮rvassa kūlen, te̮ize̮ṡ vällä lazzen. Translation: In at one ear and out at the other. English equivalent: Advice most needed are the least heeded. "The best among you are those who are best to their wives." Muhammad narrated in Ibn Majah, #1978, and Al-Tirmizi, #3895. Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 179 527 1-875943-44-7 V Vassen mätla ain parapassi pühiB. Translarion: A new broom always sweeps better. English equivalent: A new broome sweepeth cleane. Meaning: "We should never use an old tool when the extra labor in consequence costs more than a new one. Thousands wear out their lives and waste their time merely by the use of dull and unsuitable instruments." Alternate meaning: "We often apply it to exchanges among servants, clerks, or any persons employed, whose service, at first, in any new place, is very good, both efficient and faithful; but very soon, when all the new circumstances have lost their novelty, and all their curiosity has ceased, they naturally fall into their former and habitual slackness." Source for meaning: Porter William Henry Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA38 1845 Munroe and Company 38 Paczolay Gyula European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ 1997 Veszprémi Nyomda 1-875943-44-7 92 12 See also Cheremis proverbs Mordvin proverbs Karelian proverbs Russian proverbs Veps proverbs Votian proverbs Category:Proverbs by language