Livonian ProverbsDefinitions

Belief can never be poured into anyone with a spoon.

Change is inevitable — Time changes the oak-tree into a coffin.

Evening is wiser than morning.

Happiness is like glass, a delicate thing.

Hard work is necessary — One cannot get bread from sleep.

Home is best of all — A crust at home is better than the bread of a stranger.

Newness is short-lived — A sharp axe quickly finds a stone.

Smoke is always bigger than fire.