PROVERBS

by Octavian Dumitru

Hunger, appetite and salt are the three tastiest dishes. Dont take a big bag to the praised fruit tree. The one who has swallowed hot soup will blow over youghurt. If your friend is as good as honey, dont try to eat him up. Your stomach can be filled up, but your eyes never had enough. A friend is like wine- the older, the better. When you are full, leave a few breadcrumbs for the birds. An overstuffed sausage will break. The onion wears many skirts, but still freezes. If you get into husk, youll be eaten by pigs. Rather than eat buttered bread and look into the ground, I would eat salted bread and face the sun. An old hen makes a good soup. Not everything that flies is edible. Dont try to sell cucumbers to the gardener. Better an honest vinegar than a sour wine. Dont make the flour cheaply and the bran expensive. You may be my brother, but the cheese is not for free. Even if the bread is bitter, it tastes better in my homeland.