Filipino proverbs

Marriage is not just a porridge that you spit out if it's too hot.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule on himself.

Life is like a wheel, sometimes at the top, sometimes at the bottom.

The bitterness of studying is preferable to the bitterness of ignorance.

Avoiding danger is not cowardice. Courage without discretion is no good.

People who do not break things first will never learn to create anything.

A fly that lands on a carabao feels itself to be higher than the carabao.

He who does not love their national language is worse than a putrid fish.

If you buy things you don't need, you will soon be selling things you do need.

The rattan basket criticizes the palm leaf basket, still both are full of holes.

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