Greek proverbs

Someone with an unrelenting heart is his own executioner.

From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn.

Neither promise wax to the saint, nor cakes to the child.

A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, prepare to die.

Nothing will content him who is not content with a little.

The frog wanted to be an ox and swelled up until he burst.

A woman prefers a man without money to money without a man.

They throw stones at the walnut trees, but not at the maple.

Eat beans for lunch and have no friends at the dinner table.

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