Serbian proverbs

It is better to be threatened by the sword of a Turk than by the pen of a German.

It is better to make money in the straw market than to lose it in the money market.

What is it to be a gentleman? Firstly it is to be thankful and secondly to complain.

A wife is frightened of her first husband and a husband is frightened of his second wife.

To serve our elders is a duty, our equals it is polite, but serving the young is humiliating.

You are not being honest if you burn your tongue and don't tell everyone else that the soup is hot.

The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison.

When your wine is finished, conversation ends; when your money has been spent, you lose your friends.

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