Gnome Proverbs and Wisdom

• A good merchant has neither money nor goods.
• A net will catch more than a pole.
• A priest's belly is made up of several sheepskins.
• All ages are submissive to love.
• As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place.
• Don't raise your stick and the dog won't bark at you.
• Eat what is cooked, listen to what is said.
• Even honor is not an honor, if there is nothing to eat.
• For him who does not believe in signs, there is no way to live in the world.
• He can cheat a fish of its skin.
• His word is as good as a tied knot.
• If the pocket is empty, the judge is deaf.
• If you don't deceive, you can't sell.
• Loose words are picked up like gold coin.
• No one knows how the poor man dines.
• Not everything is a mermaid that dives into the water.
• Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain.
• One man in a field is not a warrior.
• Peace lasts till the army comes, and the army lasts till peace comes.
• Smooth hands love the labor of others.
• The horse loves oats; the earth, manure; and the governor, tribute.
• The wise man boasts of his goods and wares; the foolish one of his young wife.
• There's no harm in wine, it's drunkenness that is at fault.
• To every high mountain, there is a higher one.
• Until you have smoked out the bees, you can't eat the honey.
• You can't do everything at once.
• You do not drink soup with a knife.
• Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters.
• Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather.
• Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.
• Nothing seems expensive on credit.
• Do not protect yourself with a fence, but rather by your friends
• A handful of friends is better than a wagon load of gold.