Greek proverbs

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Proverbs from all '''[[w:Greek language|Greek]]''' speaking parts of the world.
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* ''Δώσε τόπο στην οργή.''
** Translation: Shove anger aside.
** English equivalent: Whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad. gggggggggggggggggggggggggreenawalt
** {{cite book | last1 = | year = 1996 | title = Nea hestia | publisher = I. D. Kollaros \& Sa.}}
** Don't hear one and judge two.
** {{cite book|author=Alexander Negris|title=A Dictionary of Modern Greek Proverbs: With an English Translation, Explanatory Remarks, and Philological Illustrations|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZoUvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA79|year=1831|publisher=T. Clark|pages=79–}}

==Ε==
* ''Ἐν οἴνῳ ἀλήθεια''
** Translation: There is truth in vine.
** English equivalent: In wine there is truth.
** Latin equivalentː ''[[w:In vino veritas|In vino veritas]].''
** "Alcohol consumed removes the inhibition against telling the truth that occasionally one would like to keep secret."
** Source for meaning and proverbs: {{cite book | las t1 = Paczolay | first = Gyula | year = 1997 | title = European Proverbs in 55 languages | publisher = DeProverbio.com | page = 272 | pages = 527 | isbn = 1-875943-44-7}}

== H ==
* ''Η καλύτερη άμυνα είναι η επίθεση.''
** English equivalent: The best defence is a good offense.
** Source for meaning: {{cite book|author=Maira Papathanasopoulou|title=Ho Ioudas philouse hyperocha: mythistorēma|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=TsdVXdgO9XoC|accessdate=21 June 2013|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Ekdoseis Patakē|isbn=978-960-600-451-3|page=23}}

* ''Η φτήνια τρώει τον παρά.''
** English equivalent: If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
** {{cite book | last1 = Spoudōn | year = 1998 | title = Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής | publisher = Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης | page = 1027}}

* ''Η γλώσσα κόκαλα δεν έχει, αλλά κόκαλα τσακίζει.''
** English equivalent: The pen is mightier than the sword.
**" The play's the thing,<br>Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Hamlet]]'' (1600–1), Act II, scene ii
** {{cite book | last1 = Venizelos | year = 1867 | title = Paroimiai dēmōdeis | publisher = Ek tou typographeiou tēs ''Patridos'' | page = 95}}

== Κ ==
* ''Και οι τοίχοι έχουν αυτιά.''
** English equivalent: The walls have ears.
** "What you say may be overheard; used as a warning."
** Source for meaning of English equivalent: {{cite book|author=Martin H. Manser|title=The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA354|accessdate=27 September 2013|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-6673-5|page=287}}

* ''Κάλλιο γαϊδουρόδενε, παρά γαϊδουρογύρευε.''
** English equivalent: An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
** {{cite book | last1 = Βασιλειάδης | year = | title = ΈγκλημαστοΚΕΛΥΦΩΣ Αστυνομικόμυθιστόρημα | publisher = Dimitri Vasileiadis | page = 105}}

* ''Kάλλιο πέντε και στο χέρι, παρά δέκα και καρτέρι.''
** English equivalent: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
** "From quiet homes and first beginning,<br>Out to the undiscovered ends,<br>There's nothing worth the wear of winning,<br>But laughter and the love of friends."
** [[Hilaire Belloc]], "Dedicatory Ode," ''Sonnets and Verse'' (1923), p. 74, stanza 22.
** {{cite book | last1 = Berettas | year = 1863 | title = Syllogēparoimiōn tōn neōterōn Hellēnōn meta parallēlismou pros tas tōn archaiōn | publisher = Ek tou typ. ho Hellēnopelasgos | page = 37 | isbn=1}}

* ''Κόρακας κοράκου μάτι δε βγάζει.''
** English equivalent: Hawks will not pick out Hawk's eyes.
** "One belonging to a group having common interests is not likely to act against or find fault with another member of the same group. Solidarity may prevail over law, justice or truth."
** {{cite book|last=Paczolay|first=Gyula |title=European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Veszprémi Nyomda|isbn=1-875943-44-7|page=96|chapter=X}}
** {{cite book | last1 = Shqiptaro-Greke | year = 1999 | title = Albanohellenica | publisher = Albanian-Greek Philological Association | page = 22}}

* ''Καλή ζωή, κακή διαθήκη.''
** English equivalent: Fools live poor to die rich.
** {{cite book | last1 = Chakkas | year = 1978 | title = Hapanta | publisher = Kedros}}

== Ο ==
* ''Ο χρόνος είναι ακριβός''
** English equivalent: Time is precious.
** {{cite book | last1 = Paczolay | first = Gyula | year = 1997 | title = European Proverbs in 55 languages | publisher = DeProverbio.com | page = 428 | pages = 527 | isbn = 1-875943-44-7}}

* ''Όποιος γίνεται πρόβατο τον τρώει ο λύκος.''
** "He who becomes a sheep is eaten by the wolf."
** {{cite book | last1 = Dostoyevsky, Koteliansky | year = 2010 | title = Dostoevsky: Letters and Reminiscences | publisher = Kessinger Publishing | pages = 304 | isbn=1163449024}}

* ''Όφις ην μη φάγη όφιν, δράκων ου γενήσεται.''
** Alternatively: ''Όφις ει μη φάγοι όφιν, δράκων ου γενήσεται.'' (see Robert Nares)
** A serpent, unless it devours a serpent, will not become a dragon. (Erasmus, translated by Barker)
** Quoted by [[Erasmus]], [[w:Michael Apostolius|Michael Apostolius]], and in ''[[w:Suda|Suda]]'' (according to Robert Nares)
** Translated into [[Latin proverbs#S|Latin]] by [[w:Michael Apostolius|Apostolius]], [[Erasmus]], and [[Francis Bacon]].
** Paraphrased in English by [[John Dryden]] (''[[w:Oedipus (Dryden)|Oedipus]]'' III.1): "A serpent ne'er becomes a flying dragon, / Till he has eat a serpent." (see Robert Nares)
**Sources:
***Robert Nares, ''A Glossary'', p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ii84AAAAYAAJ&dq=serpens%20nisi%20serpentem%20comederit%20non%20fit%20draco&pg=PA781#v=onepage&q&f=false 781]. (Nares's "φύγοι" emended to "φάγοι" based on [http://books.google.com/books?id=7qxAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA187#v=onepage&q=serpens&f=false Apostolius's text].)
***Erasmus III iii 61, translated in William Watson Barker, ed. ''The Adages of Erasmus'', p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=VmJn6IFMyicC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA272#v=onepage&q&f=false 271].
***Michael Apostolius, ''Paroemiae'' [''Proverbs'']. Ed. Daniel Heinsius. Leiden, 1619. p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=7qxAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA187#v=onepage&q=serpens&f=false 187].
***A [http://www.stoa.org/sol/cgi-bin/findentry.pl?search_method=QUERY&page_num=1&num_per_page=100&user_list=LIST&keywords=drakon search] of the ''Suda'' does not return this proverb.

* ''Ο πνιγμένος, από τα μαλλιά του πιάνεται.''
** English equivalent: A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
** {{cite book | last1 = Κριαρας | year = 2007 | title = Αλλελωγραφιαδυο: | publisher = ΕκδοσειςΠολυτυπο | page = 33}}

==Σ==
* ''Συν Αθηνά και χείρα κίνει.''
** Translation: Move your hand along with Athena (Minerva)
** English equivalent: Heaven help those who help themselves.
** "When in trouble first of all every one himself should do his best to improve his condition."
** Source for meaning: {{cite book | last1 = Paczolay | first = Gyula | year = 1997 | title = European Proverbs in 55 languages | publisher = DeProverbio.com | page = 150 | pages = 527 | isbn = 1-875943-44-7}}
** {{cite book | last1 = Karagiōrgos | first = Panos | year = 1999 | title = Greek and English proverbs | publisher = P. Karagiorgos | page = 99 | pages = 212}}

== Τ ==
* ''Τα εν οίκω μη εν δήμω.''
** English equivalent: Don't wash your dirty linen in public; It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
** "Why wantonly proclaim one's own disgrace, or expose the faults or weaknesses of one's kindred or people?"
** "It is considered contemptible to defy the rule of solidarity by revealing facts harmful to the group one belongs to."
** Source for first meaning: {{cite book|title=Proverbs of All Nations|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PdxtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA109|year=1859|publisher=W. Kent & Company (late D. Bogue)|page=109}}
** Source for second meaning and proverbs: {{cite book|last=Paczolay|first=Gyula |title=European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Veszprémi Nyomda|isbn=1-875943-44-7|page=466|chapter=106}}
** {{cite book | last1 = Karagiōrgos | first = Panos | year = 1999 | title = Greek and English proverbs | publisher = P. Karagiorgos | page = 99 | pages = 212}}

* ''Τα μεγάλα πνεύματα συναντώνται''
** English equivalent: Great minds think alike.
** {{cite book | last1 = Karagiōrgos | first = Panos | year = 1999 | title = Greek and English proverbs
| publisher = P. Karagiorgos | page = 138 | pages = 212}}

* ''Άγιος που δε θαυματουργεί, μηδέ δοξολογιέται.''
** The saint who works no miracles isn't glorified.
** "I think that sex is necessary and bankers are not."
** [[w:Lancelot Hogben|Lancelot Hogben]], in Twentieth Century Authors, A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature, Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz, and Howard Haycraft. New York, The H.W. Wilson Company, 1950, (pp. 658-59)
** {{cite book|author=Kyriakos Simopoulos|title=Pōs eidan hoi xenoi tēn Hellada tou 21: apomnēmoneumata, chronika, hēmerologia, hypomnēmata, allēlographia ethelontōn, diplōmatōn, eidikōn apestalmenōn, periēgētōn, praktorōn k.a|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JfMTAQAAMAAJ|page=167}}

==See also==
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