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VIERAN · 06-28-2008, 11:37 AM

Here are some proverbs in Tagalog.

Ang hindî magmahál sa kaniyáng wikà ay mahigít pa sa hayop at malansáng isdâ. (José Rizal)
"He who doesn't love his language is worse than an animal and a rotten fish."

Ang hindî marunong lumingón sa pinanggalingan ay hindî makararatíng sa paroroonan.
"He who does not look back from where he came from, will never reach his destination."

Ang isdâ ay hinuhuli sa bibig. Ang tao, sa salitâ.
"Fish are caught by the mouth. People are caught by their words."

Nasa Diyos ang awà, nasa tao ang gawâ.
"God has the compassion; man has the action."

Magbirô lamang sa lasíng, huwág lang sa bagong gising.
"Joke around with someone who is drunk, but not with someone who just woke up."

Matakot ka sa buhay huwag sa patay.
"Fear the living not the dead."

Magsama-sama at malakás, magwaták-waták at babagsák.
"United we stand, divided we fall."

Aanhín pa ang damó kung patáy na ang kabayo?
"What's the use of grass if the horse is already dead?"

Walang pangit sa titing galit.
"There's no ugliness when one is hard up."

Habang may buhay, may pag-asa.
"While there is life, there is hope."

Ang magnanakaw ay galit sa kapwa magnanakaw.
"A thief is angry at his fellow thief."

Ang nag-amoy, siya rin ang gumawa.
"He who smelt it, dealt it."

Ang masamang damo, matagal mamatay.
"Bad weeds live long."

Kung ano ang puno, siya ang bunga.
"Whatever the tree is, the seed is it too. (i.e. The acorn never falls too far from the tree)"

Walang bahong hindi naamoy.
"No bad odor will ever be concealed. (That means that a lie will always be found out)"

Matalino man ang matsing, naiisahan din.
"The monkey may be intelligent, but can be outsmarted."

Mas matimbang ang dugo sa tubig.
"Blood is thicker than water."

Nasa hulí ang pagsisisi.
“Regret is at the end.”