Friday, April 27, 2018

Proverbs about "hope" from around the world ተስፋ ነክ ምሳሌያዊ አነጋገሮች ከዐለም ዙሪያ


Proverbs about "hope" from around the world
ተስፋ ነክ ምሳሌያዊ አነጋገሮች ከዐለም ዙሪያ

ብ. በየነ ስብስብ


Ethiopia
 


ቤት ሲሰፋ ፥ የሰው ሁሉ ተስፋ።
ቤት ቢሰፋ ፥ ደልሰ [1] ተስፋ።
ቁርጥ ያጠግባል ተስፋ ያታልላል።
ተስፋ መስጠት እያዩ እዳ መግባት።
ተስፋ መስጠት እዳ መግባት።
ተስፋ ርቆ የተሰቀለ ዳቦ ነው።
ተስፋ ቆርጦ አንድ ላይ ከመቆም ፥ ይሻላል በተስፋ ሲጓዙ መክረም።
ተስፋ የተሰቀለ ዳቦ ነው።
ተስፋ ያልቆረጠ መነኩሴ ምናኔ ሲሄድ ሴቲቱን ይሰናበታል።
ተስፋ ያድናል ክህደት ያመነምናል።
ከሌለ ባካፋ ፥ የለኝም ተስፋ።


[1] ደልሰ = በለፀገ




It is never winter in the land of hope. => Russian Proverb

No matter how long the night is, the morning is sure to come. => African Proverb

If it were not for hope, the heart would break. => Greek Proverb

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things will be yours. => Swedish Proverb

The person who lives by hope will die by despair. => Italian Proverb

Hope is the last thing ever lost. => Italian Proverb

The farmer hopes for rain, the walker hopes for sunshine, and the gods hesitate. => Chinese Proverb

A good well-lived today makes every yesterday a dream of a good future, and every morning is a vision of hope. => Sanskrit Proverb

The situation is hopeless, but not serious. => Austrian Proverbs

Hope for miracles, but don’t rely on one. => Yiddish Proverbs

Hope for a miracle, but don’t rely on it. => Hebrew Proverb

Hope is the physician of each misery. => Irish Proverb

It’s good to hope, it’s the waiting that spoils it. => Yiddish Proverb

Quit not certainty for hope. => Traditional Proverb

What one hopes for is always better than what one has. => Ethiopian Proverb

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance. => French Proverb

He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope. => Italian Proverb

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. => English Proverb

There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave. => Irish Proverbs

Nothing If it were not for hope, the heart would break. => Greek Proverbs

Hope is the dream of a soul awake. => French Proverb

The horses of hope gallop, but the asses of experience go slowly. => Russian Proverb

He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything. => Arabian Proverb

Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy. => Italian Proverbs

Were it not for hope the heart would break. => Scottish Proverbs

Only death itself can end our hope. => Arabian Proverb

Happiness He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything. => Saudi Arabian Proverb

He who lives on hope, dies of starvation. => Turkish Proverbs

Hope does not kill; I shall live in hope of getting what I seek another day. => South African Proverb

While there’s life there’s hope. => Traditional Proverb

Better a good hope than a bad possession. => Spanish Proverbs

Hope is an egg, of which one man gets the yolk, another the white, and a third the shell. => Danish Proverbs

Hopeless He who is hopeless is capable of everything. => French Proverb

Hope is a great breakfast but a poor dinner. => Czech Proverb

All temptations are found in either hope or fear. => English Proverbs

He who is hopeless is capable of everything. => French Proverb

April 27, 2018 B. Beyene collection