February 2013
Proverbs About Love From Around the World →
mentalfloss.com
- Polish
“First love is like a snake; if it doesn’t destroy you, it will paralyze you.” - German
“You can suffer without love, but you can’t love without suffering.” - Avar, Russian caucasus
“Yield to the desires of your body, then endure the disasters that follow.” - Haua, Nigeria/Niger
“When the heart gives orders, the body becomes its slave.” - Russian
“Love has wings on its shoulders; matrimony has crutches under its arms.” - Punjabi, India
“There are a thousand miseries in one love.” - Italian
“He that marries for love, dies miserably of anger.” - Russian
“Love is like a nettle that stings badly.” - Spanish
“Love is like soup, the first mouthful is very hot, and the ones that follow become gradually colder.” - Malagasy, Madagascar
“Love is like seaweed: you go to her, she leaves you, you leave her, she follows you.” - Arabic
“The promises of the night, made of butter, melt when the first sunrays appear.”