Proverbs
366 Proverbs with their Urdu Meanings and Examples
Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
You will achieve more by being kind than by being sharp and critical.
'Vinegar' is a sharp-tasting liquid used to marinate food.
Give someone an inch and they'll take a yard.
If you are give to someone, they will abuse your kindness by wanting more and more.
There are variations in the measurements used in this proverb: 'mile' instead of 'yard', etc.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
If you want something badly enough, you will (work to) achieve it.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
You can't do the impossible. (You cannot get money from someone who has none.)
Similar is: 'You can't get a quart into a pint pot.' (A quart pot holds twice as much as a pint pot.)
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
You cannot make someone do what they don't want to do.
You can't make bricks without straw.
You can't make nothing from nothing.
One cannot love and be wise.
Being in love makes people do foolish things.
Love makes the world go round.
Without love the world would be a terrible place.
Love will find a way.
If you are in love with someone, you will do everything for them (or to get to them).
Time puts an end to love.
All love dies in the end.
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