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• Ai carte, ai parte. (En: "Knowledge is power")
• Apa trece, pietrele ramân. (En: "Water runs, stones remain")
• Apara-ma de gaini, ca de câini nu ma tem. (En: "Defend me from chickens, for I am not afraid of dogs")
• Câinele moare de drum lung, iar prostul, de grija altuia. (En: "A dog may die from too much walking, but a fool dies from worrying about someone else's business")
• Cine se scoala de dimineata departe ajunge. (En: "Who wakes up early, travels far")
• Lenesul mai mult alearga. (En: "A lazy man ends up working more")
• Nu da vrabia din mâna pe cioara de pe gard. (En: "A sparrow in your hand is worth two in the bush")
• Nu iese fum fara foc. (En: "There's no smoke without fire")
• Nu lasa pe mâine ce poti face azi. (En: "Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today")
• Nu te pune cu prostul, caci are mintea odihnita. (En: "Never fight with a fool, his mind is rested")
• Nu vinde pielea ursului din padure. (En: Don't sell the skin of the bear from the woods")
• Omul sfinteste locul. (En: "It's the men that make a place holy")
• Râde hârb de oala sparta. (En: "The pot calls the kettle black")
• S-a dus bou si s-a întors vaca. (En: "He left as a bull and came back as a cow")
• Sângele apa nu se face. (En: "Blood doesn't turn into water")
• Un nebun arunca o piatra si zece întelepti nu pot sa o ridice. (En: "When a madman throws a stone, ten wisemen can't pick it up")

External links

• English-Romanian Dictionary of equivalent proverbs
• The Romanian Proverbs page on WikiQuote