Salawikain for Humility

Salawikain:
Ang kawayan habang tumutubo
Langit na mataas ang itinuturo;
Pag ito ay lumaki at saka lumago,
Sa lupang mabababa, doon yumuyuko.




A bamboo tree points to the sky while growing
and bows to the ground as it becomes taller.

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Salawikain for Persistence

Salawikain:

Kahit na ang usa’y mabilis tumakbo, Kung sa tiyaga nama’y sa pagong pa rin ako.

Translation:

I am still for a turtle which is persistent than a deer that runs fast.

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Salawikain for Wisdom

Salawikain:

Kung sino ang pumutak, siya ang nanganak.



Translation:

He who cackled is the guilty party.

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Salawikain for Education

Salawikain:

Lalong gaganda ang kinabukasan
Kung tayo ay may pinag-aralan.




Translation:

Education gives a better future.

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Salawikain for Treachery

Salawikain:

Lahat ng gubat ay may ahas.



Translation:

All forests have snakes.

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Salawikain about Marriage

Salawikain:
Ang pag-aasawa ay hindi biro, 'di tulad ng kanin
Iluluwa lung mapaso.

Translation:

Marriage is not a joke. It is not like food that you can spit out when it is too hot to chew.

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Salawikain about Unity

Salawikain:

Matibay ang walis, palibhasa'y magkabigkis.

Translation:

A broom is sturdy because its strands are tightly bound.

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Salawikain for Wisdom

Salawikain:
Kung ano ang itinanim, iyon din ang aanihin.


Translation:

What you plant, you reap.

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Salawikain About Action

Salawikain:

Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo?

Translation:

Dead horse has no use for fresh hay.


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Salawikain about relationship

Salawikain:

Kahaba-haba man ng prusisyon, sa simbahan din ang tuloy.




Translation:

Even long procession still end up in church.

Salawikain About Gossip

Salawikain:

May tainga ang lupa, may pakpak ang balita.




Translation:

News especially gossip travels fast.

Salawikain about intelligence

Salawikain:

Matalino man ang matsing, napaglalamangan din.



Translation:

Even an intelligent monkey can still be beaten.

Salawikain about character

Salawikain:
Madali ang maging tao, mahirap magpakatao.








Translation:

It is easy to be a man. It is hard to make oneself human.

Salawikain about Character

Salawikain:

Aanhin mo ang palasyo kung ang nakatira ay kuwago; mabuti pa ang bahay kubo ang nakatira ay tao.



Translation:

The house does mot make a man. Even a palace is nothing if the residents have no etiquette.