Oil Proverbs

Truth and oil come to the surface. (Portuguese Proverb)
Life is like the flame of a lamp; it needs a little oil now and then. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
One person can burn water, while another can't even burn oil. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
An oil lamp feels proud to give light even though it wears itself away. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Oil is best at the beginning, honey at the end, and wine in the middle. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
One sesame seed won't make oil. View proverb
Myanmar Proverb
He who is desperate will squeeze oil out of a grain of sand. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
If you would have the lamp burn, you must pour oil into it. View proverb
German Proverb
Water by Saint John's takes oil and doesn't give bread. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
When a woman cannot have good palm-nuts to give her rich oil, she still has to maintain decency in order to remain one of those that sell good quality oil. (Nigerian Proverb)
Water in august: oil and ferment. View proverb
Corsican Proverb
August rain brings oil, honey and must. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Choose old wine and new oil. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Nunziata, fix the salad, a little vinegar, lots of oil, four reckless mouthfuls, and then some drinks from the jug. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Let the salad-maker be a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a statesman for salt, and a madman for tossing. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
One man can burn water, whereas another cannot even burn oil. View proverb
Kashmir Proverb
Life is like a lamp flame; it needs a little oil now and then. View proverb
Asian-indian Proverb
May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart. View proverb
Eskimo Proverb
Add oil to a fire. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to quench it. (Chinese Proverb)
Of oil, wine, and friends, the oldest. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
He pours oil on the fire. View proverb
Hungarian Proverb
A bottle of oil warmed over the fire has no means of producing oil by itself. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
If one finger brought oil it soiled others. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb