(1) If you kick a stone angrily, you will only hurt your own foot.
(2) If you remain silent, even a ghost will not know.
(3) It is darkest just under the lamp.
(4) The one who praise me can only be my enemy.
(5) Even a rat’s hole can be reached by sunlight.
(6) A good start is half the work done.
(7) Although your aunt may be selling cakes, you will not buy them unless they are cheap.
(8) When he succeeds, a man praises himself; when he fails, he blames his ancestors.
(9) The soya beans in another person’s rice look larger.
(10) Boats cannot sail unless the wind is blowing.
(11) Glass and ladies are both delicate.
(12) Through hard work, even a beggar can get hot rice.
(13) One who chases two hares will lose both.
(14) A dog that steals will never grow fat.
(15) A lazy woman often uses her baby as an excuse for not doing house chores.
(16) The previous governor is always the best governor.
(17) When in temple, do as the monks do; when in a village, do as the laypeople do.
(18) The fish that escaped is always bigger.
(19) No one who has starved for three days will keep himself from stealing.
(20) While the newest clothes are the finest, the oldest friends are the best.

Source : “Jokes, Comic Tales and Proverbs from Korea” complied and retold by Chong Kum Fatt. Published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd.