joka kuritta kasvaa, se kunniatta kuolee

Finnish

Etymology

A variant can be found in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Joca witzata // eli pelwota / caſwa / ſe cunniata cuole.

Proverb

joka kuritta kasvaa, se kunniatta kuolee (literally, “who grows up without discipline dies without honor”)

  1. where shame is, there is fear
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