Proverbs
- Love is blind.
- Hot love is soon cold.
- Love is full of trouble.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Speech is silver, silence is gold.
- Still waters are deep.
- Hope is the poor man's bread.
- A great fortune is a great slavery.
- Knowledge is power.
- A light purse is a heavy purse.
- Everything has an end.
- Every country has its customs.
- You cannot be young and old at the same time.
- I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
- Guests are thieves of time.
- Everything is good in its season.
- When you are at Rome, do as Rome does.
- First think and then say.
- Live and learn.
- Promise little and do much.
- All is well that ends well.
- All is not gold that glitters.
- Where there is a will there is a way.
- Barking dogs seldom bite.
- Where there is life there is hope.
- There is no rose without thorns.
- There is no rule without exception.
- There is no smoke without fire.
- Better late than never, but better never late.
- Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
- One "today" is better than ten "tomorrows".
- He laughs best who laughs last.
- The devil is not so black as he is painted.
- A penny saved is a penny gained.
- Too many cooks spoil the broth.
- One swallow doesn't make a summer.
- Extreems meet.
- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
- Think twice before you speak once.
- Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing.
- Love me little, love me long.
- Strike the iron while it is hot.
- Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
- Don't praise the day before it closes.
- Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.
- In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
- Man is the measure of all things.
- Never too old to learn.
- Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
- Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
- Youth and age will never agree.
- Love will find a way.
- Respect a man he will do the more.
- Who swims in sin will sink in sorrow.
- Who lives by hope will die by hunger.
- Who chatters to you will chatter of you.
- Out of sight, out of mind.
- A whise man changes his mind, a fool - never.
- More than enough is too much.
- Money is round and rolls away.
- Night is the mother of counsel.
- Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
- Life is made up of little things.
- Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
- Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterwards.
- Gife a man luck and throw him into the sea.
- A man is known by the company he keeps.
- No man is born wise.
- Some are wise and some are otherwise.
- Nome so deaf as those who won't hear.
- Nome so blind as those who won't see.
- No sweet without sweat.
- Poverty is no crime.
- Listen at the keyhole and you'll hear news of yourself.
- He that talks to himself sepaks to a fool.
- What greater crime than loss of time?
- The days follow each other, but are not alike.
- He that never climbed never fell.
- When the cat is away the mice will play.
- When things are at the worst they will mend.
- When poverty comes in all the door, love flies out at the window.
- When you have counted your cards you'll find you have gained but little.
- When I did well, I heard it never; When I did ill, I heard it ever.
- If you run after two hares you will cath neither.
- If you sing before breakfast, you'll cry before night.
- If hope were not, heart would break.
- If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
- If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
- If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
- If my aunt had been a man, she would have been my uncle.
- Hell is paved with good intentions.
- Lost time is never found again.
- Never was cat or dog downed that could but see the shore.
- Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.
- When the belly is full, the music goes better.
- Men may meet, but mountains never greet.
- Saying is one thing and doing is another.
- Seeing is believing.
- You cannot eat your cake and have it.
- Choose an author as you choose a friend.
- When angry, count a hundred.
- The wind cannot be prevented from blowing.
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