Proverbs
A
penny saved is a penny gained.
A poor beauty finds more lovers than
husbands.
A
prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.
A rumor goes in one ear and out many
mouths.
A silent mouth is melodious.
A single Russian hair outweighs half
a Pole.
A society grows great when old men plant trees
whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
A son is a son till he gets him a wife,
But a daughter's a daughter the rest of your life.
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor
a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
A table is not blessed if it has fed
no scholars.
A teacher is better than two books.
A thief believes everybody steals. |
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A
thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
A
trade not properly learned is an enemy.
A tree falls the way it leans.
A
white Christmas fills the churchyard.
A wise man hears one word and understands
two.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant
man follows the public opinion.
A woman has the form of an angel, the heart
of a serpent, and the mind of an ass.
Act in the valley so that you need not fear those
who stand on the hill.
Advice should be viewed from behind.
Advice when most needed is least heeded.
After shaking hands with a Greek, count
your fingers.
Age is honorable and youth is noble.
All is well that ends well.
All things grow with time, except grief.
An angry man is not fit to pray.
An
apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An ass in Germany is a professor in Rome.
An
enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.
An Englishman will burn his bed to catch
a flea.
Anger can be an expensive luxury.
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