Sayings (EN)

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

After a storm comes a calm.

After battles come rewards.

A key of gold opens any door.

A little is better than none.

All is fish that comes to the net.

All roads lead to Rome.

All that glitters is not gold.

A married man is a tamed ass.

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.

At night all cats are grey.

A word to the wise is sufficient.



Barking dogs seldom bite.

Better a living dog than a dead lion.

Better be poor than ignorant.

Better late than never.

Better lose the saddle than the horse.

Birds of a feather flock together.



Charity begins at home.



Do not celebrate a triumph befor victory.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't make an elephant out of a fly.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Dog does not eat dog.



Everyone has his own burden to bear.

Every beginning is difficult.

Everybody's friend, nobody's friend.

Every morning is the dawn of a new error.

Ex-wife: you'll still have one.

Every man knows where his shoe pinches.

Everyboy for himself, and God for all.

Everybody pulls for his own side.

Easy come, easy go.

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.

Experience is the best teacher.



First appearances are often deceiving.

Flies do not enter a shut mouth.

Forbbiden fruits are sweetest.



God gives candies to those who can not chew them.

God helps the man who gets up early.



Haste and quality do not go together.

Hell is full of good will.

He laughs best who laughs last.

He makes a storm in a tea cup.

He was born with a silver spoon in the mouth.



It's useless to lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.

If you can't beat them, join them.

I tell the story as it was told me.



Love is blind.

Love and smoke can not be hidden.

Lies have short legs.

Little by little the bird build its nest.



Misfortunes never come singly.

Man proposes, God disposes.



Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Nothing travels as fast as scandal.



One does not play with fire.

One swallow does not make a summer.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

Once a drunkard always a drunkard.

Out of sight, out of mind.