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Aim at nothing and you will hit it every time. Nothing venture – nothing gain. Where there’s muck there’s brass. Qui ne risque rien n’a rien Многие думы – многие… Read more »
Aim at nothing and you will hit it every time. Nothing venture – nothing gain. Where there’s muck there’s brass. Qui ne risque rien n’a rien Многие думы – многие… Read more »
A great fortune is a great slavery. A man may buy gold too dear. Much coin, much care. Much gold, much care Great possessions are great cares. Grande fortune- un… Read more »
One beats the bush, and another catches the bird. Les uns bossent les autres mangent. Пётр пёк, а Павел парил. Много старался для тебя, еле сделал для себя (досл.). Золото… Read more »
Keep your thanks to feed your cat (Br.). Thanks is a poor payment (Br.). Thanks is poor pay /on which to keep a family/ (Am.). Thanks killed the cat (Am.)…. Read more »
Marry in haste and repent at leisure (Am., Br.) The day you marry, it is either kill or cure (Am., Br.). A man’s best fortune or his worst is his… Read more »
lit: those who reconcile themselves to fate, die in slavery. to knock under to fate, to reconcile oneself to fate. Great fortune is a great slavery (servitude). Pour l’amour d’une… Read more »
A good neighbor is a precious thing (Am.). A good neighbour, a good morrow (Br.). We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours (Br.). When you buy… Read more »
An old man is twice a boy (Am.). An old man is twice a child (Br.). Old men are twice children (Am., Br.). Once a man and twice a child… Read more »
Better is a slice of bread and garlic eaten at one’s own table than a thousand dishes eaten under another’s roof (Am.). Dry bread at home is better than roast… Read more »
Youth and white paper take any impressions. Years bring wisdom. Sense comes with age. Les années apportent la sagesse. La sagesse vient avec l’âge. Ребенок, что горшок необожженный (досл.). Не… Read more »
Don’t give up hope till hope is dead (Am.). Hope keeps a man from hanging and drowning himself (Am.). Hope keeps man alive (Br.). Hope keeps the heart from breaking… Read more »
House without children is a cemetery. It takes children to make a happy family. La maison sans enfants est un cimetière Avec les enfants on oublie nos malheurs. Дети обполовинивают… Read more »
No friend is like an old friend (Am.). Old friends are better than new ones (Br.). Old friends are best (Am., Br.). Old friends wear well (Am.). Old shoes wear… Read more »
Fortune is easily found, but hard to be kept. One is not so soon healed as hurt. La fortune est facile à trouver, maisil est dure la garder. Строить трудно,… Read more »
Promises are made to be broken and lies are meant to be kept. Big words seldom go with good deeds (Am.). Expect nothing from him who promises a great deal… Read more »
Не that once deceives is ever suspected (Br.). Не who lies once is never believed again (Am.). A liar is not believed when he speaks (tells) the truth (Am., Br.)…. Read more »
Не that fears leaves let him not go into the wood (Br.). Не that fears leaves must not come into the wood (Am.) The coward dies many times (Am.). The… Read more »
Give a dog a bad name and hang him (Am., Br.). Give a dog a bad name /, and his work is done/ (Br.). Give a dog a bad name,… Read more »
Bad is the wool that cannot be dyed (Am.). Black will take no other hue (Am., Br.). A crow is never /the/ whiter for washing herself oft (often) (Br.). A… Read more »
Where the devil cannot come, he will send a woman. Où le diable ne peut pas venir, il enverra une femme. Не верь коню в поле (холе), а жене в доме… Read more »