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Familiarity breeds contempt (Am., Br.). No man is a hero in his hometown (to his wife or his butler) (Am.). No man is a hero to his valet (Am., Br.)…. Read more »

He who would search for pearls must dive below . The cat that would eat fish must wet her feet (Am.). Dry shoes won’t catch fish (Br.). Не who would… Read more »

One drop of poison infects the whole turn of wine. The rotten apple injures its neighbours. One black sheep will mar a whole flock (Br.). A rotten apple spoils the… Read more »

Hope is the physician of each misery. Don’t give up hope till hope is dead (Am.). Hope keeps a man from hanging and drowning himself (Am.). Hope keeps man alive… Read more »

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar The silent sow gets all the swill (Am.). The stillest hog gets the most swill (Am.). The still pig gets all… Read more »

Like begets like (Am., Br.). Like breeds like (Br.). The like breeds the like (Am.) Les chiens ne font pas les chats. Орел орла родит, а сова  сову. Свинья не… Read more »

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t Better an open enemy than a false friend. La faute avouée est à demi pardonnée. Un problème prevu est un… Read more »

Lit: No one dies happy. Into each (every) life some rain must fall (Am.). Tears and trouble are the lot of all (Am.). There is a crook in the lot… Read more »

Time is money. (Am., Br.) An inch of time is an inch of old (Am.). Time has a wallet (Am.). Du  temps est de l’argent on en manque souvent. Le… Read more »

Old saws speak truth.. The old mule ploughs a straight furrow. Les paroles des vieux sont plus à croire. L’expérience est un long chemin et une couteuse école. Si tu… Read more »

Unity is strength. (Br.). Unites we stand,  divided we fall.(Br.Am) Even weak men when united are powerful (Br.). In union there is strength (Am.). Union is strength (Am., Br.). Weak… Read more »

Love rules the kingdom without a sword. A good swordsman is never quarrelsome. Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool. La sagesse bauté et gentillesse… Read more »

Advise goes in the fool’s one ear and out at the other A nod for a wise man, and a rod for a fool (Br.). Wise men have their mouth… Read more »

The price of wisdom is above rubies (Br.). Wisdom is a pearl of great price (Am.) Without wisdom wealth is worthless. Riche qui peut, aisé qui sait, sage qui veut…. Read more »

Half a word is enough for a wise man (Br.). A hint is as good as a kick (Am.). A nod for a wise man, and a rod for a… Read more »

Every fool wants to give advice (Am.). Folly is wise in her own eyes (Br.). The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be… Read more »