Category: ანდაზები

A man too careful of danger lives in constant torment. The coward dies many times (Am.). The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one (Am.). The coward often… Read more »

If we give to the flesh than we ought, we nourish an enemy. Give a fool rope enough, and he’ll hang himself. Give the devil an inch and he will… Read more »

Beat the dog before the lion. Не that cannot beat the ass (the horse), beats the saddle (Br.). Many beat the sack and mean the miller (Br.). You kick the… Read more »

Love in a cottage. Love can make any place agreeable (Am.). Love converts a cottage into a palace of gold (Br.). Love lives in cottages as well as in courts… Read more »

Love in a cottage. Love can make any place agreeable (Am.). Love converts a cottage into a palace of gold (Br.). Love lives in cottages as well as in courts… Read more »

After death, the doctor? Everything is good in its season (Br.). Good that comes too late is good as nothing (Am.). A word before is worth two after (Am., Br.)…. Read more »

Plenty is no plague. You can never have too much of a good thing (Am.). You can’t be too rich or too thin (Am.). You can’t have too much of… Read more »

Plenty is no plague. Never too much of a good thing (Br). You can never have too much of a good thing (Am.). You can’t be too rich or too… Read more »

Man may meet, but mountains never. Friends may meet but mountains never. Deux hommes se rencontrent , deux montagnes jamais. Les amis  peuvent se rencontrer(se réunir), mais des montagnes jamais… Read more »

Man may meet, but mountains never. Friends may meet but mountains never. Deux hommes se rencontrent , deux montagnes jamais. Les amis  peuvent se rencontrer(se réunir), mais des montagnes jamais… Read more »

Man may meet, but mountains never. Friends may meet but mountains never. Deux hommes se rencontrent, deux montagnes jamais. Les amis  peuvent se rencontrer(se réunir), mais des montagnes jamais. Гора… Read more »

A greater Catholic than the Pope; More royalist than the King. to holier than the Pope. Plus  royaliste que le Roi. Plus grand Catholique que le Pape. Быть святее папы… Read more »

Too much of one thing is good for nothing. Even sugar itself may spoil a good dish (Am., Br.) Enough is as good as a feast. Too much water drowned… Read more »