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1 _скромність; сором'язливість; помірність
bind the sack before it is full enough is as good as a feast he who begs timidly, courts refusal keep in the middle of the road measure is a treasure modesty, when she goes, is gone foreverEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _скромність; сором'язливість; помірність
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2 _ввічливість; такт; чемність
always stop to think whether your fun will cause another's unhappiness ceremony is not civility, nor civility ceremony a civil question deserves a civil answer civility costs nothing courtesy begins in the home courtesy is cumbersome to them that know it not courtesy on one side never lasts long good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity manners make the man mouth civility is no great pains but may turn to a good account an ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit social tact is making your company feel at home even though you wish they wereEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _ввічливість; такт; чемність
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3 _молодість і старість
age gives good advice when it is no longer able to give bad example at 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment every age wants its playthings the feet are slow when the head wears snow few persons know how to be old growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form it will be a forward cock that crows in the shell a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks a man is as old as his arteries a man's a fool till he's 40 a man whose youth has no follies will in his maturity have no power old birds are not to be caught with chaff an old ass is never good an old dog will learn no new tricks an old man in a house is a good thing an old young man will be a young old man once a man and twice a child no man is so old, but thinks he may yet live another year wanton kittens make sober cats the way never to grow old and grey-headed is to die young when we are out of sympathy with the youth, our work in the world is over years know more than looks you cannot put an old head on young shoulders you cannot shift an old tree without it dying young angel, old devil; young devil, old angel young courage and old caution are a strong pair young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm a young man idle, an old man needy youth and age can never agree youth comes but once in a lifetime youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind youth supplies us with colors, age with canvasEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _молодість і старість
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4 _мужність; сміливість; ризик
best defence is attack brave men lived before Agamemnon the courage of the tiger is one, and the horse, another a courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend don't put all your eggs in one basket faint heart never won fair lady a feast or a famine fortune can take away riches but not courage gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity a good anvil does not fear the hammer he who loses his wealth loses much; he who loses even one friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all in for a penny, in for a pound nothing venture, nothing have to a brave heart, nothing is impossible whisky make rabbit hug lionEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _мужність; сміливість; ризик
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5 _наполегливість; терпіння; цілеспрямованість
bear and forbear constant dropping wears away a stone diligence is the mother of good luck even a worm will turn everything comes to him who knows how to wait he that can have patience can have what he will if he cannot bite, he scratches no pains, no gains patience is a flower that grows not in every garden patience is a plaster for all sores patience is a remedy for every trouble patience is a virtue patience is the key of paradise patience, time and money overcome everything Rome was not built in a day there are more ways to the wood than oneEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _наполегливість; терпіння; цілеспрямованість
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6 _ненажерливість; скупість; користолюбство
all covet, all lose avarice and happiness never saw each all the chase of gain is rich in hate don't wait for dead men's shoes an evil gain is equal to a loss if you run after two hares you'll catch none many kiss the child for the nurse's sake near is my coat, but nearer is my shirt no longer pipe, no longer dance one beats the bush, and another catches the birds a penny soul never came to twopence the pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things what is got over the devil's back is spent under his bellyEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _ненажерливість; скупість; користолюбство
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7 _обачливість; обережність
be slow to take when strangers haste to give beware of him who has nothing to lose caution is the parent of safety discretion is the better part of valour don't put all your eggs in one basket don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh first think, then speak a fish wouldn't get caught if he kept his mouth shut it is better to bend than break if you cannot see the bottom, do not cross the river measure twice and cut once the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken one cannot be too careful there's no such a thing as a free lunch wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a foolEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _обачливість; обережність
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8 _сутність і видимість
all is not gold that glitters be what you would seem to be fine words dress ill deeds the leopard cannot change his spots the man who is born in a stable is not a horse nature will have its course no hog ever grunted the ring out of its nose once a priest always a priest a pig in the parlor is still a pig the pretty shoe often pinches the foot there is nothing peachier than a peach throw nature out of the door, it will come back again through the window you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's earEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _сутність і видимість
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9 _честь; гідність; щирість
a bad wound is cured, not a bad name candor breeds hatred the cat is honest when the meat is out of her reach a cat may look at a king a clean hand wants no washing a good name is better than riches an honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second an honest man is the noblest work of God an honest man is worth his weight in gold an honest man's word is as good as his bond an honest official has no fat subordinates honesty is the best policy honesty is praised and left to starve honesty pays honour and profit lie not in one sack knaves and fools divide the world knaves are in such repute that honest men are accounted fools knaves imagine nothing can be done without knavery once standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked sell not virtue to purchase wealth nor liberty to purchase power sincerity is the mortar of friendship worth has been underrated ever since wealth was overvaluedEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _честь; гідність; щирість
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10 _активність; ініціатива
actions speak louder than words brave actions never want a trumpet even if you are on the right track, you won't get over if you sit there great actions speak great minds he that seeks finds he who can does; he who cannot, teaches it is not the action but the intention that is good or bad the squeaking wheel gets the grease when you stop rowing, you start downstreamEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _активність; ініціатива
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11 _багатство і бідність
abundance, like want, ruins many at the workingman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter a beggar can never be bankrupt a beggar ennobled does not know his kinsmen beggar is jealous of beggar beggars can't be choosers a beggar's purse is bottomless chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor the doorstep of a great house is slippery few rich men own their own property – their property owns them a full purse has many friends full stomachs make empty heads God help the rich, for the poor can beg gold dust blinds all eyes gold is tested by fire, men by gold gold may be bought too dear gold rules the world gold will not buy everything a great fortune is a great slavery a handkerchief is a poor woman's purse hunger breaks stone walls hunger is the best sauce hunger knows no friends a hungry belly has no ears if you haven't silver in your purse, you should have silk on your tongue it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven life and misery begin together a light purse is a heavy purse the more we have, the more we want, the more we want, the less we have much gold, much care much profit, much risk naked we come, naked we go neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him, who has been a servant old woman's gold is not ugly one day a beggar, the next day a thief a poor man is better than a liar the poor man pays for all poor men's tables are soon set possession is nine points of the law poverty consists in feeling poor poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is no sin poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is poverty is the mother of all arts poverty parts friends prosperity discovers vice, adversity virtue prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them a rich man never lacks relatives a rich man knows not his friends a rich person ought to have a strong stomach rich men have no faults riches and virtue do not often keep each other company riches serve a wise man but command a fool a rising tide lifts all boats set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the Devil there is ill talk between a full man and a fasting there is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich there is no virtue that poverty does not destroy a thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich to be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those, who possess more when one has a good table, he is always right the weakest goes to the wall wealth and content are not bedfellows wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it wealth makes wit waver when all are poor, it doesn't take much to make a rich man wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces you cannot serve God and MammonEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _багатство і бідність
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12 _вдячність
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13 _веселість і смуток
accentuate the positive all are not merry that dance lightly be merry and wise a cheerful heart is good medicine but a broken spirit dries the bones cheerfulness is the principal ingredient in health a contented mind is a continual feast he who sings drives away his cares it's poor heart that never rejoices joys shared with others are more enjoyed a light heart lives long a merry heart does good like a medicine mirth prolongs life nothing dries sooner than tears a sunny temper gilds the edge of life's blackest clouds the saddest dog sometimes wags its tail tears bring nobody back from the grave there is no sorrow on this earth that cannot be cured in heavenEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _веселість і смуток
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14 _гнів і м'якість
anger and haste hinder good counsel anger begins with folly and ends with repentance anger dies quickly in a good man anger is a short madness an angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes be master of your anger beware the fury of a patient man even a rat, when cornered, will turn and fight he is a fool who cannot be angry but a wise man who will not hell hath no fury like a woman scorned a little pot is soon hot meekness is not weakness never let the Sun go down on your anger nothing can bring you peace but yourself a snappish dog usually has torn ears soft and fair goes far a soft answer turneth away wrath soon hot, soon cold there is no fury like a woman's fury to be angry is to punish yourself for another's sins two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help and what he cannot help whatever is begun in anger ends in shame the wrath of brothers is the wrath of devils -
15 _гордість; порожній гонор; честолюбство
ambition has no rest contempt will cause spite to drink of her own poison every man has as much vanity as he is deficient in understanding fling away ambition; by that sin fell the angels a man without ambition is like a woman without looks pride and gout are seldom cured throughout pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy pride goes before a fall pride in prosperity turn to misery in adversity pride is a luxury a poor man cannot afford pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes put your pride in your pocket scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings there is no pride like the pride of beggar grown rich vanity backbites more than maliceEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _гордість; порожній гонор; честолюбство
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16 _гості; гостинність
a constant guest is never welcome the dinner is over, away go the guests don't wear out your welcome a fine cage does not fill a bird's belly fish and visitors smell in three days he who comes uncalled, sits unserved a merry host makes merry guests show no preference among your guests an unbidden guest knows not where to sit welcome is the best dish on the table you are twice welcome: welcome when you come and welcome when you goEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _гості; гостинність
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17 _досвід; майстерність
chief cook and bottle washer experience is good if not bought too dear experience is the best teacher experience is the mother of wisdom experience is the teacher of fools experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly experience without learning is better than learning without experience the eye of a master does more work than both his hands a Jack of many trades makes a master of none an old broom knows the corners of a house start young at what you wish to become proficient inEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _досвід; майстерність
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18 _дурість
all asses wag their ears all men are fools, but the wisest of fools are called philosophers arguing with a fool shows there are two ask a silly question and you get a silly answer as the fool thinks, so the bell clinks the ass is known by its ears asses as well as pitchers have ears blame-all and praise-all are two blockheads change of weather is a discourse of fools children and fools have merry lives children and fools must not play with edged tools children and fools tell the truth dreams give wings to fools the darkest place is under the candlestick every ass loves to hear himself bray every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses every fool will be meddling experience is the teacher of fools folly grows without watering a fool always finds a bigger fool to admire a fool always rushes to the fore a fool and his money are soon parted a fool believes everything a fool is known by his conversation a fool is known by his laughing a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man answer in seven years a fool over forty is a fool indeed a fool may give a wise man counsel a fool may sometimes speak to the purpose a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out a fool who keeps his mouth closed fools the whole world the fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool the fool wonders; the wise man asks a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words fools and bairns should never see half-done work fools go in crowds fools make feasts and wise men eat them fools never know when they are well fools rush in where angels fear to tread fortune favors the fools give a man enough rope and he will hang himself a great talker may be no fool, but he is one that relies on him he is a fool who cannot be angry but a wise man who will not he that makes himself an ass must not complain if men ride him he who is born a fool is never cured honey is not for the ass's mouth if all fools wore white caps, we'd all look like geese if an ass goes traveling, he'll not come back a horse if fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold in spite of colleges and schools, the world remains a ship of fools it is better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to speak and prove the same it is ill manners to silence a fool, and it is cruelty to let him go on it is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait a learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one lend and lose is the game of fools little wit in the head makes much work for the feet one fool makes many never bray at an ass never show a fool a half-done work no fool like an old fool none is a fool always, everyone sometimes riches serve a wise man but command a fool silence is the virtue of a fool success ruins a fool there are a great many asses without long ears it is better to lose with a wise man than to win with a fool a wager is a fool's argument the way of a fool is right in his own eyes when a fool has made up his mind, the market has gone by a white wall is the fool's writing paper: he writes his name there a wise man changes his mind, a fool never will a wise man learns by the experiences of others; an ordinary man learns by his own experience; a fool learns by nobody's experiences a wise man's day is worth a fool's life the wise seek wisdom; the fool has found it words are the wise man's counters and the fool's money -
19 _економія; заощадливість
both poverty and prosperity come from spending money – prosperity from spending it wisely buy what you do not need and you will soon need what you cannot buy cheap goods always prove expensive cut your coat according to your cloth a dollar saved is a dollar earned many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths penny wise and pound foolish spare when you are young and spend when you are old take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves thrift is a great revenue thrift is to a man what chastity is to a woman too late to spare when all is spent waste not, want not who spends before he thinks, will beg before he diesEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _економія; заощадливість
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20 _заздрість
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