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41 _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 -
42 _жінка; дружина
all are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? all women look the same after the sun goes down any woman can keep a secret, but she generally needs one other woman to help her better the devil's than a woman's slave a cat has nine lives; a woman has nine cat's lives a diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife everybody's sweetheart is nobody's wife the fewer the women, the less the trouble the fingers of a housewife do more than a yoke of oxen the first wife is matrimony; the second, company; the third, heresy the grey mare is the better horse the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world handle with care women and glass hanging and wiving goes by destiny happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes hell hath no fury like a woman scorned if it is a secret, don't tell it to a woman it is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well it is a woman's privilege to change her mind it is as great pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot ladies don't smoke long hair and short wit the longest five years in a woman's life is between twenty-nine and thirty never choose your woman or your linen by candlelight never praise your wife until you have been married ten years never quarrel with a woman no house was ever big enough for two women no woman is ugly if she is well dressed one tongue is enough for two women the only secret a woman can keep is her age praise from a wife is praise indeed the real housewife is at once a slave and a lady she who is a beauty is half-married she who loves the looking glass hates the saucepan silence is a woman's best garment slander expires at a good woman's door tell a woman and you tell the world ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine there is no fury like a woman's fury there is nothing better than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her there's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover ugliness is the guardian of women the ugliest woman can look in the mirror and think she is beautiful an undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife when a girl whistles, the angels cry wherever there is a woman, there is gossip a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men winter weather and women's thoughts change often a wise woman never outsmarts her husband a woman, a cat, and a chimney should never leave the house a woman fights with her tongue a woman knows a bit more than Satan a woman laughs when she can but cries whenever she wishes the woman who obeys her husband rules him a woman's hair is her crowning glory a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a woman's place is in the home a woman's tongue is one that will never wear out a woman's tongue is the only sharp-edged tool that grows keener with constant use women are necessary evils a woman's work is never done women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses women forgive injuries, but never forget slights women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands a worthy woman is the crown of her husband -
43 _критика і похвала
bitter pills may have blessed effects blame-all and praise-all are two blockheads blame is safer than praise blame not others for the faults that are in you free sitters always grumble most at the play let another man praise you no critic has ever settled anything nobody calls himself a rogue people who live in glass houses should not throw stones the pot calls the kettle black praise a fool and you make him useful praise makes a good man better and a bad man worse praise publicly; blame privately praise undeserved is satire in disguise self-praise is no recommendation those who can't, criticize usually we praise only to be praised who spits against the wind spits in his own faceEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _критика і похвала
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44 _купівля і продаж; торгівля
better buy than borrow buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest the buyer has need of a hundred eyes, the seller of but one the customer is always right good things are seldom cheap good wine needs no bush if you buy everything, the result will be that you sell everything if you would not be cheated, ask the price at three shops it is not a sin to sell dear, but it is to make ill measure little goods, little care merchants love nobody pay beforehand was never well served pleasing ware is half sold what is bought is cheaper than a giftEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _купівля і продаж; торгівля
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45 _праця; справа та відпочинок
all lay load on the willing horse all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all work is noble at the workingman's house, hunger looks in but dares not enter a bad shearer never had a good sickle the best fish are near the bottom the best way to get rid of work is to do it better to be idle than badly employed the busiest men have the most leisure business before pleasure business is to grown men what blocks are to children the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet the cobbler should stick to his last every man to his trade everybody's business is nobody's business fools and bairns should never see half-done work a good horse should be seldom spurred grasp all, lose all he that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities he who does not work, neither shall he eat he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree a hired horse never tires if you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow if you want a thing well done do it yourself if you would have your business done, go; if not, send in doing we learn it is working that makes a workman Jack of all trades is master in none the labourer is worthy of his hire a man can do no more than he can a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds many hands make work light the more boys that help, the less work they do never do things by halves never send a boy to do a man's job practice makes perfect Rome was not built in a day a short horse is soon curried there are tricks in every trade they must hunger in winter that will not work in summer two of a trade never agree what is a workman without his tools? what is worth doing at all is worth doing well what may be done at any time will be done at no time when pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be pleasure a wise man without work is a bee without honey a woman's work is never done work is not the curse, but drudgery is work is the only capital that never misses dividends work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it the workman is known by his work you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs you never know what you can do till you tryEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _праця; справа та відпочинок
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46 a friend to all is a friend to none
var: a friend to everybody is a friend to nobodyтой, хто дружить зі всіма, не дружить ні з кимEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a friend to all is a friend to none
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47 a public hall is never swept
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a public hall is never swept
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48 every man has his faults
var: every man has his weak sidesyn: every bean has its blackнема людини без вади нема нічого без але. ≅ у кожному бобі є свою чорна пляма і сонце свої плями маєEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > every man has his faults
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49 it's poor heart that never rejoices
syn: it is an ill wind that blows nobody goodбідне те серце, що ніколи не радіє ≅ погана та людина, яка ніколи не радієEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > it's poor heart that never rejoices
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50 many commanders sink the ship
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > many commanders sink the ship
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51 no man can serve two masters
syn: one cannot run with the hare and hunt with the houndsніхто не може служити двом панам ≅ двом хазяям не наслужиш двом панам служить, а сорочки не має двом богам ніколи не моляться if you run after two hares you'll catch noneEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > no man can serve two masters
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52 tell everybody your business and the devil will do it for you
var: let nobody know your businessрозкажи всім про свою справу, і чорт зробить її за тебеEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > tell everybody your business and the devil will do it for you
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53 too many cooks spoil the broth
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > too many cooks spoil the broth
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54 what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts
syn: it is an ill wind that blows nobody goodщо загубиш в одному, виграєш в іншому ≅ карась зірветься – щука попадеться unlucky in love, lucky at playEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts
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