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1 habit
['hæbɪt] 1. n1) зви́чка; зви́чайto be in the habit of doing smth. — ма́ти зви́чку щось роби́ти
to break off a habit — ки́нути зви́чку
to fall into a habit — засво́їти зви́чку
2) особли́вість, власти́вість, характе́рна ри́саhabit of mind — склад ро́зуму
a plant of trailing habit — сланка́ росли́на
3) будо́ва ті́ла4) заст. о́дяг5) амазо́нка (жіночий костюм для верхової їзди, тж. riding-habit)2. v1) одяга́ти2) жи́ти, ме́шкати -
2 _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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3 _щастя
call no man happy till he dies call not him the happiest who is the richest deepest happiness is for a short duration a full cup must be carried steadily happiness grows at our own firesides and is not to be picked in strangers' garden happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally happiness is a habit happiness is for those who make it and not for those who search for it happiness is not perfect until it is shared happiness is to be sought not outside but within happiness takes no account of time happy is the bride that the sun shines on happy is the country which has no history happy is the man who finds wisdom and gets understanding happy is the wooing that's not long doing hidden life, happy life if you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life plant a garden it's better to be happy than wise most of our happiness in this world consists in possessing what others can't get real happiness consists of peace of mind and heart sin and happiness cannot dwell together to be content with little is true happiness to be happy is to be healthy true happiness consists of making others happy when the cup of happiness overflows, disaster follows without virtue, happiness cannot be
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