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1 happy is the wooing that's not long doing
довге залицяння щастя не віщуєEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > happy is the wooing that's not long doing
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2 happy the wooing that's not long doing
посл.≈ "затянувшееся ухаживание счастья не сулит"‘You remember the old saying, Mr. Quin?’ ‘Happy the wooing that's not long doing...’ At the end of two months Richard Harwell and Eleanor Le Couteau were engaged. (A. Christie, ‘The Mysterious Mr. Quin’, ‘At the Bells and Motley’) — - Вы помните старую пословицу, мистер Куин? - Слишком долгое ухаживание счастья не приносит... Через два месяца Ричард Харуэл и Элеанор Лекуто были обручены.
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always a bridesmaid, never a bride always to court and never to wed is the happiest life that ever was led happy is the wooing that's not long doing men are always wooing goddesses and marrying mere mortals a rich man's wooing is seldom long of doing sweet-talk to the old lady to get to the daughter there is none more contemptible than a man that is a fortune hunter -
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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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