Proverbs 2 Flashcards
(34 cards)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Passion is always warmer towards absent lovers
The absent party is always to blame.
He who is absent is always in the wrong
There is no disputing about tastes.
There is no accounting for tastes
After a storm comes a calm
After a storm comes a calm.
Les meilleures choses ont une fin
All good things must come to an end
Tout vient à celui qui sait attendre.
All things come to those who wait.
L’appétit vient en mageant.
Appetite comes with eating
It is frequently used to assert the continuity of family caracteristics.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
C’est la soupe qui fait le soldat.
An army marches on its stomach.
That is better to attack than to receive one.
Attack is the best form of defence.
You must not take everything to be true that is told to you.
Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see.
Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possible.
All’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.
The best is the enemy of the good.
it is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is better to give than to receive.
Violence begets violence.
Blood will have blood.
Youth will be youthfull.
Boys will be boys.
Where there is no cat, the rat is king.
When the cat’s away, the mice will play.
The wise and experience are not easy fooled.
You cannot catch old bird with chaff.
The night obscures all distinguishing features.
All cats are grey in the dark.
Strength and weakness
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
began with your own domestic affairs.
Charity begins at home.
Wrong-doers.
Cheats never prosper.
To know the truth about everything, listen to children, idiots and women.
Children and fools tell the truth
Manners and politeness
Civility costs nothing.
Politeness cots nothing.
