Proverbs By Language

"Hasty judgment leads to repentance. (Strauss, 1994 p. 196)"

"Joy shared, joy doubled: sorrow shared, sorrow halved. (Strauss, 1994 p. 249)"

"If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well."

"No man is an island."

"Strike while the iron is hot. or Make hay while the sun shines."

"It is always good when a man has two irons in the fire. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"

"Iron sharpens iron. (Whiting, 1997 p. 235)"

"Don't have too many irons in the fire. (16th century) (Citatboken)"

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results."

"Imitation is the highest form of flattery."

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

"The ignorant always adore what they cannot understand."

"Ignorance is bliss."

"Admiration is the daughter of ignorance."

"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

"My house is my castle. (Edward Coke)"

"All things are soon prepared in a well ordered house."

"Hospitality: the virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. (Ambrose Bierce)"

"Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse."

"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink."

"A golden bit does not make the horse any better. (Strauss, 1998 p. 52)"

"Never look a gift horse in the mouth."

"Look not a gift horse in the mouth."

"It's a good horse that never stumbles."

"I'll hear it from the horse's mouth."

"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."

"Don't put the cart before the horse."

"Don't change horses in midstream."

"A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse."

"A horseǃ a horseǃ My kingdom for a horseǃ (William Shakespeare)"

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. (Francis Bacon)"

"Hope for the best — prepare for the Worst."

"He who lives on hope will die fasting ."

"What is honour? a word. What is that word, honour? Air. (William Shakespeare)"

"Home sweet home. (H. R. Bishop) Laine, Jarkko (toim.): Suuri sitaattisanakirja. Otava, 1989, p. 157. ISBN 9511109618"

"Home is where the heart is."

"If you're in a hole, stop digging."

"History repeats itself."

"Hindsight is always twenty-twenty."

"If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill. (Francis Bacon)"

"He who hesitates is lost."

"Every little helps."

"But what is past my help, is past my care. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here. (William Shakespeare)"

"Come hell or high water."

"And thou unfit for any place but hell. (William Shakespeare)"

"Take heed you find not what you do not seek."

"Men leap over where the hedge is lower."

"A hedge between keeps friends green."