Great Throughts Treasury

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Hungarian Proverbs

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"Many good people can find room in a small space."

"Many homes burns inside but it is not seen outside."

"Many hands are quickly ready with the work."

"Many small things can add up a big one."

"May you live a thousand years, and I, a thousand less one day; that I might never know the world without you."

"Money talks, although the dog may bark."

"Measure twice, cut but once."

"Money is best when counted, a woman is best when beaten."

"Money has no smell."

"More credit is given to the eyes than to the ears."

"Moor has done his duty, the Moor may go."

"More was lost at Mohacs."

"Much water will flow in the Danube until then."

"Necessity breaks the law."

"Nail by, with nail."

"Mountain does not meet mountain but man does meet man."

"My house is my castle."

"Nice words appease even the enemy."

"No one was ever hung for what he was thinking."

"No rose without a thorn."

"Nobody can rest in his own shadow."

"Nobody can slip out of his own skin."

"Neither be conceited, nor fall into despair."

"Nobody is forced to attend the dinner given after killing a pig."

"Nobody is a prophet in his own country."

"Not always that reaps who sows."

"Not even the priest will speak, preach twice."

"Not to overstretch the string."

"Not everything is gold which is shiny."

"One can do anything, only will is needed."

"One cannot be cautious enough."

"Nothing is new under the sun."

"One cannot fight the wind."

"One cannot serve two masters."

"One blacksmith envies another."

"One cannot put everything under one hat."

"One cannot sit in two saddles having one arse/bottom only."

"One cannot strip two hides from one fox."

"One fool makes a hundred."

"One has to light a candle for the devil too."

"One does not know what he will find tomorrow."

"One has to tighten the belt."

"One likes the priest, someone else his wife, I prefer his daughter."

"One hand washes the other."

"One of my eyes sheds tears, the other one laughs."

"One of them is a dog, the other a barker."

"One need not throw out the child with the bathwater."

"One of them is nineteen, the other is one less than twenty."

"One person alone is too little to change things."

"One road leads to heaven but many lead to hell."