Great Throughts Treasury

"The believer is happy; the doubter is wise"

"The big fish eats the little fish."

"The bite of a dog is healed by the hair of it."

"The black soup is still ahead."

"The congregation is poor, the priest rings the bell himself."

"The crowd is not led by the head but by the heart."

"The Danube could be dammed by them."

"The cask savours of the first fill."

"The bride is too beautiful."

"The brave have all the luck."

"The castle of Buda was not built in one day."

"The cat also likes fish but keeps away from water."

"The child is dead the godfathership has ended."

"The common horse has scars on his back."

"The dog barks but caravan goes on."

"The devil is not so black as he is painted."

"The exception confirms the rule."

"The developments have led to the breaking if bread."

"The flavor of health is given by an illness."

"The forest has an ear, the field has an eye."

"The dog is buried here."

"The difference between them is like that between sky and earth."

"The devil does not sleep."

"The dry leaves do not rustle if no wind blows."

"The former highwayman men are the best gendarmes."

"The garret is full of promises."

"The goat has enough to eat and the cabbage remains."

"The great thief escapes, the small one hangs."

"The good/bad example is catching. [It could even be followed.]"

"The grape is sour."

"The hangman is being hanged."

"The helve of the lost hatchet."

"The gypsy is not accustomed to ploughing."

"The head of each stick is at its end."

"The hand of each saint inclines towards himself."

"The hoar-frost is still to come for the dog."

"The horse has four legs, still the stumbles."

"The horse has to pull as the horse is also pulled."

"The horse should worry, he has a big head."

"The horse that draws better is beaten."

"The limits is the starlit sky."

"The Hungarian justice is three."

"The horse's leg protrudes."

"The midwife should have cut his throat rather than his navel."

"The master's eye makes the animals fat."

"The magpie rattles, a guest vill come."

"The little devil is hiding in me."

"The mills of God grind slowly, but surely."

"The magpie wants too much, but her tail is unable to carry it."

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