Great Throughts Treasury

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Hungarian Proverbs

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"The owl tells the sparrow that her head is big."

"The person who trusts is happy; the person who doubts is wise."

"The nail sticks out of the sack."

"The mouth of a treading horse is not muzzled."

"The trees do not grow up to the sky."

"The song of the man whose cart you sit on."

"The wolf, dog does not eat the winter."

"The pitcher goes so long to the well, until it breaks."

"The woman of a man without sorrows is almost a widow."

"The wind fells the oak, but cannot cope with the reed."

"The works praises its master."

"The world stands to those who have eyes."

"There are more days than sausages."

"The worse it is, in one respect, the better, in another respect."

"There are still errors."

"There is a feast once even in Hell."

"There is a dialogue between deaf people."

"There is a way upwards and downwards too."

"There is a limit to everything."

"There is a tile on the roof."

"There is no impossibility, only unwillingness."

"There is hardly ever a loaded cart which could not carry one more forkful (of hay)."

"There is no coat big enough to hide both poverty and drunkenness."

"There is no joy without sorrow."

"There is no loaded cart which could not carry one more forkful."

"There is no point in running ones head against the wall."

"There is no loss, which is not a gain for somebody."

"There is no worthless thing which could not be used for something."

"There is no medicine against death."

"There is not only one pied dog in the world."

"There is no rule without exception."

"There must be order."

"There is thick sandal leather on his face."

"There will be no funeral songs out of this."

"These was a dog-market in Buda only once."

"They are as many as the Russians."

"They are rowing in the same ship."

"They blow one stone."

"They are as far apart as Mako is from Jerusalem."

"They grind in two mills."

"They match as a stick in a quiver."

"This is a veterinary horse."

"This is but a hump on our backs."

"This is already a gnawed bone."

"They have buried the hatchet."

"This is, what we experience, this is to be liked."

"This ship is gone."

"Tit for tat."

"Time passes, it waits for nobody."

"Time is money."