120 Czech Proverbs / Page 3
41. Forbidden fruit tastes best.
42. Gentlemen don't want to give much and are ashamed to give little.
43. God's mills mill slowly, but surely.
44. Good memories last long, bad ones last longer.
45. Guest and fish stinks at third day.
46. He who cannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.
47. He who comes sooner shall mill/grind sooner.
48. He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself.
49. He who has not been given brains from above will not buy them at the apothecary.
50. He who is curious shall grow old soon.
51. He who is not lazy shall get much green.
52. He who looks only at heaven may easily break his nose on earth.
53. He who saves shall have as much as three.
54. He who waits shall live to see.
55. Hope is a great breakfast but a poor dinner.
56. Hunger is the best cook.
57. I am a gentleman and you are a gentleman; who, then, should look after the pigs?
58. If a woman doesn't know what she has to answer then the sea is dry.
59. If the goat had a longer tail he could wipe the stars clean.
60. If you do good to the Devil, out of gratitude he will deliver you to hell.