Czech proverbs

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Nescházejí se hory s horami, ale lidé s lidmi. Show translation Mountains do not meet mountains, but people meet people. Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.
Zdraví je největší bohatství. Show translation Health is the greatest wealth. Health is better than wealth.
Čas je nejlepší lékař. Show translation Time is the best doctor. Time is the best healer.
Co není v hlavě, musí být v nohou. Show translation What is not in the head must be in the feet.
Pomoz si sám a Bůh ti pomůže. Show translation Help yourself and God will help you. God helps them that help themselves.
Spěchej pomalu. Show translation Hurry slowly. Make haste slowly.
Hlavou zeď neprorazíš. Show translation You can't break through a wall with your head. Whether the pitcher strikes the stone or the stone strikes the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher.
Jaký začátek — takový konec. Show translation Like the beginning, like the end. A good beginning makes a good ending.
Na každý hrnec se najde poklička. Show translation There is a lid for each pot. Like will to like.
Kam ho ráno postavíš, tam ho večer najdeš. Show translation Where you put it in the morning, you'll find it at night. In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Neštěstí nechodí nikdy samo. Show translation Misfortune never walks alone. Misfortunes never come alone.
Všude byl, všechno ví. Show translation He's been everywhere, he knows everything. To have a finger in every Pie.
Peníze dělají peníze. Show translation Money makes money. Money gets money.
Ptáka poznáš po peří, vlka po srsti a člověka po řeči, kroji a chodu. The bird is known by his note, the man by his words.
Mladí ležáci, staří žebráci. Show translation Young layabouts, old beggars. They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat.
Zakázané ovoce nejlépe chutná. Show translation Forbidden fruit tastes best. Forbidden fruit is sweet.
Chudá matka spíše sedm dětí vychová, než sedmero dětí jednu matku vyživí. Show translation A poor mother is more likely to raise seven children than seven children are likely to nourish one mother. One father can support ten children; ten children cannot support one father.
Moudřejší ustoupí. Show translation The wiser ones will retreat. The Wise head gives in.
Na jazyku med, v srdci jed. Show translation Honey on the tongue, poison in the heart. A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
Mlčení znamená souhlas. Show translation Silence means consent. Silence gives consent.

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