Czech proverbs

You walk so long with a jar for water, until the handle breaks off.

It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.

Our parents taught us to speak and the world taught us to be silent.

If you want to hear the truth about yourself -- offend your neighbor.

The wedding lasts for two or three days, but the trouble stays longer.

What is called into a forest is the same what is echoed from the forest.

Many a friend has been lost by a jest, but none has ever been got by one.

The Germans in the stable, the Czech in the kitchen and the French in bed.

When the fool knows when to be silent, he would be sitting among the wise.

If you do good to the Devil, out of gratitude he will deliver you to hell.

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