Proverbs

Look through the proverbs, which one do you like the most, Why? What is your favourite Ukrainian proverb?

Do not cry if the Sun sets at the end of the day, because the tears will not let you enjoy the beauty of the Stars.

Your future depends on your dreams So go to sleep !

A conscience does not prevent sin. It only prevents you from enjoying it.

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.

A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.

You can lead a fool to wisdom, but you can't make him think.

A Wise Man can see more from the bottom of a well than a Fool can see from the top of a mountain.

You never test the depth of a river with both feet.

Hear and you forget; see and you remember; do and you understand.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

There are no short cuts to any place worth going.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato — the best part of him is underground.

A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Your heart understands what your head cannot yet conceive; trust your heart.

A peacock who sits on his tail is just another turkey.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

If you are willing to admit faults, you have one less fault to admit.

You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom.

Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

It is only those who never do anything who never make mistakes.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.

Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

Patience will come to those who wait for it.

Incoming fire has the right of way.