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1. An OAK is not felled at one stroke.
Copacul nu cade dintr-o loviturã.
Numai c-o loviturã copacul nu cade.
Sim. Many strokes fell great (tall) oaks.

2. OAKS may fall when reeds stand the storm.
   Vântul la pãmânt n-aruncã buruieni, ci pe cei mai mari copaci.
3. He that cannot OBEY cannot command.
   Înainte de a porunci învatã a te supune.
   Sim. He commands enough that obeys a wise man / No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled.
4. He that measures OIL shall anoint his fingers.
   A bãga mâna în miere si a nu-ti linge degetele nu se poate.
   Cine-si bagã mâna-n miere si nu-si linge degetele?
   Cf. He that has to do with what is FOUL never comes away clean / He that touches PITCH shall be defiled.
5. Pouring OIL on the fire is not the way to quench it.
   Nu turna spirt pe foc.
   Nu mai turna foc peste para aprinsã.
6. If you would not live to be OLD, you must be hanged when you are young.
   Cine nu vrea sã îmbãtrâneascã, sã se spânzure.
7. Never too OLD to learn.
   Nu e omul niciodatã bãtrân, când e vorba de învãtãturã.
   A învãta nicicând nu e târziu.
   Cf. LIVE and learn.
8. None so OLD that he hopes not for a year of life.
   Omul cât sã-mbãtrâneascã, tot cere sã mai trãiascã.
9. OLD men are twice children.
   Omul când îmbãtrâneste, copilãreste.
10. Though OLD and wise, yet still advise.
    Si trecut fiind în vârstã nu vei gresi ascultând.
11. ONE and none is all one.
    Unul ca nici unul.
    Unul singur ca nici unul.
    Sim. One is no number.
12. ONE does the scathe, and another has the scorn.
    Unul face si altul trage.
13. OPPORTUNITY makes the thief.
    Ocazia face pe hot.
    Prilejul te face hot.
    Sim. Ease makes thief / The hole calls the thief.
    Cf. An open DOOR may tempt a saint / The back DOOR robs the house.
14. OPPRESSION makes a wise man mad.
    Asuprirea poate sã facã nebun pe un întelept.
    * Ecclesiastes 7, 7 / Ecclesiastul 7, 7
15. An OUNCE of fortune is worth a pound of forecast.
    Mai bine un dram de noroc decât un car de minte.
    La un car de minte trebuie douã de noroc.
    Var. An ounce of good fortune is worth a pound of discretion.
16. An old OX makes a straight furrow.
    Boii bãtrâni fac brazda dreaptã.
17. An OX is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue.
    Boul se leagã de coarne si omul de limbã.
    Boii se leagã cu funia, si oamenii cu vorba.
    Sim. Words bind men.
18. Muzzle not the OXEN's mouth.
    Sã nu legi gura dobitocului ce treierã.
    Vitei care treierã nu i se leagã gura.
    Boul nu treierã cu gura legatã.
    * Deuteronomy 25, 4 / Deuteronomul 25, 4

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1. For want of a NAIL the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.
Pentru un cui pierzi o potcoavã.
Cine nu se îndurã de un cui pierde si potcoava.
Din lipsa unui cui se pierde carul.
Pentru una a pierdut Stan cãciula.
Sim. Oft times for sparing of a little cost a man has lost the large coat for the hood.

2. One NAIL drives out another.
   Cui pe cui se scoate.
   Cuiul cel nou scoate pe cel vechi afarã.
   Sim. One poison drives out another.
   Cf. One DEVIL drives out another / LIKE cures like.
3. No NAKED man is sought after to be rifled.
   O sutã de tâlhari nu pot despuia pe un sãrac gol.
   Mii si sute de voinici nu pot dezbrãca pe cel gol si despuiat.
   Cf. The BEGGAR may sing before the thief.
4. A good NAME is better than riches.
   Numele bun e mai bun ca aurul.
   Var. A good name is better than gold.
   Sim. Good name is better than a good face.
   * Proverbs 22, 1 / Pilde 22, 1
5. He that has an ill NAME is half hanged.
   Mai bine sã-ti iasã un ochi decât un nume rãu.
   Decât sã-ti iasã nume rãu, mai bine ochii din cap.
   Sim. Ill deemed, half hanged / An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
6. NATURE does nothing in vain.
   Firea în zadar ceva a face nu se osteneste, nici de lucrul fãcut vreodatã se cãieste.
7. NECESSITY has no law.
   Nevoia schimbã legea.
   Lipsa frânge legea.
8. NECESSITY is the mother of invention.
   Nevoia e mama nãscocirilor.
   Nevoia învatã pe om.
   Sim. The belly teaches all arts / Hunger is the teacher of the arts.
   Cf. POVERTY is the mother of all arts.
9. NEED makes the old wife trot.
   Nevoia te duce si pe unde nu ti-e voia.
   Sim. Adversity makes strange bedfellows / Need makes the naked man run and sorrow makes websters spin.
10. When NEED is highest, God's help is nighest.
    La barza chioarã face Dumnezeu cuib.
    Sim. When the night's darkest, the dawn's nearest.
11. A good NEIGHBOUR, a good morrow.
    Vecin bun ai nimerit, mare bine-ai dobândit.
    Sim. All is well with him who is beloved of his neighbours / You must ask your neighbour if you shall live in peace.
    Cf. A near NEIGHBOUR is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
12. A near NEIGHBOUR is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
    Mai bun e un vecin aproape de tine, decât un frate departe.
    Var. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
    Sim. All is well with him who is beloved of his neighbours.
    Cf. A good FRIEND is my nearest relation / A good NEIGHBOUR, a good morrow.
    * Proverbs 27, 10 / Pilde 27, 10
13. Love thy NEIGHBOUR as thyself.
    Iubeste pe aproapele tãu ca pe tine însuti.
    * Leviticus 19, 18 / Leviticul 19, 18
    * Matthew 19, 19; 22, 39 / Matei 19, 19; 22, 39
    * Mark 12, 31,33 / Marcu 12, 31,33
    * Luke 12, 27 / Luca 12, 27
    * Romans 13, 9 / Romani 13, 9
    * Galatians 5, 14 / Galateni 5, 14
14. You must ask your NEIGHBOUR if you shall live in peace.
    Sã cumperi vecinii întâi si apoi casa.
    Atâta tine pacea, pânã vrea vecinul.
15. Look to thyself when thy NEIGHBOUR's house is on fire.
    La casa aprinsã si vecinul vrãjmas aleargã sã o stingã.
16. He dwells far from NEIGHBOURS that is fain to praise himself.
    Cel ce are vecini rãi se laudã singur.
17. In vain the NET is spread in the sight of any bird.
    Zadarnic se întind curse în vãzul pãsãrilor!
    * Proverbs 1, 17 / Pilde 1, 17
18. Everything NEW is fine.
    Ce e nou e si frumos.
    Sim. New things are fair.
19. Bad NEWS has wings.
    Vestea rea se duce ca glontul.
    Var. Bad news travels fast.
    Cf. Ill NEWS comes apace.
20. Ill NEWS comes apace.
    Rãul s-aude lesne.
    Vorba rea fuge mai tare ca cea bunã.
    Var. Ill news comes unsent for.
    Cf. Bad NEWS has wings.
21. Ill NEWS is too often true.
    Vorba de rãu mai lesne se crede.
22. NIGHT is the mother of counsel.
    Noaptea este sfetnic bun.
    Sim. To take counsel of (consult with) one's pillow.
23. The NIGHT comes when no man can work.
    Vine noaptea când nimeni nu poate sã lucreze.
    * John 9, 4 / Ioan 9, 4
24. What is done by NIGHT appears by day.
    Ce se naste pe întuneric trebuie sã se vadã la luminã.
    Ziua multe descoperã.
    * Luke 12, 3 / Luca 12, 3
25. He that has NOTHING need fear to lose nothing.
    De la cel ce n-are nu vei lua.
    Sim. You cannot lose what you never had.
    Cf. A man cannot GIVE what he hasn't got / Where nothing is, the KING must lose his right.
26. NOTHING comes of nothing.
    Din nimic, nimic rãsare.
    Din nimic, tot nimic iese.
    Var. From nothing nothing can come.
    Sim. Nought lay down, nought take up.
27. NURTURE passes nature.
    Scoala face pe omul, om si altoiul pomul, pom.
    Cf. ART improves nature.

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1. All meats to be eaten, and all MAIDS to be wed.
Glia trebuie aratã si fecioara mãritatã.
Floare nescuturatã, claie de fân nemâncatã si fatã nemãritatã, arar s-a vãzut.

2. A MAN of straw is worth a woman of gold.
   Decât muiere de aur, mai bine bãrbat de paie.
3. A MAN without a wife is but half a man.
   Casa fãrã femeie e pustie pe dinãuntru.
   Casa fãrã muiere, ca o floare fãrã miros.
   Cf. It is not good that the man should be ALONE.
4. Every MAN for himself and God for us all.
   Fiecare pentru sine, Dumnezeu pentru toti.
5. Every MAN has his faults.
   Nu e om fãrã cusur.
   Fiecare are câte o meteahnã.
   Sim. Shew me a man without a spot, and I'll shew you a maid without a fault.
   Cf. Men are not ANGELS.
6. Every MAN must walk in his own trade.
   Fiecare, în chemarea în care a fost chemat, în aceasta sã rãmânã.
   Var. Every man must walk in his own calling.
   Sim. Every man as his business lies.
   * I Corinthians 7, 20 / I Corinteni 7, 20
7. Let an ill MAN lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir.
   Pe cine primesti în casã, te scoate din casã afarã.
   Sim. I gave the mouse a hole and she is become my heir.
8. MAN proposes, God disposes.
   Nu-i cum gândeste omul, ci cum vrea Domnul.
   Una spune omul si alta face Domnul.
9. No MAN is born into the world, whose work is not born with him.
   Omul e nãscut sã umble si pasãrea sã zboare.
   Omul e dator sã munceascã sã nu-l gãseascã moartea sezând.
10. Remember thou art but a MAN.
    Omu-i om si numai om.
11. The hurt MAN writes with steel on a marble stone.
    Cele rele sã le scrii pe apa ce curge, iar facerea de bine în piatrã sã o sapi.
    Nedreptãtile scrie-le pe nisip, iar binefacerile pe marmurã.
    Sim. Injuries are written in brass.
12. MANY are called, but few are chosen.
    Multi chemati, putini alesi.
    * Matthew 20, 16; 22, 14 / Matei 20, 16; 22, 14
13. MANY small make a great.
    Putin si des face mult.
    Sim. Many a little makes a mickle.
    Cf. Many DROPS make a shower / PENNY and penny laid up will be many.
14. My old MARE would have a new crupper.
    La mãgãrita bãtrânã, frâu poleit.
    Cf. Put not an embroidered CRUPPER on an ass.
15. You are like the man that sought his MARE, and he riding on her.
    Catã Nenea iapa, cãlare pe ea.
    Cf. The BUTCHER looked for his knife and it was in his mouth / You look for the HORSE you ride on.
16. He that cannot abide a bad MARKET deserves not a good one.
    Negustorul trebuie sã aibã un pântec larg ca sã treacã prin el si bune si rele.
17. A good MARKSMAN may miss.
    Chiar omul cu judecatã greseste câteodatã.
18. MARRIAGES are made in heaven.
    Cãsãtoriile sunt scrise în cer.
19. He that MARRIES late, marries ill.
    Însoarã-te pânã nu-ti trece vremea.
    Mâncarea de dimineatã si însurãtoarea de tânãr sunt bune.
20. Before you MARRY, be sure of a house, wherein to tarry.
    Cine se însoarã trebuie sã aibã de moarã.
21. MARRY your equal.
    Sã-ti iei nevasta de potriva ta.
    Var. Marry your like (match).
    Sim. Like blood, like good, and like age, make the happiest marriage.
22. Better MASTER one than engage with ten.
    Decât slugã de trei lei, mai bine stãpân de un ban.
23. He can ill be a MASTER that never was a scholar.
    Nu te arãta dascãl pânã a nu fi ucenic.
24. Like MASTER, like man.
    Cum e stãpânul si sluga.
    Cum e boierul si sluga.
    Cf. Like KING, like people.
25. MASTER absent and house dead.
    Când stãpânul nu-ngrijeste, starea i se primejduieste.
26. No man is his craft's MASTER the first day.
    Mestesugul vreme cere, nu se-nvatã din vedere.
    Cf. None is born a MASTER.
27. None is born a MASTER.
    Nimenea nu se naste mester.
    Nimeni nu se naste învãtat.
    Cf. No man is his craft's MASTER the first day.
28. Where every man is MASTER the world goes to wreck.
    Corabia cu doi cârmaci se îneacã.
    Cf. There is no good ACCORD where every man would be a lord.
29. No man can serve two MASTERS.
    Nu poti sluji la doi stãpâni deodatã.
    Cf. You cannot serve GOD and Mammon.
    * Matthew 6, 24 / Matei 6, 24
    * Luke 16, 13 / Luca 16, 13
30. He that is not with ME is against me.
    Cine nu este cu mine este împotriva mea.
    * Matthew 12, 30 / Matei 12, 30
    * Luke 11, 23 / Luca 11, 23
31. The MEAN is the best.
    Calea de mijloc e cea mai bunã.
    Sim. The middle way of measure is ever golden.
32. Use the MEANS, and God will give the blessing.
    Pune mâna si o sã punã si Dumnezeu mila.
33. And with what MEASURE you meet, it shall be measured to you again.
    Cu ce mãsurã vei mãsura, cu aceea ti se va mãsura.
    Banita cu care dai cu aceea primesti.
    * Matthew 7, 2 / Matei 7, 2
    * Luke 6, 38 / Luca 6, 38
34. MEASURE for measure.
    Dupã faptã si rãsplatã.
35. MEASURE thrice what thou buyest; and cut it but once.
    Mãsoarã de multe ori si croieste o datã.
    Var. Measure twice, cut but once.
36. There is a MEASURE in all things.
    Mãsurã la toate, cea mai bunã dreptate.
    Sim. Measure is treasure / Moderation in all things.
37. After MEAT, mustard.
    Dupã ploaie vine si el cu ipingeaua.
    Var. After dinner, mustard.
    Cf. After DEATH the doctor.
38. The MEEK will inherit the earth.
    Blândul mosteneste pãmântul.
    * Matthew 5, 5 / Matei 5, 5
    * Psalms 36, 11,29 / Psalmii 36, 11,29
39. All MEN are free of other men's goods.
    Usor e a da din a altuia.
    Sim. Men are very generous with what costs them nothing.
    Cf. Men cut large THONGS of other men's leather.
40. All MEN are mortal.
    Câte flori sunt pe pãmânt, toate se duc în mormânt.
    Sim. It is as natural to be born as to die.
    Cf. He that is once BORN, once must die / All that LIVES must die.
41. Mind other MEN, but most yourself.
    Nu da cãmasa pentru altii, ca tu sã rãmâi în pielea goalã.
42. So many MEN, so many opinions.
    Câti oameni, atâtea pãreri.
    Var. Many men have many minds.
    Cf. So many HEADS, so many minds.
43. Tall MEN had ever very empty heads.
    Înalt cât o prãjinã si prost cât o ceapã.
44. There are more MEN threatened than stricken.
    Amenintarea fãrã putere e desartã.
45. He that loses is MERCHANT as well as he that gains.
    De câstigi, de pãgubesti, tot negustor te numesti.
46. MESSENGERS should neither be headed nor hanged.
    Capul solului nu se taie.
47. Either by MIGHT or by sleight.
    Unde puterea nu ascultã, vulpea ajutã.
    Cf. If the LION's skin cannot the fox's shall.
48. MIGHT is right.
    Unde este puterea acolo-i si dreptatea.
49. In vain is the MILL-CLOCK if the miller his hearing lack.
    În zadar bate toaca pentru baba surdã.
50. Every MILLER draws water to his own mill.
    Fiecare îsi trage spuza pe turta lui.
    Mânã apa la moara lui.
51. A contented MIND is a continual feast.
    Inima multumitã este un ospãt necurmat.
    Cf. CONTENT is happiness.
    * Proverbs 15, 15 / Pilde 15, 15
52. A sound MIND in a sound body.
    În trup sãnãtos, minte voioasã.
53. He that MISCHIEF hatches, mischief catches.
    Cine samãnã rãutãti, iarã rãutãti va secera.
    Cf. He that HURTS another hurts himself.
54. MISCHIEF comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.
    Boala intrã cu carul si iese pe urechea acului.
    Cf. DISEASES come on horseback, but go away on foot.
55. MISCHIEF has swift wings.
    Rãul vine iute, binele încet.
56. The MISER is always in want.
    Zgârcitul e totdeauna sãrac.
57. MISFORTUNES never come singly.
    O nenorocire nu vine niciodatã singurã.
    Un rãu niciodatã nu vine singur.
    Var. Misfortunes never come alone.
    Sim. Disgraces are like cherries, one draws another / One misfortune comes on the neck of another / It never rains but it pours.
    Cf. Of one ILL come many.
58. MODERATION in all things.
    Doctorul cel mai bun este cumpãtul.
    Cumpãna, nepoate, e bunã la toate.
59. A man without MONEY is no man at all.
    Omul fãrã bani e ca pasãrea fãrã aripi; când dã sã zboare cade jos si moare.
    Sim. A gentleman without an estate is like a pudding without suet / A man without money is a bow without an arrow.
60. He that has MONEY has what he wants.
    Cine are bani are de toate.
    Cu bani cumperi si brânzã de iepuri.
    Cu bani gãsesti si lapte de pasãre.
61. He that has no MONEY needs no purse.
    Sãracului nu-i trebuie pungã.
62. Lend your MONEY and lose your friend.
    Cine dã împrumut îsi face dusmani.
    Nu împrumuta pe cel ce voiesti prieten sã-l dobândesti.
    Sim. When I lent, I had a friend; but when I asked, he was unkind.
    Cf. If you would make an ENEMY, lend a man money, and ask it of him again.
63. MONEY answers all things.
    Banii rãspund la toate.
    * Ecclesiastes 10, 19 / Ecclesiastul 10, 19
64. MONEY commands all.
    Paraua e micã, dar loc mare prinde.
    Sim. All things are obedient to money / Love does much, money does everything.
    Cf. MONEY will do anything..
65. MONEY draws money.
    Banul la ban trage.
    Ban pe ban momeste.
    Sim. Money begets money.
66. MONEY is round, and rolls away.
    Banul e fãcut rotund, lesne se rostogoleste.
67. MONEY makes money.
    Banii fac bani.
    Cu bani faci bani.
    Cf. MONEY draws money.
68. MONEY makes the man.
    Banul îl face pe om.
    Sim. It is not what is he, but what has he.
69. MONEY makes the world go round.
    Banul e o micã roatã ce-nvârteste lumea toatã.
70. MONEY opens all doors.
    Banul deschide usile fãrã chei.
    Banul e cheia cu care se deschide orice usã.
71. MONEY will do anything.
    Cu bani faci toate.
    Cu bani poate omul face orice lucru îi place.
    Sim. All things are obedient to money / Love does much, money does everything.
    Cf. MONEY commands all.
72. The MOON does not heed the barking of dogs.
    Câinele latrã la lunã toatã noaptea si luna nu-l ascultã niciodatã.
    De lãtratul unui câine sã nu-ti pese.
    Var. The dog (wolf) barks in vain at the moon.
    Cf. DOGS bark, but the caravan goes on.
73. The MOON is not seen where the sun shines.
    Cine se încãlzeste la soare nu-i pasã de lunã.
    Soarele sã-mi fie bun, luna sã o mãnânce vârcolacii.
    Luna mi s-a mâniat, soarele sã-mi trãiascã.
    Var. Stars are not seen where the sun shines.
74. The MORE you get, the more you want.
    De ce ai, de ce ai mai avea.
    Cu cât are cineva tot ar vrea sã mai aibã.
    Cf. MUCH would have more / He that has PLENTY of good shall have more.
75. Like MOTHER, like daughter.
    Cum e mama si fata.
    Cf. A CHIP off the old block / Like FATHER, like son.
    * Ezekiel 16, 44 / Iezechiel 16, 44
76. The good MOTHER says not, Will you? but gives.
    Mama cea bunã nu-ntreabã pe copii de le e foame.
77. MOTHER-IN-LAW and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hail storm.
    Soacra cu nora ca pisica cu soarecele.
78. If the MOUNTAIN will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
    Dacã nu vine Mahomed la munte, vine muntele la Mahomed.
79. The MOUNTAINS have brought forth a mouse.
    S-a scremut muntele si a nãscut un soarece.
80. A MOUSE in time may bite in two a cable.
    Cu muncã si îngãduialã dintii sorecutului taie odgonul de la corabie.
    Soarecii si fierul îl rod.
81. The MOUSE that has but one hole is quickly taken.
    Soarecele cu o gaurã numai, îndatã îl prinde pisica.
82. A close MOUTH catches no flies.
    În gura închisã nu intrã musca.
    Var. Into a shut mouth flies fly not.
83. Ask MUCH to have a little.
    Cere mult ca sã poti cãpãta putin.
84. MUCH would have more.
    Omul este nesãtios: cu cât are, tot ar vrea sã mai aibã.
    Cf. The MORE you get, the more you want / He that has PLENTY of good shall have more.
85. He who wants a MULE without a fault, must walk on foot.
    Cine cautã cal fãrã cusur merge pe jos.
86. What MUST be, must be.
    Ce-o fi, o fi.
    Sim. Whatever happens, all happens as it should.
    Cf. No flying from FATE / The FATED will happen / He that is born to be HANGED shall be never drowned.