Swiss ProverbsDefinitions

Buying is cheaper than begging.

Caution is no guarantee against accident — The careful man has also tumbled downstairs.

Knowledge is acquired through pain — The tree of knowledge is watered with tears.

Marriage is a covered dish.

Night is the mother of thought.

Passion is apt to cloud judgement — a fire in the heart brings smoke in the head.

A Proverb is shorter than a bird’s beak.

The Proverb is often self-contradictory — proverbs are constantly warring against each other.

Silence is often the sufficient speach.

Society is person — It also concerns you if your neighbor's house is on fire.

Speech is silver but silence is golden.