A boca tancada, no hi entren mosques. English equivalent: A closed mouth catches no flies
Cada cabell fa sa ombra.
English equivalent: There is no little enemy.
"It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise. The Japanese had an advantage over us in that they admired us more than we admired them. They could hate us more fervently than we could hate them. The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American (for Hoover or Roosevelt) is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners. It is of interest that the backward South shows more xenophobia than the rest of the country. Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life."
Com més vell més poc cervell.
English equivalent: Wisdom goes not always by years.
"Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples."
De l'arbre dolent no esperis bon fruit.
English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree.
"Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents."
El peixos grossos sempre es menjaran els minuts.
English equivalent: Men are like fish; the great ones devour the small.
"Small organizations or insignificant people tend to be swallowed up or destroyed by those that are greater and more powerful."
Mal ocell el que s'embruta en son.
English equivalent: It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
English equivalent: There is no little enemy.
"It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise. The Japanese had an advantage over us in that they admired us more than we admired them. They could hate us more fervently than we could hate them. The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American (for Hoover or Roosevelt) is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners. It is of interest that the backward South shows more xenophobia than the rest of the country. Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life."
Com més vell més poc cervell.
English equivalent: Wisdom goes not always by years.
"Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples."
De l'arbre dolent no esperis bon fruit.
English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree.
"Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents."
El peixos grossos sempre es menjaran els minuts.
English equivalent: Men are like fish; the great ones devour the small.
"Small organizations or insignificant people tend to be swallowed up or destroyed by those that are greater and more powerful."
Mal ocell el que s'embruta en son.
English equivalent: It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
26-30, F
