Czech Proverbs

Czech Proverbs distill Bohemian wit and plain talk shaped by Prague’s crossroads and centuries under Habsburg rule. They prize practicality, humor, and quiet defiance—advice for work, neighbors, and luck.

Learn a new language and get a new soul.

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Don't go to the pub without money.

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Hunger is the best cook.

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When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.

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Do not protect yourself with a fence, but rather by your friends.

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Do not always expect good to happen, but do not let evil take you by surprise.

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You are so many times a human how many languages you know.

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Forbidden fruit tastes best.

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Love is partner of blindness.

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Anger is the only thing to put off until tomorrow.

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After a battle, everyone is a general.

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Blessed is the man who has friends, but woe to him who needs them.

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Choose your woman with a velvet glove, but control her with a fist of iron.

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Cleanliness is half your health.

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Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters.

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Don't extinguish something that does not burn you.

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Early bird hops further.

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Extol the virtue of water, but drink wine.

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

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When we are at our happiest, then it is best to leave and go home.

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Who goes for a day in the forest should take bread for a week.

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Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather.

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