Showing posts with label Sayings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sayings. Show all posts

War, George S. Patton

War, George S. Patton


Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

- General George S. Patton


목적 없이 사는 것보단 무언가를 위해 싸우는 편이 낫다.

- 조지 S. 패튼





General Patton U.S. commemorative stamp, issued in 1953


Advice, Belorussian proverbs

Advice, Belorussian proverbs


Ү kaлaмyтнай вадa лecнo ca лobи.

- Belorussian proverbs

It is good fishing in streamy water.

- Belorussian proverbs

English equivalent: It is good fishing in troubled waters.
Meaning: In taking advantage of chaotic conditions one can easily serve one's own purposes.
Source for proverbs and meaning: Paczolay, Gyula (1997). European Proverbs in 55 languages. DeProverbio.com. p. 391. ISBN 1-875943-44-7.

흐르는 물에서 낚시를 하는 것이 좋다.

- 벨로루시 속담

Advice, Afrikaans proverbs


Official
language in
South Africa

Recognised
minority
language in
Namibia

Advice, Afrikaans proverbs


Een swaeltjie maak nog geen somer nie.

- Afrikaans proverbs

The appearance of a single sign of a favourable event is not yet a definite indication of its coming.

- Afrikaans proverbs

Afrikaans is a language similar to Dutch spoken in southern Africa.

English equivalent: One swallow does not make a summer.
Paczolay, Gyula (1997). European Proverbs in 55 languages. DeProverbio.com. p. 49. ISBN 1-875943-44-7.

긍정적 신호 하나가 나타난다고, 그것이 분명이 발생할 거라는 것은 아니다.

- 아프리칸스어 속담

아프리칸스어: 네덜란드어에서 발달한 언어로 남아프리카공화국에서 사용

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Afrikaans_proverbs