54 Sayings of Swiss Origin

1. "Where it is customary the cow is brought to bed." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "To be a fool at the right time is also an art." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Marriage is a covered dish." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Avoid those who don't like bread and children." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "You should not add oil to the fire." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "The devil hides himself in details." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Think first, start later." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "He who starts well is in the middle of the work." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "At the bottom of the sack you will find the bill." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "The tongue is the worst piece of meat in the world." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "It is easier to beat two devils into a child, than one devil out." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "The French work to live, but the Swiss live to work." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "Speech is silver; silence is golden." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Little strokes fell great oaks." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "He who mocks the cripple should be straight himself." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "It is good fishing in streamy water." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "Ask ten brewers and you will get eleven opinions." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "What good is a golden gallows if they are going to hang you." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Big fish eat little fish." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "A good spectator also creates." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Mountains and valleys stand firm but people meet." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "The night rinses what the day has soaped." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Every man is the maker of his own fortune." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "When in doubt who will win, be neutral." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "A swallow does not make a summer." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Better to sell with regret than to keep with regret." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "God lets things go, but only to a point." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "A clean house is a clean mind." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "The poor lack much, but the greedy more." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "You learn how to cook on old pans." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "It's easier to criticize than to do better." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "No money, no Swiss." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "Luck is on your path, one takes it, the other passes by it." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "In a house of gold the clocks are of lead." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "One simple maxim is often worth more than two good friends." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "It is always the fat ones who lead the dance." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "The apple does not fall far from the tree." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "Sometimes you have to be silent in order to be heard." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "As the stone leaves your hand it belongs to the devil." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "When a neighbor gets divorced everyone thinks of his own wife." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "If everyone looks after themselves, everyone is looked after." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "What the farmer doesn't know, he will not eat." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "Measure thrice, cut once." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Who cares about every little feather should not make the bed." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "When one shuts one eye, one does not hear everything." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "When a merchant talks about sheep he means the hide." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "Time's most valuable when you don't have it." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Each problem has two sides, the wrong side and ours." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "You learn through mistakes, no one was born a master." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "He who does not work is without food." (Swiss Sayings) Click to tweet