Three German sayings
English translation: It's best to double check
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| na | It's best to double check |
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| na | He who knows nothing, doubts nothing |
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| na | Marry in haste, repent at leisure. |
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see below Explanation: (1 a) Trust but verify (Ronald Regan); (1 b) If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die (3) Fortune favors fools (originally a Latin proverb) (2) Sorry, no luck, and I’m out the door... Source (1b & 2) Dictionary of Quotations and Proverbs, ISBN 1 85152 074 0 Best of luck, Tom |
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It's best to double check Explanation: 1) is a quote from Lenin which means "trust is a good thing, but it is better to check"; 2) is something similar as the English "necessity is the mother of invention" but says "doubt is the father of all (original) thought", I don't know of an English equivalent proverb; 3) is indeed "fool's luck": it says that the dummest farmers harvest the largest potatoes, so it's all down to luck, not skill. |
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He who knows nothing, doubts nothing Explanation: Just to add to my earlier answer, there is a similar saying to 2: He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. |
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Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Explanation: "Marry in haste, repent at leisure." Though very far from the denotations of the German saying, the English smart-aleck remark clearly matches the cautionary note in your quotation. --D. Wigtil |
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