Misfortunes always come in by a door that has been left open for them.
Czech Proverb.
“If the sky falls, we shall catch larks./Kdy nebe pad , zjmme skivani.”
“When you go to buy use your eyes not your ears.”
“It is not the thief who is hanged but one who was caught stealing.”
“Do not protect yourself by a fence but rather by your friends.”
“If the sky falls, we shall catch larks./Když nebe padá , zjímáme skřivani.”
“Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.”
“I had tried, as best I could, to forget the people who had said they loved me, and I had been able to do so only by replacing their memory with hatred for them and their crimes. Time is no healer. ...”
“A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune”