Starting the work is two thirds of it.

More Welsh Proverbs

• The child will grow, his clothes will not.
• Repay evil with good, and hell will not claim you.
• Let not your tongue cut your throat.
• Scatter with one hand, gather with two.
• If you want to be a leader, be a bridge.
• The strength of a nation is its knowledge.
• A nation without a language is a nation without a heart.
• Do good and then do it again.
• I was wise once: when I was born I cried.
• Memory slips, letters remain.
• Be a friend to yourself, and others will.
• If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings.
• Things turn sour when you play with fire.
• Adversity brings knowledge and knowledge wisdom.
• The crow sees its chick as white.
• A great sin can enter through a small door.
• Your hand is never the worse for doing its own work.
• To return to my trees – to relax and unwind, to calm your mind.
• Better educated than wealthy.
• Conscience is the nest where all good is hatched.
• You must crawl before walking.
• The older the man, the weaker his mind.
• The strength of the old is their ready counsel.
• To sing before breakfast is to weep before supper.
• Three comforts of old age: fire, tea and tobacco.
• Tapping persistently breaks the stone.
• Everything that is yellow is not gold.