Swiss Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings
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“A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“Better to sell with regret than to keep with regret.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“The tongue is the worst piece of meat in the world.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“As the stone leaves your hand, it belongs to the devil.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“It is easier to criticize than to do better.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“When one shuts one eye, one does not hear everything.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“Words are dwarfs; deeds are giants.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“Sometimes, you have to be silent to be heard.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“Speech is silver; silence is golden.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“A good spectator also creates.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache.”
– Swiss Proverb
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“Ask ten brewers, and you will get eleven opinions.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“He who mocks the cripple should be straight himself.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“If you close one eye, you will not hear everything.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“Better to sell with regret than to keep with regret.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“God lets things go — but only to a point.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“One simple maxim is often worth more than two good friends.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“At the bottom of the sack, you will find the bill.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“The poor lack much, but the greedy lack more.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“When in doubt, who will win, be neutral.”
– Swiss Quotes
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“Avoid those who don’t like bread and children.”
– Swiss Quotes
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Quotes by Famous Swiss
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
– Carl Jung
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
– Albert Einstein
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“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
– Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.”
– Roger Federer
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Famous Swiss Quotes – Carl Jung
“The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.”
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“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.”
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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
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“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
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“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate; it oppresses.”
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“In all chaos, there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.”
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“Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.”
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“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
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“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
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“There is no coming to consciousness without pain.”
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Famous Swiss Quotes – Albert Einstein
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“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
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“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”
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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
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“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
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“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
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“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
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“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
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Famous Swiss
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Albert Einstein
- Carl Gustav Jung
- Johann Bernoulli
- Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier
- Alberto Giacometti
- Louis-Joseph Chevrolet
- Carla del Ponte
- Johanna Louise Spyri
- Roger Federer
Switzerland
- Country: Swiss Confederation
- German: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
- French: Confédération suisse
- Italian: Confederazione Svizzera
- Romansh: Confederaziun svizra
- Capital: None. Bern is the seat of the federal authorities.
- National language German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Population: 8.4 million
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“The devil hides himself in details.”
– Swiss Proverb
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