After rain comes fair weather.
Meaning: Hardship is temporary; patience through difficulty leads naturally to better conditions.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Morality
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- Who sings drives away care. — Singing actively displaces worry by occupying the mind with melody rather than anxious th…
- Trust not a broken staff. — A weakened support system, once compromised, cannot reliably bear weight in future crises.
- Truth is stranger than fiction. — Reality often presents unexpected twists that invented stories cannot match in sheer impr…
- Fair fall truth and daylight. — Truth endures like dawn; concealment crumbles when light reveals what darkness protected.
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From our compliments & insults
- 目に入れても痛くない (Me ni irete mo itakunai) — Said of someone you adore completely, often a child or grandchild.
- Bête comme ses pieds — Really not very bright.
- Avoir un poil dans la main — To be incurably lazy.