Believe well and have well.
Meaning: Right conduct and virtuous living naturally produce good outcomes and contentment in life.
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 Communication
- Drunken folk often speak truth. — Intoxication dissolves social filters, allowing suppressed honesty to surface uncensored.
- He lies like an epitaph. — Flattery inscribed on tombstones distorts truth, so excessive praise proves fundamentally…
- One ill word asketh another. — Harsh speech begets harsh response, creating cycles of escalating conflict rather than re…
- Jesting lies bring serious sorrows. — Careless humor that distorts truth erodes trust and eventually causes genuine pain to rel…
- Misunderstanding brings lies to town. — Unclear communication creates fertile ground where falsehoods spread and distort truth.
- Old saws speak the truth. — Time-tested sayings endure because experience has repeatedly proven their wisdom.
From our tongue twisters
- 저 분은 백 법학박사이고 이 분은 박 법학박사이다. (Jeo buneun Baek beopakbaksa igo, i buneun Bak beopakbaksa ida.) — Baek and Bak are a single vowel apart, and 법학박사 piles four stop consonants into one title.
- Król Karol kupił królowej Karolinie korale koloru koralowego. — Every word starts with k, and król/Karol/korale/koloru keep re-ordering the same handful…
- Czy rak trzyma w szczypcach strzęp szczawiu? — Four different Polish sibilant clusters — trz, szcz, strz, szcz — in a single short quest…