Good watch prevents misfortune.
Meaning: Vigilant attention to detail and circumstances stops problems before they develop into serious harm.
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
- Good wine needs no bush. — Excellent quality requires no advertisement; genuine merit speaks for itself without prom…
- What goes around comes around — Your actions will eventually return to affect you.
- Don't put all your eggs in one basket — Don't risk everything on one venture.
- Two wrongs don't make a right — Responding to wrongdoing with more wrongdoing is never justified.
- Honesty is the best policy — Being truthful is always the right approach.
- You reap what you sow — Your actions determine your outcomes.
From our tongue twisters
- 隣の客はよく柿食う客だ (Tonari no kyaku wa yoku kaki kuu kyaku da) — A tricky spiral on ka/ki/ku that accelerates as you try to keep the syllables distinct.
- Como poco coco como, poco coco compro. — A bouncy 'co' drill — the word order and meaning flip with each repetition.
- Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico. ¿Con qué pico pica papas Pepe Pecas? — A bouncy 'p' cluster that accelerates with the question at the end.