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Fleyg orð

Okkur er flestum kunnugt um fleyg orð úr eigin menningarheimi á eigin tungumáli. En hve mörg þekkjum við á öðrum tungumálum? Héf gefst tækifæri til þess að uppgötva ekki einungis tilvitnanir frá ýmsum menningarheimum á ýmsum tungumálum, heldur jafnframt uppruna þeirra. Átt þú þér uppáhalds tilvitnun? Þér er velkomið að senda okkur tilvitnanir!

Fleyg orð

Okkur er flestum kunnugt um fleyg orð úr eigin menningarheimi á eigin tungumáli. En hve mörg þekkjum við á öðrum tungumálum? Héf gefst tækifæri til þess að uppgötva ekki einungis tilvitnanir frá ýmsum menningarheimum á ýmsum tungumálum, heldur jafnframt uppruna þeirra. Átt þú þér uppáhalds tilvitnun? Þér er velkomið að senda okkur tilvitnanir!
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Jsou skvrny které nelze vyčistit bez porušení podstaty látky. There are stains that cannot be cleaned without damaging the underlying material.

Eftir Bohumil Hrabal, novelist


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Jak se chováte tak se vám v životě oplatí. How you behave will pay off in life.

Eftir Unknown
This saying reflects the principle of karma, or the idea that one's actions will eventually return to them, either in a positive or negative way, depending on they behave towards others.


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Pravda vítězí. Truth prevails.

Eftir Exact author unknown, but inspired by the words of Jan Hus, Czech theologian
This motto was inscribed on the standard of the first President of Czechoslovakia, T. G. Masaryk. While different social and political groups interpreted its precise meaning in various ways, it primarily served as a condemnation of the expansionist propaganda of Austria-Hungary, from which Czechoslovakia gained independence in 1918. The motto is said to be inspired by the words of Jan Hus, the Czech theologian: "Seek the truth, hear the truth, learn the truth, love the truth, speak the truth, hold the truth, and defend the truth until death."


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Pravda a láska musí zvítězit nad lží a nenávistí. Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred.

Eftir Václav Havel
Spoken by Václav Havel to the crowd on Wenceslas Square in Prague, 10 December 1989, amid the “Velvet Revolution”. On 29 December he was elected president of what was still officially known as the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.


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Buďte na lidi hodní, nebo vám nepůjdou na pohřeb. Be nice to people, or they won't come to your funeral.

Eftir Bohumil Hrabal. novelist


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Nade vším vítězí pravda. Truth conquers all.

Eftir Jan Hus, Catholic reformer and scholar