Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
mask pride proverbs
Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
alone belong dignity leave pride women
Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone
eating persist resolutely
Persist as resolutely as you persist in eating
glass life shed tomb
O Strangers! By Anacreon's tomb who pass, Shed o'er it wine, in life he lov'd his glass
again behind catch hair himself hold jupiter opportunity seize suffered
Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again
founded greatest opinions prejudice sustained violence
Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence
advantage finds
Of two cowards, the one who finds the other out first has the advantage
dry until value water
We do not know the value of water until we go dry
broken
Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
brothers close hands sisters
Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.
foe foolish proverbs wise
Better a wise foe than a foolish friend.
ask astray ten
Better ask ten times than go astray once
black face heart red
Better a red face than a black heart
gold luck ounce pound
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.