Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
choose eyes rather wife
One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes
apply common common-sense learning pound pounds proverbs requires ten
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.
hay sunny
One should take the hay in on a sunny day.
oneself others speak
One should speak little with others and much with oneself
angel foot guardian reserved sick stand
One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel
realize
One should not put of thing untill tomorrow, that one can realize today.
three warm winter word
One kind word can warm three winter months.
learn learning lose
One must learn how to lose before learning how to play.
four three
One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for a birth.
enemy good harm hundred
One enemy can harm you more than a hundred friends can do you good
collars dog ten thousand
One dog yelping at nothing will set ten thousand straining at their collars
blanket burn proverbs rid
One does not burn a blanket to get rid of a flea.
evil good
One does evil enough when one does nothing good
compliment compliments meant third
Of a compliment only a third is meant