Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
cloak god listen wear whatever
God will listen to you whatever cloak you wear
god lawyers sent
God wanted to chastise mankind, so he sent lawyers
drink ends good
Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.
god pay
God says, 'Choose what you will and pay for it
calm god landing promises safe
God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage.
pain preferable treatment
The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment
downhill proverbs uphill
There is an uphill for every downhill, and a downhill for every uphill.
cabbage good rich seek wife
Having a good wife and rich cabbage soup, seek not other things
poor
He is poor who does not feel content.
best knows water
He knows the water best who has waded through it
gives life unworthy
He is unworthy of life who gives no life to another
eggs golden goose lays
Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs
books knowledge load wisdom
Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass
cannot distance five hundred man ten wicked yards
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.