Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
bad hen scratch
It is a bad hen that does not scratch herself.
art great laugh misfortune
It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune
road
It is a long road that has no turning.
asks lose questions
The one who asks questions doesn't lose his way
beyond human life three
There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension so we must do what we can with the third.
aged country prosperity treatment
The prosperity of a country is in accordance with its treatment of the aged
dance dance-and-dancing outcome rain timing
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance
catch order throw
To throw out a sardine, in order to catch cod.
bank work
You don't put robbers to work in a bank
intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals luck proverbs
You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.
itself pebble precious secretly stone thinks
The pebble in the brook secretly thinks itself a precious stone
blind both carries lame man progress proverbs
When a blind man carries a lame man both go forward.
proverbs till water worth
We'll never know the worth of water till the well go dry.
covered earth leather tis wears
Tis the same to him who wears a shoe, as if the whole earth were covered with leather