Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
class lower matter
It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while.
character revealed speech
A person's character is revealed by their speech
consists faith proverbs whatever
A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith, even so is he.
heavy honey sweet
A person can be as sweet as honey or as heavy as steel.
beyond born flower porch pot
A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch
money penny proverbs
A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.
children heartache small
Small children give you headache; big children heartache
fine nobody proverbs wake
Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuff box.
slander spoken three
Slander slays three persons: the speaker, the spoken to, and the spoken of
proverbs saw
As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen.
enters evil needle oak tree
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree
child mothers poor rich
A rich child often sits in a poor mothers lap.
according cut egg harsh round speak square words
A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them
guests himself landlord trusts
The landlord will trusts his guests as he trusts himself