Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
angry evil generosity liar man miser overcome
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
animal except female human
After intercourse every animal is sad, except the rooster and the human female
adam ate teeth
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache
coffee cup forty proverbs
A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.
books proverbs study teachers
Study from new books but from old teachers
break emulate likely
Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh
both cannot feast
One cannot both feast and become rich. (Ashanti tribe)
creates exactly people share universe
No two people share exactly the same universe. Every universe creates its own world.
marries woman
No woman marries an old man for God's sake.
matter night sure
No matter how long the night may be, the day is sure to come
far gone matter turn wrong
No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back
act fear stand valley
Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.
light proof torch
Do you need proof of God? Does one light a torch to see the sun?
debts noise smaller
Debts are like children: the smaller they are the more noise they make