Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
shallow torture water wish
If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water
wish
If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it yourself
country flat itself proverbs thinks
In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain.
fools-and-foolishness recognize wise
If there were no fools, how would we recognize the wise
hart house room
If there is room in your hart there is room in your house
business interferes pleasure
When pleasure interferes with business, give up business
catch net proverbs
A net will catch more than a pole.
benefit harm
Even if it does not benefit you, it will not harm you.
golden monkey remains ugly wears
Even if a monkey wears a golden ring, he remains an ugly thing.
cannot god mountains valley
Even God cannot make two mountains without a valley in between
children mother
Even children of the same mother look different
buddhist priests quarrel temple
Even Buddhist priests of the same temple quarrel occasionally
darkness shines small star
Even a small star shines in the darkness
block dictate wood
The block of wood should not dictate to the carver