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.
jump knows risk six stream ten wide
Risk - If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.
feathers goose pick
Pick the goose as long as it has feathers
glass houses people stones throw
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
example reason wise
Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's
came cow heard king laid learned mouth passing time
Passing from mouth to mouth it was learned by a thousand, and by the time it came to be heard by the king he learned of how a cow laid an egg!
fear light mortals mourn night rather sweet vanished
For mortals vanished from the day's sweet light I shed no tear; rather I mourn for those who day and night live in death's fear
children freedom lose
Give your children too much freedom and lose your own