Proverb

Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
oneself
What is done for another is done for oneself
die illnesses people
People live with their own idiosyncrasies and die of their own illnesses
dwarfs giant
Surrounding yourself with dwarfs doesn't make you a giant
dwarfs giant
Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant
laughed lost
That day is lost on which one has not laughed
forget forgotten skirt tears wet
My skirt with tears is always wet - I have forgotten to forget
brains cannot
Long whiskers cannot take the place of brains
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
hand noise produce
Clapping with the right hand only will not produce a noise
daughter sister
Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust.
carry chop
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
jump learns monkey tree trying
By trying often the monkey learns to jump from the tree
again men others shall whose
Before us men have flourished just as we now flourish: others yet again shall be, whose generations we shall never see