Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
character destiny equally fate shaping share
Fate and self-help share equally in shaping our destiny
except stars
Except for the night, we could never know the stars
bad fortune plenty time
There's plenty of time to bemoan bad fortune once it arrives
cup slip
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
corrupted last poet tongue
The tongue of a poet is always the last to be corrupted
feared sword tongue
The tongue is more to be feared than the sword
feet high inches man six three tongue
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high
bones breaks tongue
The tongue has no bones, yet it breaks bones
toe
The toe of the star-gazer is often stubbed
send thee thou
I send thee myrrh, not that thou mayest be by it perfumed, but it perfumed by thee
sorrow soul wood worm
Sorrow is to the soul what the worm is to wood
enemy friend thy
Tell nothing to thy friend which thy enemy may not know
ill
Tell me who your friends are and Ill tell you who you are.
Tell me who you live with and I will tell you who you are.