Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
adversity ask broader lighter
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
cow law lose sheep
Go to law for a sheep and lose your cow
anger great sword
Great anger is more destructive than the sword
friendship friends-or-friendship patience proverbs
For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.
built cologne
Cologne and Aix-en-Chapelle were not built on the same day.
carve hole looking peg
Carve the peg by looking at the hole
beats proverbs
He beats his breast who does not beat his child.
cheat fish proverbs
He can cheat a fish of its skin.
brave heart lion proverbs sleeps
A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man.
life love year
A life without love is like a year without summer.
library medicine mind
A library is a repository of medicine for the mind
ant sea water
A little water is a sea to an ant
learned man mistakes others shipwreck wrecks
The mistakes of the learned man are like a shipwreck which wrecks many others with it
ice scream
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream