Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
house rest woman
The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman
cat eat wet
The cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet. -early 13th
catch cats drive good mice
The cats that drive the mice away are as good as they that catch them
ears night
The day has eyes, the night has ears
cloudy morning
A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day.
friend hundred mile steps walk
A mile walk with a friend has only one hundred steps
hand mouth praises
A mouth that praises and a hand that kills
though
An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.
advantage death gain relatives
An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death
hours last wound
All the hours wound you, the last one kills
bee gathers honey lifetime sting
All the honey a bee gathers during its lifetime doesn't sweeten its sting
liar rejoice thief year
The liar and the thief rejoice in their first year only.
man plans proverbs
The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow.
asks boy goodness grandson greed inside love native struggling talking tells wolf wolves
A Native American grandfather talking to his young grandson tells the boy he has two wolves inside of him struggling with each other. The first is the wolf of peace, love and kindness. The other wolf is fear, greed and hatred. "Which wolf will win, grandfather?" asks the young boy. "Whichever one I feed," is the reply.