Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
elephant gentle hair hand lead
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair
bent bow break
You will break the bow if you keep it always bent
gives man proverbs service smile
The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.
light serious together
The light and the serious go well together
boots man mind places
The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.
breaks hold jug until water
The jug will hold water until it breaks
inside slave turned tyrant
The tyrant is only the slave turned inside out
hundred
All be the same in a hundred years
proverbs tongue wound
A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers.
cannot carve handle kitchen knife
A kitchen knife cannot carve its own handle
proverbs son
A king's son is no nobler than his company.
man proverbs three throughout word
A kind word warms a man throughout three winters.
house rest woman
The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman
indians
You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too