Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
bad command fires soldier word zeal
Too much zeal is a bad soldier who fires before the word of command
bad good people praise
Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
bad fortune plenty time
There's plenty of time to bemoan bad fortune once it arrives
bad lost men moan
Men never moan over the opportunities lost to do good, only the opportunities to be bad
bad good happen marble piece
Write bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble
bad hen scratch
It is a bad hen that does not scratch herself.
bad repute wound
A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills
bad heals word words wound
A bad wound heals but a bad word doesn't
bad heel toe turned wife wishes
A bad wife wishes her husband's heel turned homewards, and not his toe
apples bad good tree yield
A bad tree does not yield good apples
bad gets good reaper
A bad reaper never gets a good sickle
bad gift master
A bad man's gift is like his master
bad cuts finger instead knife stick
A bad knife cuts one's finger instead of the stick
bad eats good horse
A bad horse eats as much as a good one