Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
far few teeth trouble
May your trouble be like the old man's teeth - few and far between
few love trust
Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe
few
Many think they know, few know to think.
content few good harvest
He that has a good harvest must be content with a few thistles
deep falls few needle people ready
When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it
begins few finishes
He who begins many things finishes but few
holds smells tub wine
Every tub smells of the wine it holds
swim taste three wine
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine
heals lie truth
Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.
appreciate taste tasted
Those who have never tasted bitter, do not appreciate the taste of sugar.
affection drunk sober thoughts words
A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts
praised remark silence
Some things are better praised by silence than by remark
tail tongue women
A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail
buried house married three woman women
A woman is to be from her house three times; when she is christened, married and buried