Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
daylight doth good trade work
A hangman is a good trade, he doth his work by daylight
bad good people praise
Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
exception good mother
Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.
barks dog good
A dog that barks much is never a good hunter.
belongs good heaven
The world belongs to the rascals, Heaven belongs to the good
breathe chew eat fear good hope love talk whine yours
Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours
angry character conquer evil gives goodness man men overcome subdue
Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; Subdue untruthful men by truthfulness; Vanquish an angry man by gentleness; And overcome the evil man by goodness
good sight
I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better
character friend good invited misfortune
One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune
enemy good harm hundred
One enemy can harm you more than a hundred friends can do you good
evil good
One does evil enough when one does nothing good
becomes doctor doctors fills good
No one becomes a good doctor before he fills a churchyard
cloak drinker generally good
Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker
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