Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
expense laugh price raised smiles
The price of a laugh is too high, if it is raised at the expense of another
art great laugh misfortune
It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune
food laughter
Laughter is brightest, in the place here the food is.
laughed lost
That day is lost on which one has not laughed
cat hole laughs mouse
When the mouse laughs at the cat there is a hole nearby
hole laugh mice
When the mice laugh at the cat, there is a hole nearby
ask gods laugh people
The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.
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