Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
proverbs talk
We should talk while we are still alive. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
broken eggs nest
In the broken nest there are no whole eggs
fools-and-foolishness proverbs
In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool.
cause love proverbs
If there is cause to someone, the cause to love has just begun. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
buy mother power sell
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.
difficulty proverbs
If you can't go over, you must go under.
game king pawn proverbs
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.
game king pawn proverbs
After the game the King and pawn go into the same box.
becomes days talk three
After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless
knows might proverbs ship
After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved.
examine
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
either heir man proverbs rich scoundrel wealth
A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
character man proverbs rich
A rich man has no need of character.
child mothers poor rich
A rich child often sits in a poor mothers lap.