Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
break breaks cannot man proverbs
If man can make it he can break it, if man breaks it he cannot re make it
believe gotten men wrong
If men could see the epitaphs their friends write they would believe they had gotten into the wrong grave.
charitable charity door god puts
The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.
beauty grows heart love
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
fire himself hunter lie oil proverbs rub sleep
The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep
easy follow large opened small vessel
When a large vessel has opened a way it is easy for a small one to follow
ahead lies lies-and-lying proverbs
With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.
life proverbs secret work
The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.
soldier
The soldier who retreated 50 paces jeered at the one who retreated 100 paces
blows horses wind
The wind of the Heaven's is that which blows between the horses ears.
ears proverbs short wisdom wise
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.
proverbs rich seek
The rich never have to seek out their relatives.
commitment drink proverbs reading seeing sign
Drink nothing with out seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
friend proverbs rescue
Even a friend can not rescue one from old age. - Kalenjin (Kenya)