Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
income practice proverbs secure
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
conform fashion proverbs tyrant
Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical.
bears fruit silence tree
The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.
continue god pray prayer proverbs row
Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
ashamed poverty poverty-and-the-poor proverbs
Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.
donkey knows proverbs
A donkey knows no gratitude. - (Knappert, p. 138, Swahili)
friend people
A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
joy longer month sorrow
A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy
amidst chickens flock standing
A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens
chops complaints-and-complaining proverbs
One chops the wood, the other does the grunting.
cannot happiness harness proverbs
Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.
dog painted turned
He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog
bites proverbs speaks tongue
He bites his tongue who speaks in haste.
cannot proverbs smell
A hyena cannot smell its own stench. - Kalenjin (Kenya)