Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
man pity proverbs
Pity the man who has a stranger's spancel on him.
inside marriage outside wish
Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.
learn proverbs
Live to live and you will learn to live.
chasm leap work
It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.
knowing
It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing
cold pine season
It is only when the cold season comes that we know the pine and cypress to be evergreens
contend difficult oneself proverbs
It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.
equal failing proverbs trust
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.
coward coward-and-cowardice dead minute proverbs rest
It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.
bad fall luck proverbs window
It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
curse proverbs walk
It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
camel ditch easier fool jump listen proverbs
It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason.
friend gained lost none proverbs
Many a friend was lost through a joke, but none was ever gained so.
busiest procrastination proverbs
Manana is often the busiest day of the week.