Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
cross drink earth face proverbs river sleep twice wander water
May you wander over the face of the earth forever, never sleep twice in the same bed, never drink water twice from the same well, and never cross the same river twice in a year.
ear fall left proverbs
May your left ear wither and fall into your right pocket.
ears proverbs short wisdom wise
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.
earth common rich
How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive out the fellow sharers of nature, and claim it all for yourselves? The earth was made for all, rich and poor, in common. Why do you rich claim it as your exclusive right?
early proverbs rising road
Rising early makes the road short. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
lies life wish
Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.
black blue eyes love
Blue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee.
card people perform poker tricks
Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.
correct faults man proverbs wise
From the faults of another, a wise man will correct his own.
coming love prevent pushed scholars-and-scholarship
Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back.
courtesy hurt kindly speak
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.
faith god weave
Weave in faith and God will find the thread.
money proverbs spend
Never spend your money before you have it
adversity gives prosperity proves
It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.