Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
correct faults man proverbs wise
From the faults of another, a wise man will correct his own.
break breaks cannot man proverbs
If man can make it he can break it, if man breaks it he cannot re make it
choose few friend man plenty
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
age-and-aging man mature proverbs running twenty
Twenty years a child; twenty years running wild; twenty years a mature man --and after that, praying.
keeps man proverbs tells troubles trust
Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
crosses knows light man night river value
Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day
god man
Man does what he can, God does what he will.
half knows life proverbs spent time-and-time-management
Life is half spent before one knows what it is.
man pity proverbs
Pity the man who has a stranger's spancel on him.
destined destiny drown man proverbs
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
considered insolent man proverbs
If the insolent man is strong, the one in the right is considered guilty.
blind man proverbs sleeps wake
He who sleeps with a blind man will wake up cross-eyed.
empty house man proverbs purse
An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late.
either heir man proverbs rich scoundrel wealth
A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.