Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
card people perform poker tricks
Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.
count faults people proverbs
People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.
die hire people poor poverty-and-the-poor proverbs rich wonderful
If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
cooked corn handful people proverbs stiff thin three
One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. - Kuria, Kenya/Tanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania
people dialectics
It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.
men people office
It is not the ambassador, it is not the messenger, but the Lord Himself that saveth His people. The Lord remaineth alone, for no man can be partner with God in forgiving sins; this office belongs solely to Christ, who taketh away the sins of the world.
friend people
A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
light people proverbs room
Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave.
favors gets goodness people proverbs shown
Goodness gets a seat. - Igala, Nigeria. (Pachocinski, p. 224; explanation: good people will be shown favors and will live longer).
people proverbs voice
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
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.
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.