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.
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
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.
light people proverbs room
Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave.
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.
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).
count faults people proverbs
People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.
friend people
A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
people proverbs voice
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
faith god weave
Weave in faith and God will find the thread.
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.
courtesy hurt kindly speak
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.