English Proverbs
English Proverbs
rome
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
travel rome elsewhere
When in Rome, live as the Romans do. When elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.
rome style elsewhere
If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.
rome giving church
When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.
rome
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
rome way
When in Rome, live in the Roman way.
rome giving church
When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.
equal failing proverbs trust
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.
forest men opportunity proverbs
Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.
humble humility opportunity
If someone offends you, don't tell anyone about it except your elder, and you will be peaceful. Bow to everyone, paying no attention whether they respond to your bow or not. You must humble yourself before everyone and consider yourself the worst of all. If we have not committed the sins that others have, perhaps this is because we did not have the opportunity - the situation and circumstances were different. In each person there is something good and something bad; we usually see only the vices in people and we see nothing that is good.
learning past
There is no time of life past learning something.
father son desire
As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the approval of God and our own conscience.
spiritual inspiration illumination
The prime objective of all Initiatory music in the Temples of Antiquity was to bring about physical purification and renewal, mental stimulation and alertness, spiritual exhilaration and Illumination.
government church emperor
The emperor is in the Church, not about the Church.