Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
fears suffers
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear
dies wise
He dies before he is old who is wise before his day
dies discipline lives
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
drinking sorrow thirst
Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness.
respect rose wants
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
row
Everyone must row with the oars he has
drinking talk thirst
They talk of my drinking but never my thirst
elephant gentle hair hand lead
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair
cabbage good rich seek wife
Having a good wife and rich cabbage soup, seek not other things
funeral pay
He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral
calm god landing promises safe
God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage.
daytime frog nigeria run
The frog does not run in the daytime for nothing. - Igbo, Nigeria
egg feeds hen ought
He who feeds the hen ought to have the egg
drown
He who will try to drown his sorrows, will find that they can swimm very well.