Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
brothers business strangers together
Live together like brothers and do business like strangers
hundred listen ponder proverbs speak thousand
Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.
folks fond great talking
Little folks are fond of talking about what great folks do
listen river sound
Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout.
deaf listen listening thee thy tongue
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf
change
To change and to change for the better are two different things.
bothered carry cold donkey heat learn load three
To carry his load without resting, not to be bothered by heat or cold and always be content: these three things we can learn from a donkey
reign reigns speech spoken unspoken
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
courage spirit
When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage
ears
When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears
memory proverbs wrong
When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.
faith prayer seven step steps takes toward
When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
begin believe certainty doubting
To believe with certainty, we must begin by doubting
grow proverbs roses thorns
Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.