Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
best succeeding
Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding
barrel empty plenty sound
There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel
die leave
To leave a place is to die a little
hat
To know about the hat and the rim.
time words yesterday
Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday
die leave names people tigers
Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names
equal inferior manners proverbs superior treat
Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son.
contentment flee happiness pursue
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
aged country prosperity treatment
The prosperity of a country is in accordance with its treatment of the aged
dance dance-and-dancing outcome rain timing
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance
catch order throw
To throw out a sardine, in order to catch cod.
bank work
You don't put robbers to work in a bank
intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals luck proverbs
You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.
advice late
When a thing is done, advice comes too late