Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
fool help himself
He who would make a fool of himself will find many to help him
high leap
He who would leap high must take a long run.
far leap run
He who would leap far must first take a long run
drown
He who will try to drown his sorrows, will find that they can swimm very well.
respect rose wants
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
boy man teaches
He who teaches a boy teaches three: a youth, a young man, and an old man
dignity lightly raises rank takes
He who takes his rank lightly raises his own dignity
body loose takes wife
He who takes a wife for her body, will loose the body and keep the wife.
dies
He who stands, lives, he who sleeps, dies
hears says
He who says what he likes, hears what he does not like
injury insult invites puts
He who puts up with insult invites injury
friend guilty public puts shame
He who puts a friend to public shame is as guilty as a murderer
beside himself loves others plants trees
He who plants trees loves others beside himself
dies discipline lives
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.