Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
dig others
Because I have been athirstI will dig a well that others may drink.
carefully choose draws heart observe
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
wants
Everyone wants to live long, but no one wants to be called old
god man
Every man for himself, and God for us all
history life page
Every day of your life is a page of your history
ad century crow latin
Every cock will crow upon his own dunghill. -mid 13th; 1st century AD in Latin
learned properly trade
A trade not properly learned is an enemy.
sufficient tomb whom
A tomb now suffices him (Alexander) for whom the whole world was not sufficient
differs eye
The rabbits' eye differs from that of the owl.
eloquent tail
There is nothing so eloquent as a rattlesnake's tail
finding lies shame
There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.
answer quick slow
To a quick question, give a slow answer
account fear whose
What fear has he whose account is clean?
breaks moment
What breaks in a moment may take years to mend.