Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
few
Many think they know, few know to think.
known
Many are esteemed, only because they are not known
days length life seven
Seven days is the length of a guest's life
brother
When I had money, everyone called me brother
god
When the need is highest, God is nighest
cat hole laughs mouse
When the mouse laughs at the cat there is a hole nearby
hole laugh mice
When the mice laugh at the cat, there is a hole nearby
fun gone liquor
When the liquor was gone the fun was gone.
full heart speak tongue
When the heart is full the tongue will speak
choose eyes rather wife
One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes
apply common common-sense learning pound pounds proverbs requires ten
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.
hay sunny
One should take the hay in on a sunny day.
oneself others speak
One should speak little with others and much with oneself
realize
One should not put of thing untill tomorrow, that one can realize today.