Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
three warm winter word
One kind word can warm three winter months.
learn learning lose
One must learn how to lose before learning how to play.
four three
One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for a birth.
enemy good harm hundred
One enemy can harm you more than a hundred friends can do you good
collars dog ten thousand
One dog yelping at nothing will set ten thousand straining at their collars
blanket burn proverbs rid
One does not burn a blanket to get rid of a flea.
evil good
One does evil enough when one does nothing good
compliment compliments meant third
Of a compliment only a third is meant
neighbor neighbors rich
No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor
deaf listening man proverbs
No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
none smart
None of us are as smart as all of us
knows man poor proverbs
No one knows how the poor man dines.
caught places visit
No one can be caught in places he does not visit
becomes doctor doctors fills good
No one becomes a good doctor before he fills a churchyard