Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
rather smiles stronger
One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger
forgets god recovers sickness soon
One who recovers from sickness soon forgets about God
faults friend looks none
One who looks for a friend without faults will have none
afraid ashamed asking learning
One who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning
buy man motive offers vase
When you buy a vase cheap, look for the flaw; when a man offers favors, look for the motive
bank common sings
When two friends have a common bank account, one sings and the other weeps.
bed divorced four people
When two divorced people marry, four people get into bed
break jelly misfortune moves proverbs teeth tide
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth
shut stable
When the steed is stolen, you shut the stable door.
knows might saved ship
When the ship has sunk everyone knows how she might have been saved
lost man poor sea spoon turned
When the sea turned into honey, the poor man lost his spoon
cup slip
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
corrupted last poet tongue
The tongue of a poet is always the last to be corrupted
feared sword tongue
The tongue is more to be feared than the sword