Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
beauty blind country
The one-eyed person is a beauty in the country of the blind
carried far realize town
The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is
enemies friend friends-or-friendship
A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.
everybody friend nobody
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody
drink man takes
First the man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; then the drink takes the man
drop fall fear spill
Fear to let fall a drop and you will spill a lot
fear man proverbs
Fear only two: God, and the man who has no fear of God.
breathe chew eat fear good hope love talk whine yours
Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours
fear ignorant lion man proverbs
Fear an ignorant man more than a lion
character destiny equally fate shaping share
Fate and self-help share equally in shaping our destiny
except stars
Except for the night, we could never know the stars
bad fortune plenty time
There's plenty of time to bemoan bad fortune once it arrives
drinking talk thirst
They talk of my drinking but never my thirst
bridle devoid horse man religion
A man devoid of religion is like a horse without a bridle