Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
loves man mother sweetheart wife
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
feels himself man
A man is as old as he feels himself to be
equals mass men opinions
A mass of men equals a mass of opinions
learn man sail winds
A man should learn to sail in all winds
avoid care escape next
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world
dictates himself man separates somalia
A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia
ear purse silk
You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear
children comfort parting sorrow
There is not so much comfort in having children as there is sorrow in parting with them.
ice scream
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream
scratch yours
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
hand work worse
Your hand is never the worse for doing its own work
You must live with a person to know a person. If you want to know me come and live with me.
grunt pigs
Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them
breaks enemies ice until
You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks