Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
age-and-aging flower love man winter
An old man in love is like a flower in winter
halfway man
A questioning man is halfway to being wise.
promise rain
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain
pound proverbs sixteen wherever
A pound is sixteen ounces wherever you go.
cannot cut sharper
A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood.
barks dog honest man worse
An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him
bestowed honest hurt man praise unjustly
An honest man is hurt by praise unjustly bestowed
catch net proverbs
A net will catch more than a pole.
cold far good news proverbs thirsty waters
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place.
best knows shoe
The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
child law man unwise
The unwise man and the forweaned (spoiled) child have but one law
angry evil generosity liar man miser overcome
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
drinking sorrow thirst
Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness.
talk vulgar
Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar