Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
If one kills one ant, 10 will come to the funeral.
fools-and-foolishness recognize wise
If there were no fools, how would we recognize the wise
hart house room
If there is room in your hart there is room in your house
hand noise produce
Clapping with the right hand only will not produce a noise
daughter sister
Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust.
carry chop
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
jump learns monkey tree trying
By trying often the monkey learns to jump from the tree
adversity man met shoes until
I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.
man met until
I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.
choose near restaurant table waiter
In a restaurant choose a table near a waiter
die hire living people poor rich wonderful
If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living
dog gained proverbs skill
If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher.
call invite pack
If you call one wolf, you invite the pack
buy steal
If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself