Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
again men others shall whose
Before us men have flourished just as we now flourish: others yet again shall be, whose generations we shall never see
footprint learn leaving run snow
Before you love, Learn to run through the snow Leaving no footprint
goal
Before you can score, you must have a goal
happiness happy living time
Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
charity gives itself poor
Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor
drag elephant hair kindness sweet tongue
By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair
asking impossible obtain
By asking for the impossible we obtain the possible
alone free holy man sin soul whose
Holy must be the man who treads - the incensed shrine within: and holy is that man alone - whose soul is free from sin
hope prepare worst
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst
pay proverbs took
He took the devil's mat, but he'll pay back with his skin.
seeks
He that seeks to have many friends never has any
eaten himself shall sheep wolf
He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by a wolf
cool hath irons
He that hath many irons in the fire, some of them will cool
content few good harvest
He that has a good harvest must be content with a few thistles