Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
barefoot goes plant thorns
He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns
blood cannot human run shed
Human blood is heavy; the man that has shed it cannot run away
good honor knowledge risk sell
Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.
choosing
In choosing a friend, go up a step.
bad good hold luck
In bad luck hold out; in good luck, hold in
beats proverbs
He beats his breast who does not beat his child.
cheat fish proverbs
He can cheat a fish of its skin.
adversity ask broader lighter
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
built cologne
Cologne and Aix-en-Chapelle were not built on the same day.
carve hole looking peg
Carve the peg by looking at the hole
cow law lose sheep
Go to law for a sheep and lose your cow
anger great sword
Great anger is more destructive than the sword
friendship friends-or-friendship patience proverbs
For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.
envy ill
If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill