Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
example reason wise
Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's
sheets shoes wear
It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's sheets
arrive hopefully travel
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive disenchanted
falsehood prosper suffer truth
It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood
borrowed cooked last pot return
It is better to return a borrowed pot with a little something you last cooked in it
flying hold swallow ten
It is better to hold one swallow in your hand, then ten flying in the air.
exist unknown
It is better to exist unknown to the law.
chicken head ox rear
It is better to be the head of chicken than the rear end of an ox
ignorant mistaken
It is better to be ignorant than mistaken
abuse cowardly dead enemy fly living
It is cowardly to fly from a living enemy or to abuse a dead one
build easier pull
It is easier to pull down than to build up
cute-love easier fleas full girl guard proverbs sack
It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love.
bull easy frighten window
It is easy to frighten a bull from the window
gained master pupil wealth
Many a pupil has gained more wealth than his master