Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
money penny proverbs
A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.
children heartache small
Small children give you headache; big children heartache
fine nobody proverbs wake
Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuff box.
slander spoken three
Slander slays three persons: the speaker, the spoken to, and the spoken of
proverbs saw
As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen.
enters evil needle oak tree
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree
child mothers poor rich
A rich child often sits in a poor mothers lap.
according cut egg harsh round speak square words
A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them
guests himself landlord trusts
The landlord will trusts his guests as he trusts himself
exceeding gods grind mills small
The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small
ask offered
Ask a lot, but take what is offered
gets noticed stranger town white
A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immedeatly
cape fine ghana paid sheep skin stranger
A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana
build built rome takes time
It takes time to build castles. Rome wan not built in a day.