Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
cat eat wet
The cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet. -early 13th
catch cats drive good mice
The cats that drive the mice away are as good as they that catch them
asks boy goodness grandson greed inside love native struggling talking tells wolf wolves
A Native American grandfather talking to his young grandson tells the boy he has two wolves inside of him struggling with each other. The first is the wolf of peace, love and kindness. The other wolf is fear, greed and hatred. "Which wolf will win, grandfather?" asks the young boy. "Whichever one I feed," is the reply.
hasty meet
The hasty and the tardy meet at the ferry
dark forest heart maiden
The heart of a maiden is a dark forest
greatest love
The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's
evidence greatest paid respect wealth
The greatest evidence of demoralization is the respect paid to wealth
infinite instant
The infinite is in the finite of every instant
bread dog
The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread
ashes dog trusted
The dog that licks ashes is not to be trusted with flour
sausage
The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage
dangerous goose quill
A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw
habit shirt
A habit is a shirt made of iron.
cat dog either house scoundrel
A house without either a cat or a dog is the house of a scoundrel