Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
What Hans does not learn, Hans does not know.
character friend good invited misfortune
One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune
ask four god men pray
What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four
ask journey longer seems
The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey seems
people respect spend time
Never spend time with people who don't respect you
cannot cloud concealed small stars
Many stars cannot be concealed by a small cloud
cannot since
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we get
both dew falls love
Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies
bad child cries fine pig
Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child
certain middle tree
In a very old tree you may be certain that the sapwood is on the outside, while the heartwood is in the middle
giving withhold
They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing
cannot rivers
You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.
giving heart
If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart
bad good happen marble piece
Write bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble