Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
arrive travel
It is better to travel than to arrive
arrive hopefully travel
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive disenchanted
bad command fires soldier word zeal
Too much zeal is a bad soldier who fires before the word of command
friend nor trust
Trust not a new friend nor an old enemy.
fair three women
Three women, three geese, and three frogs, make a fair
wrong
He who oweth is all in the wrong
heals lie truth
Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.
far few teeth trouble
May your trouble be like the old man's teeth - few and far between
midnight sleep three
One hour's sleep before midnight is better than three after it
expense laugh price raised smiles
The price of a laugh is too high, if it is raised at the expense of another
sharper sweeter wine
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine
appreciate taste tasted
Those who have never tasted bitter, do not appreciate the taste of sugar.
affection drunk sober thoughts words
A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts
swim taste three wine
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine