Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
best man strange thinks three wise
Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise
experience fools start wise
We start as fools and become wise through experience
coming empty endeavor entering hands life
Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel-mine and coming out with empty hands
death friend life witness
Life without a friend is like death without a witness
bear dance learn
With time, even a bear can learn to dance
bees fly hay july load worth
A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay but a swarm in July is not worth a fly
disciples eyes fly saints
Saints fly only in the eyes of their disciples
eagle fly teach
No need to teach an eagle to fly
flying hold swallow ten
It is better to hold one swallow in your hand, then ten flying in the air.
abuse cowardly dead enemy fly living
It is cowardly to fly from a living enemy or to abuse a dead one
buried house married three woman women
A woman is to be from her house three times; when she is christened, married and buried
heals lie truth
Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.
holds smells tub wine
Every tub smells of the wine it holds
praised remark silence
Some things are better praised by silence than by remark