Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
praised remark silence
Some things are better praised by silence than by remark
answer fool fools-and-foolishness silence
The right answer to a fool is silence
king people silence warning
The silence of the people is a warning for the king
silence word worth
If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two
feared man silence words
The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words
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
tail tongue women
A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail
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
affection drunk sober thoughts words
A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts
goose market three women
A market is three women and a goose
ground solid stand strength
As solid as the ground we stand on
midnight sleep three
One hour's sleep before midnight is better than three after it