Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
affection drunk sober thoughts words
A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts
cost words worth
Kind words are worth much and they cost little.
according cut egg harsh round speak square words
A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them
gate speakers-and-speaking three tongue words
The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.
given hide man speak tongue words
Man was given a tongue with which to speak and words to hide his thoughts.Â
given hide man speak tongue words
Man was given a tongue with which to speak and words to hide his thoughts.Ê
bad heals word words wound
A bad wound heals but a bad word doesn't
feared man silence words
The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words
die quarrels spoken words
Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die
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
tail tongue women
A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail