Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
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
ounce pound practice worth
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.
cost words worth
Kind words are worth much and they cost little.
wealth wise worth
A wise man's day is worth a fool's life.
blow breath contents friend friends-or-friendship grain hands heart keeping knowing pour rest whom worth
A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
silence word worth
If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two
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
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