Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
meat men poor proverbs rich seek stomach
Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.
keeps man proverbs tells troubles trust
Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
crosses knows light man night river value
Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day
none proverbs
One of these day is none of these days.
cart proverbs
Many will show you the way once your cart has overturned.
cooked corn handful people proverbs stiff thin three
One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. - Kuria, Kenya/Tanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania
proverbs
One may go a long way after one is tired.
kindness proverbs warm winter word
One kind word can warm 3 winter months.
best quit
Of all the stratagems, to know when to quit is the best
bank common sings
When two friends have a common bank account, one sings and the other weeps.
bears fruit silence tree
The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.
life proverbs secret work
The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.
soldier
The soldier who retreated 50 paces jeered at the one who retreated 100 paces
continue god pray prayer proverbs row
Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.