Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
cow proverbs
Often a cow does not take after its breed.
hammered individuality nail proverbs sticks
The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.
add drawing finished legs snake
Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it
donkey knows proverbs
A donkey knows no gratitude. - (Knappert, p. 138, Swahili)
income practice proverbs secure
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
conform fashion proverbs tyrant
Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical.
gossip proverbs sore throat
A malignant sore throat is a danger, a malignant throat not sore is worse.
man proverbs wise
A man is as wise as his head, not his years.
curiosity living man proverbs satisfy
A man should go on living -- if only to satisfy his curiosity.
idiot ignorance man profits sight
A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.
proverbs superior wealth
A man's wealth may be superior to him. Cameroon
children comfort parting sorrow
There is not so much comfort in having children as there is sorrow in parting with them.
kenya produced proverbs smoke suffer
You suffer from smoke produced by the firewood you fetched yourself. Luhya, Kenya
friend people
A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.