Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
empty house man proverbs purse
An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late.
blind good nod proverbs wink
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
goes illness pound proverbs
An illness comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.
ink lasts longer martyrs proverbs scholars
A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood.
proverb proverbs teach traditions
The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb
eye proverbs
The eye is a coward. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
budget full poor
The poor man's budget is full of schemes.
fine night proverbs saying until wait
Wait until it is night before saying that is has been a fine day.
die leave proverbs un
Partir, c'est mourir un peu. (To leave is to die a little.)
proverbs
Part with your head, but not with your secret.
africa north proverbs youth
Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones. Berber, North Africa
fools-and-foolishness proverbs
In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool.
bound proverbs
If one is roasting two potatoes, one of them is bound to get charred. - Kikuyu, Kenya.
caution jump knows proverbs six stream ten wide
If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he does not know how wide it is, he will jump, and six times out of ten he will make it.