Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
cannot happiness harness proverbs
Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.
dog painted turned
He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog
follow proverbs running
Do not follow a person who is running a way. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
carrying man proverbs
Do not tell the man carrying you that he stinks. Sierra Leone
beard fine goats mistake proverbs
Do not mistake a goats beard for a fine stallions tail.
hope past regret
Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past
chickens count proverbs
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
consider reputation
Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like
africa bones dogs gives prefer proverbs west
Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat,it is just that no one ever gives them meat. Akan proverb, West Africa
age lives proverbs youth
Youth lives on hope, old age on memories.
blood less pride proverbs
The nobler the blood the less the pride.
black blame dog gets white
The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame
break hurt names proverbs sticks stones
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
fights glittering rather weapon
Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart.