Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
adversity gives prosperity proves
It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
bends branch gives takes
A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it
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
charitable charity door god puts
The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.
lies life wish
Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.
cross drink earth face proverbs river sleep twice wander water
May you wander over the face of the earth forever, never sleep twice in the same bed, never drink water twice from the same well, and never cross the same river twice in a year.
draws horse motivational proverbs
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
break breaks cannot man proverbs
If man can make it he can break it, if man breaks it he cannot re make it
black blue eyes love
Blue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee.
correct faults man proverbs wise
From the faults of another, a wise man will correct his own.
choose few friend man plenty
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
card people perform poker tricks
Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.
fire himself hunter lie oil proverbs rub sleep
The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep
money proverbs spend
Never spend your money before you have it