Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adages, Maxims, Aphorisms, Phrases and Other Popular Dicta from Many Lands, Classified and Arranged with AnnotationsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 oldal |
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48. oldal
... fire , water your own . ( Martinique Creole ) . Advice given to people who , seeing the results of wrongdoing in others , refuse to turn from their evil ways . See " Wit and Humour in Proverbs . " " One man's beard is burning , another ...
... fire , water your own . ( Martinique Creole ) . Advice given to people who , seeing the results of wrongdoing in others , refuse to turn from their evil ways . See " Wit and Humour in Proverbs . " " One man's beard is burning , another ...
56. oldal
... fire to protect him against the power of evil spirits . He made him ride upon two horses . ( Hebrew ) . " He made assurance doubly sure . " He is gilding the elephant's tusk . ( Bengalese ) . He is a good man and shows his goodness by ...
... fire to protect him against the power of evil spirits . He made him ride upon two horses . ( Hebrew ) . " He made assurance doubly sure . " He is gilding the elephant's tusk . ( Bengalese ) . He is a good man and shows his goodness by ...
60. oldal
... fire . " ( English ) . " Good King , that must approve the common saw , Thou out of heaven's benediction comest To the warm Sun . " - SHAKESPEARE : King Lear . People who have their ears above their heads . ( Hay- tian ) . People who ...
... fire . " ( English ) . " Good King , that must approve the common saw , Thou out of heaven's benediction comest To the warm Sun . " - SHAKESPEARE : King Lear . People who have their ears above their heads . ( Hay- tian ) . People who ...
63. oldal
... fire . ( Oji - West Africa ) . " West Africans , who have scanty clothing , sleep by the side of a fire during the colder nights of the year . When troubled by the smoke , they order a slave , or some one handy , to Obscure Proverbs 63.
... fire . ( Oji - West Africa ) . " West Africans , who have scanty clothing , sleep by the side of a fire during the colder nights of the year . When troubled by the smoke , they order a slave , or some one handy , to Obscure Proverbs 63.
64. oldal
... fire will disappear and the cold will become more troublesome than the smoke was . The proverb warns men to choose the lesser of two evils , not to incur the risk of a greater for the purpose of ridding oneself of the smaller trouble ...
... fire will disappear and the cold will become more troublesome than the smoke was . The proverb warns men to choose the lesser of two evils , not to incur the risk of a greater for the purpose of ridding oneself of the smaller trouble ...
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99. oldal - A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
98. oldal - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city ; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
112. oldal - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
182. oldal - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
125. oldal - For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.
95. oldal - The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear, An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an
146. oldal - Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts
104. oldal - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
119. oldal - For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
110. oldal - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.