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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30. oldal
... keeping , " and men are " never kept right by proverbs . " There are good people in lands where evil maxims abound and depraved men in sections where exhortations to virtue and morality are common . WEATHER PROVERBS It has been thought ...
... keeping , " and men are " never kept right by proverbs . " There are good people in lands where evil maxims abound and depraved men in sections where exhortations to virtue and morality are common . WEATHER PROVERBS It has been thought ...
49. oldal
... keeps his own counsel and it is not possible to discover what his opinions are . The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy - turvy world . ( Japanese ) . The clown meets his death on the tree - top . ( Bengalese ) . If the clown ...
... keeps his own counsel and it is not possible to discover what his opinions are . The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy - turvy world . ( Japanese ) . The clown meets his death on the tree - top . ( Bengalese ) . If the clown ...
59. oldal
... keep their children from reckless play in the sun , which is peculiarly treacherous in those latitudes where the dialect is spoken . Hence the proverb applicable to any circumstance in which good advice is reluctantly received ...
... keep their children from reckless play in the sun , which is peculiarly treacherous in those latitudes where the dialect is spoken . Hence the proverb applicable to any circumstance in which good advice is reluctantly received ...
61. oldal
... keep your promise when a week has four Thursdays and not before . The beard will pay for the shaving . The work will pay for itself . ( English ) . The proverb is used in referring to men who receive a part or all of the proceeds of ...
... keep your promise when a week has four Thursdays and not before . The beard will pay for the shaving . The work will pay for itself . ( English ) . The proverb is used in referring to men who receive a part or all of the proceeds of ...
62. oldal
... keeps more servants than he requires . The goat met the water and wetted his whiskers . ( Ara- bian ) . He became over indulgent because of opportunity . The harelip is taken for a dimple . ( Japanese ) . Used to indicate the blindness ...
... keeps more servants than he requires . The goat met the water and wetted his whiskers . ( Ara- bian ) . He became over indulgent because of opportunity . The harelip is taken for a dimple . ( Japanese ) . Used to indicate the blindness ...
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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.