Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adages, Maxims, Aphorisms, Phrases and Other Popular Dicta from Many LandsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 oldal |
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9. oldal
... beauty and power . The Sermon on the Mount has many phrases that are now used as proverbs ; some of them may have been similarly used in Jesus ' day and have been quoted by Him . We know that after talking with the Samaritan woman by ...
... beauty and power . The Sermon on the Mount has many phrases that are now used as proverbs ; some of them may have been similarly used in Jesus ' day and have been quoted by Him . We know that after talking with the Samaritan woman by ...
15. oldal
... beauty . The Persians and Chinese , as well as the Arabs , delight in phrasing their thoughts in poetical language . It is difficult to translate an Eastern proverb and retain its beauty . The meaning may be given with a reasonable ...
... beauty . The Persians and Chinese , as well as the Arabs , delight in phrasing their thoughts in poetical language . It is difficult to translate an Eastern proverb and retain its beauty . The meaning may be given with a reasonable ...
35. oldal
... beauty , a camel ; for singing , an ass , " when wishing to describe a neighbour whom he dislikes . Not infrequently quotations are used , as when the Scotch say , " Mair haste the waur speed , ' quo ' the wee tailor to the lang thread ...
... beauty , a camel ; for singing , an ass , " when wishing to describe a neighbour whom he dislikes . Not infrequently quotations are used , as when the Scotch say , " Mair haste the waur speed , ' quo ' the wee tailor to the lang thread ...
107. oldal
... beauty is vain , but a woman that fear- eth Jehovah , she shall be praised . ( Prov . xxxi : 30 ) . The following German proverbs refer to feminine beauty : " Every woman would rather be pretty 64 " " 66 than pious , " " Beauty Bible ...
... beauty is vain , but a woman that fear- eth Jehovah , she shall be praised . ( Prov . xxxi : 30 ) . The following German proverbs refer to feminine beauty : " Every woman would rather be pretty 64 " " 66 than pious , " " Beauty Bible ...
108. oldal
... Beauty and understanding go rarely together , " " Beauty and folly are sisters , " ' Beauty is but dross if honesty be lost , " " Beauty vanishes , virtue endures , ' ' Beauty without modesty is infamous , " Beauty without under ...
... Beauty and understanding go rarely together , " " Beauty and folly are sisters , " ' Beauty is but dross if honesty be lost , " " Beauty vanishes , virtue endures , ' ' Beauty without modesty is infamous , " Beauty without under ...
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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.
112. oldal - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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.
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
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.
105. oldal - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
109. oldal - Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.