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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42. oldal
... nation , are the sanctuary of the institutions . " - Ralph Waldo Emerson . A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties . ( Yoruba - West African ) . Don't quote your proverb till you bring your ship into 42 Curiosities in ...
... nation , are the sanctuary of the institutions . " - Ralph Waldo Emerson . A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties . ( Yoruba - West African ) . Don't quote your proverb till you bring your ship into 42 Curiosities in ...
43. oldal
... bring your ship into port . ( Gaelic ) . Good sayings are like pearls strung together . ( Chinese ) . He is the proverb of the age . ( Persian ) . Applied to people of distinction , particularly to those who have become known because of ...
... bring your ship into port . ( Gaelic ) . Good sayings are like pearls strung together . ( Chinese ) . He is the proverb of the age . ( Persian ) . Applied to people of distinction , particularly to those who have become known because of ...
47. oldal
... brings home hate . " ( English ) . Great doings at Gregory's ; heated the oven twice for a custard . ( English ) . A sarcastic reference to one who seeks notoriety by display . Having a mouth and eating rice by the nose . ( Bengalese ) ...
... brings home hate . " ( English ) . Great doings at Gregory's ; heated the oven twice for a custard . ( English ) . A sarcastic reference to one who seeks notoriety by display . Having a mouth and eating rice by the nose . ( Bengalese ) ...
55. oldal
... bring to their masters that which they were told to bring . Have you poked my eye with my own finger ? ( Telugu ) . Have you turned my arguments against me ? He appears as if he ate roasted spits . ( Spanish ) . " " See " Curious ...
... bring to their masters that which they were told to bring . Have you poked my eye with my own finger ? ( Telugu ) . Have you turned my arguments against me ? He appears as if he ate roasted spits . ( Spanish ) . " " See " Curious ...
64. oldal
... bring much trouble . " By my faith , ' said Cleveland , ' thou takest so kindly to the trade , that all the world may see that no honest man was spoiled when you were made a pirate . But you shall not prevail on me to go farther in the ...
... bring much trouble . " By my faith , ' said Cleveland , ' thou takest so kindly to the trade , that all the world may see that no honest man was spoiled when you were made a pirate . But you shall not prevail on me to go farther in the ...
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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.