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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58. oldal
... marry above my station . I have had a dumb man's dream . ( Bengalese ) . I have had a dream that I cannot recall , or one that I ought not to relate . In the evening a red man is black . ( Oji - West African ) . Among Europeans people ...
... marry above my station . I have had a dumb man's dream . ( Bengalese ) . I have had a dream that I cannot recall , or one that I ought not to relate . In the evening a red man is black . ( Oji - West African ) . Among Europeans people ...
59. oldal
... marry have where to tarry . " ( Italian ) . " Be sure before you marry of a house wherein to tarry . " ( Spanish ) . " Before you marry have a house to live in , fields to till , and vines to cut . ( Spanish ) . My affairs are like ...
... marry have where to tarry . " ( Italian ) . " Be sure before you marry of a house wherein to tarry . " ( Spanish ) . " Before you marry have a house to live in , fields to till , and vines to cut . ( Spanish ) . My affairs are like ...
61. oldal
... ( marrying ) were to thrive ? " Thomas Tusser . The boat on the cart , and the cart on the boat . ( Benga- lese ) . As the boat sometimes carries the cart across the stream and the cart sometimes transports the boat to the river bank , so ...
... ( marrying ) were to thrive ? " Thomas Tusser . The boat on the cart , and the cart on the boat . ( Benga- lese ) . As the boat sometimes carries the cart across the stream and the cart sometimes transports the boat to the river bank , so ...
65. oldal
... marry a young girl if he wishes to do so . Within two and a half fingers ' breadth of the sky . ( Marathi ) . His conceit is so great that he acts as though his head almost reached to the sky . You may blow till your eyes start out ...
... marry a young girl if he wishes to do so . Within two and a half fingers ' breadth of the sky . ( Marathi ) . His conceit is so great that he acts as though his head almost reached to the sky . You may blow till your eyes start out ...
177. oldal
... marry . ' " Don't sweep a person's feet , it will make him lazy ; so will hitting them with a straw . " " Don't whip the child who burns another ; if you do , the burnt child will die . " " Don't measure yourself ; it will make you die ...
... marry . ' " Don't sweep a person's feet , it will make him lazy ; so will hitting them with a straw . " " Don't whip the child who burns another ; if you do , the burnt child will die . " " Don't measure yourself ; it will make you die ...
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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.