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proverb
A proverb (from the Latin proverbium), also called a byword, is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. They are often metaphorical. A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim. If a proverb is distinguished by particularly good phrasing, it may be known as an aphorism. (source: Wikipedia)
1. "Young children step on your feet, older children step on your heart."
categories: Family and Loneliness -:- Various
2. "Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand."
categories: Richness and Money -:- Wisdom and Stupidity
3. "The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature."
categories: Nature and Animals
4. "The darkest hour is just before the dawn."
categories: Nature and Animals -:- Various
5. "Take off your hat to your yesterdays; take off your coat for your tomorrows."
categories: Time and Passing -:- Work and Laziness
6. "Some people are born hammers, others anvils."
categories: Justice -:- Various
7. "Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy."
categories: Friendship and Hostility -:- Richness and Money
8. "Live today for tomorrow it will all be history."
categories: Time and Passing
9. "In the kingdom of blind men, the oneeyed is king."
categories: Various
10. "If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot."
categories: Anger
11. "If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart."
categories: Richness and Money -:- Good and Evil
12. "Help yourself and God will help you."
categories: Work and Laziness
13. "Fire and water have no mercy."
categories: Nature and Animals
14. "Danger past, God forgotten."
categories: God and Religion
15. "Beware of a silent dog and still water."
categories: Various
16. "Anger of the mind is poison to the soul."
categories: Anger
17. "Alcohol will preserve anything but a secret."
categories: Health and Alcohol -:- Trust
18. "After hearing two eyewitness accounts of the same accident, you begin to wonder about history."
categories: Truth and Falsity
19. "A man without a friend is only half a man."
categories: Friendship and Hostility
20. "A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning."
categories: Intellect, Judgement -:- Education
21. "A good lawyer, an evil neighbor."
source: (English, Spanish, French)
categories: Law and Crime
22. "A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts."
categories: Health and Alcohol
23. "A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase."
categories: Family and Loneliness -:- Youth and Age
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