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 من الصفحات |
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... mouth . " Two thousand years ago they repeated the saying , " A fool shineth no longer than he holds his tongue , " and five thousand years ago they declared that " He that is wrong fights against himself . " Long before the coming of ...
... mouth . " Two thousand years ago they repeated the saying , " A fool shineth no longer than he holds his tongue , " and five thousand years ago they declared that " He that is wrong fights against himself . " Long before the coming of ...
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... mouth may they soil , yet are some so beautiful that they may be spoken by fairest lips unblamed ; and this is certain - that they give comfort and encouragement , aid and abetting to daily action . " WIT AND HUMOUR IN PROVERBS Wit and ...
... mouth may they soil , yet are some so beautiful that they may be spoken by fairest lips unblamed ; and this is certain - that they give comfort and encouragement , aid and abetting to daily action . " WIT AND HUMOUR IN PROVERBS Wit and ...
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... mouth ; its affection for its young , and for its master ; its patience , docility , and mighty strength ; its jealousy , stupidity , and ferocity ; its manner of eating and drinking ; its ability to endure thirst , to make long and ...
... mouth ; its affection for its young , and for its master ; its patience , docility , and mighty strength ; its jealousy , stupidity , and ferocity ; its manner of eating and drinking ; its ability to endure thirst , to make long and ...
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... mouth " ; sometimes it was a mere catch expression , as when the English said , " In a shoulder of veal there are twenty and two good bits , " meaning that though there are twenty bits in a shoulder of veal , there are only two that are ...
... mouth " ; sometimes it was a mere catch expression , as when the English said , " In a shoulder of veal there are twenty and two good bits , " meaning that though there are twenty bits in a shoulder of veal , there are only two that are ...
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... mouth of fools . ( Hebrew ) . " As a thorny staff that riseth up in the hand of a drunkard , so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool . " -Lange's Translation of Prov . xxvi : 9 . As the country , so the proverb . ( German ) . " A ...
... mouth of fools . ( Hebrew ) . " As a thorny staff that riseth up in the hand of a drunkard , so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool . " -Lange's Translation of Prov . xxvi : 9 . As the country , so the proverb . ( German ) . " A ...
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الصفحة 99 - A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
الصفحة 98 - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city ; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
الصفحة 112 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
الصفحة 182 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
الصفحة 125 - 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.
الصفحة 95 - 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
الصفحة 146 - 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
الصفحة 104 - 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.
الصفحة 119 - 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.
الصفحة 110 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.