Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adages, Maxims, Aphorisms, Phrases and Other Popular Dicta from Many LandsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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... stone gathers no moss ' ; but , on the other hand , it is equally true that ' A tethered sheep soon starves . ' While one villager is content to remain in the little hamlet where he was born , living hardly throughout his life , the ...
... stone gathers no moss ' ; but , on the other hand , it is equally true that ' A tethered sheep soon starves . ' While one villager is content to remain in the little hamlet where he was born , living hardly throughout his life , the ...
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... stone , kissed it , and left it . ( Persian ) . When he saw the nature of the task that was assigned to him , he realized his inability to perform it , and prudently declined to begin work . He'll lick the white frae your een . ( Scotch ) ...
... stone , kissed it , and left it . ( Persian ) . When he saw the nature of the task that was assigned to him , he realized his inability to perform it , and prudently declined to begin work . He'll lick the white frae your een . ( Scotch ) ...
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... stone that had healing qualities . Whoever looked upon it was restored of whatever malady he had . On the death of the patriarch God removed the healing virtue from the stone and gave it to the sun's rays so that thereafter those who ...
... stone that had healing qualities . Whoever looked upon it was restored of whatever malady he had . On the death of the patriarch God removed the healing virtue from the stone and gave it to the sun's rays so that thereafter those who ...
الصفحة 84
... stones . ( English ) . " If you have a head made of glass , do not throw stones at me . ( Spanish ) . This saying is generally thought to have come into use from the following incident as given by Brewer : " When , on the union of the ...
... stones . ( English ) . " If you have a head made of glass , do not throw stones at me . ( Spanish ) . This saying is generally thought to have come into use from the following incident as given by Brewer : " When , on the union of the ...
الصفحة 85
... stones war him in the werre ( let him beware ) . " It is not unlikely that the saying came from Spain and was adapted from the well - known Spanish aphorism , " He that has a roof of glass should not throw stones at his neighbour ...
... stones war him in the werre ( let him beware ) . " It is not unlikely that the saying came from Spain and was adapted from the well - known Spanish aphorism , " He that has a roof of glass should not throw stones at his neighbour ...
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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 112 - 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.
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 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 110 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
الصفحة 105 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
الصفحة 109 - Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.