The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with Annotations and Lists of Connected Forms, Found in All Parts of the WorldG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922 - 329 pagini |
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Pagina 9
... true conception of wisdom . All the proverbs have a certain dignity and impressiveness not found in other collections and bear the marks of inspiration . " All the heathen moralists and proverbialists joined to- gether , " says ...
... true conception of wisdom . All the proverbs have a certain dignity and impressiveness not found in other collections and bear the marks of inspiration . " All the heathen moralists and proverbialists joined to- gether , " says ...
Pagina 26
... true that Aristotle declared them to be remnants which because of their shortness and correctness had been saved from the wreck and ruin of ancient philosophy , but he never intended to imply that they were incomplete . WHAT PROVERBS ...
... true that Aristotle declared them to be remnants which because of their shortness and correctness had been saved from the wreck and ruin of ancient philosophy , but he never intended to imply that they were incomplete . WHAT PROVERBS ...
Pagina 27
... true , it must not be inferred that all the proverbs of a country are indicative of its char- acter or that any collection of a nation's sayings is a safe guide to its inner life , for many phrases that are thus properly listed are of ...
... true , it must not be inferred that all the proverbs of a country are indicative of its char- acter or that any collection of a nation's sayings is a safe guide to its inner life , for many phrases that are thus properly listed are of ...
Pagina 30
... true because it is old or is constantly repeated ; they ask for the reason of things and will not be satisfied until they know . Furthermore , people have learned that a proverb cannot be always true . " I am of opin- ion that there are ...
... true because it is old or is constantly repeated ; they ask for the reason of things and will not be satisfied until they know . Furthermore , people have learned that a proverb cannot be always true . " I am of opin- ion that there are ...
Pagina 31
... true , " said Cervantes , " because they are all sentences drawn from experience itself , which is the mother of all sciences . " But proverbs at best are only half truths . For that reason we find some that contradict the teaching of ...
... true , " said Cervantes , " because they are all sentences drawn from experience itself , which is the mother of all sciences . " But proverbs at best are only half truths . For that reason we find some that contradict the teaching of ...
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The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with ... Dwight Edwards Marvin Vizualizare completă - 1922 |
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according ages ALLIED PROVERBS appear Arabian bear become better bird blind called carry century child Chinese comes common crook crow Danish daughter doctor Dutch enemy English evil expression fall father fear feet fire fish follows fool French friendship Gaelic Garhwal German give given goes gold golden hand head heart Hebrew Hindustani hold honest horse Italian JOHN keep King known late Latin live London look Marathi mind Modern Greek mother mouth natural never once origin Osmanli peacock Persian phrase physician Portuguese quoted referred saying Scotch sell Spanish speak stone story swallow tail Tamil tell Telugu things thinks thou thought throw tongue true turn VARIANT PROVERBS wall whistle wise worth young