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 14
... Dutch , " One rotten apple in the basket infects the whole quantity , " the German , " One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding , " the Danish and Italian , " One mangy sheep spoils the whole flock " and the Russian " A spoonful of tar ...
... Dutch , " One rotten apple in the basket infects the whole quantity , " the German , " One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding , " the Danish and Italian , " One mangy sheep spoils the whole flock " and the Russian " A spoonful of tar ...
Pagina 42
... Dutch , Portuguese ) . A bird in the hand is worth two in the wood . ( English ) . A bird in the hand is worth two on the wing . ( Guernsey ) . A captured bird is worth a thousand on the green . ( Latin ) . A crown in the pocket doth ...
... Dutch , Portuguese ) . A bird in the hand is worth two in the wood . ( English ) . A bird in the hand is worth two on the wing . ( Guernsey ) . A captured bird is worth a thousand on the green . ( Latin ) . A crown in the pocket doth ...
Pagina 43
... Dutch ) . Better a finch in the hand than a parrot in the Indies . ( Portuguese ) . Better a fowl in the hand than two flying . ( English , Scotch ) . Better a lean lintie in the hand than the fat finch on the wand . ( Scotch ) . Better ...
... Dutch ) . Better a finch in the hand than a parrot in the Indies . ( Portuguese ) . Better a fowl in the hand than two flying . ( English , Scotch ) . Better a lean lintie in the hand than the fat finch on the wand . ( Scotch ) . Better ...
Pagina 44
... ( Dutch , ` Portuguese ) . One bird in the net is better than a hundred - or thousand -flying . ( Hebrew ) . One bird in your hand is better than ten birds in the sky . ( Ashanti ) . " " One " here it is , " is better than two ' you will ...
... ( Dutch , ` Portuguese ) . One bird in the net is better than a hundred - or thousand -flying . ( Hebrew ) . One bird in your hand is better than ten birds in the sky . ( Ashanti ) . " " One " here it is , " is better than two ' you will ...
Pagina 54
... ( Dutch ) . Do not show a man that is hanged , a rope ; nor a burnt man fire . ( Syrian ) . Experience keeps a dear school , but fools learn in no other . ( English ) . Experience is the best teacher . ( English ) . Experience is the ...
... ( Dutch ) . Do not show a man that is hanged , a rope ; nor a burnt man fire . ( Syrian ) . Experience keeps a dear school , but fools learn in no other . ( English ) . Experience is the best teacher . ( English ) . Experience is the ...
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Æsop Æsop's fable ALLIED PROVERBS Arabian Assamese Behar Bengalese bird blind British Guiana century child Chinese cock Creole crook crowing hen cure Danish daughter devil doctor Don Quixote Dutch enemy English evil father fire fish fool French friendship frying pan Gaelic Garhwal German gift gold golden Gotham hand is worth hath heart Hebrew hen crows Hindustani honest hook horse Irish-Ulster Italian JOHN HEYWOOD Kashmiri King Kumaun late Latin leap legs little wool live London look Marathi milk Modern Greek mother mouth never Osmanli Pashto peacock Persian phrase physician poke Portuguese quoted quoth saying Scotch sell Spanish speak steal stone story swallow Syrian tail Tamil Telugu thee thief things thinks THOMAS TUSSER thou thought tongue true Turkish UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA VARIANT PROVERBS Welsh whistle WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wise words young