Proverbs of
Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated
作者：Kelly, Walter K. (Walter Keating), -1867
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共 128 题- PROVERBS OF ALL NATIONS.
- PROVERBS OF ALL NATIONS,
- COMPARED,
- EXPLAINED, AND ILLUSTRATED.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- PAGE
- PROVERBS OF ALL NATIONS.
- WOMEN, LOVE, MARRIAGE, ETC.
- There is a Spanish rhyme much to the same effect:--
- And "The back door is the one that robs the house" (Italian).[107]
- FOOTNOTES:
- PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- YOUTH AND AGE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- NATURAL CHARACTER.
- FOOTNOTES:
- HOME.
- FOOTNOTES:
- PRESENCE. ABSENCE. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- FRIENDSHIP.
- But, as such friends are rare, the Scotch proverb counsels not amiss,--
- FOOTNOTES:
- CO-OPERATION. RECIPROCITY. SUBORDINATION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LUCK. FORTUNE. MISFORTUNE.
- There is a local version of this proverb:--
- FOOTNOTES:
- FORETHOUGHT. CARE. CAUTION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- PATIENCE. FORTITUDE. PERSEVERANCE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THRIFT.
- FOOTNOTES:
- MODERATION. EXCESS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THOROUGHGOING. THE WHOLE HOG.
- Either succeed or fail outright. _Aut Cæsar, aut nullus._
- PORTA PATENS ESTO. NULLI CLAUDARIS HONESTO.
- PORTA PATENS ESTO NULLI. CLAUDARIS HONESTO.
- UNO PRO PUNCTO CARUIT MARTINUS ASELLO.
- FOOTNOTES:
- WILL. INCLINATION. DESIRE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CUSTOM. HABIT. USE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SELF-CONCEIT. SPURIOUS PRETENSIONS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SELF-LOVE. SELF-INTEREST. SELF-RELIANCE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SELFISHNESS IN GIVING. SPURIOUS BENEVOLENCE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- INGRATITUDE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE MOTE AND THE BEAM.
- FOOTNOTES:
- FAULTS. EXCUSES. UNEASY CONSCIOUSNESS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- He may be one who is
- FOOTNOTES:
- OPPORTUNITY.
- This proverb is cosmopolitan; but
- FOOTNOTES:
- UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE. HOPE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- EXPERIENCE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHOICE. DILEMMA. COMPARISON.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SHIFTS. CONTRIVANCES. STRAINED USES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ADVICE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- DETRACTION. CALUMNY. COMMON FAME. GOOD REPUTE.
- The original of this is in Aristophanes: it means that
- Fortunately
- FOOTNOTES:
- TRUTH. FALSEHOOD. HONESTY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SPEECH. SILENCE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THREATENING. BOASTING.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECRETS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- RETRIBUTION. PENAL JUSTICE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- WEALTH. POVERTY. PLENTY. WANT.
- An old Scotch song says:--
- FOOTNOTES:
- BEGINNING AND END.
- Wright's version is,--
- FOOTNOTES:
- OFFICE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LAW AND LAWYERS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- PHYSIC. PHYSICIANS. MAXIMS RELATING TO HEALTH.
- Ladies rightly call sleep before midnight "beauty sleep."
- FOOTNOTES:
- CLERGY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SEASONS. WEATHER.
- Another version of this proverb current in the north of England is,--
- FOOTNOTES:
- NATIONAL AND LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS. LOCAL ALLUSIONS.
- This is the testimony of Italians. Of our country they say,--
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX.
- Quaker, 162
- Zago, 219
- THE END.
- NEW BOOKS
- THE WIT AND OPINIONS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD
- SECOND SERIES, RECOLLECTIONS OF A DETECTIVE POLICE OFFICER.
- THE LIFE AND REMAINS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD.
- MEN OF THE TIME.
- OLD FACES IN NEW MASKS.
- TRADITIONS OF LONDON.
- THE ANGLER'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE RIVERS AND LAKES OF ENGLAND.
- RELICS OF GENIUS.
- THE BOY'S BOOK OF MODERN TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
- THE BOY'S OWN BOOK.
- End of Project Gutenberg's Proverbs of All Nations, by Walter Keating Kelly