NATIONAL PROVERBS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 142, 2 November 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

NATIONAL PROVERBS

GERMAN PROVERBS. What Master Jacky does not learn, Mr. John never knows. The eyes believe themselves, the ears believe other people. He who ploughs with young oxen makes crooked furrows. "I have learned religion—l believe what I like," said the cobbler. If you are an anvil be patient; if you are a hammer strike hard. The fingers of the housewife do more than a yoke of oxen. ' When the calf gets a fortune, he expects to be called Mr. Bull. FRENCH. It is better to forget misfortunes than to talk about them. An idle girl is thinking of mischief. When the blind man carries the banner, woe to those who follow. There are calumnies against which open innocence loses courage. Don't show your teeth if you can't bite. Very good corn grows in little fields. From to-morrow to to-morrow time goes a long journey. SPANISH. The day I did not sweep my house there came to it one I did not expect. Let there be food in the pigeon-house, and the pigeons will come to it. It goes ill with the house when the hen sings and the cock is silent. Renounce the devil and thou shalt wear a shabby cloak. Do what the friar says, not what he does. Unless a fool knows Latin he is not a great fool. It is not the burthen, but the overburthen, that kills the beast. Tell your affairs in the market place, and one will call them black and another white. ITALIAN. Who wishes a short Lent let him have a debt he must pay at Easter. He that would be ill-served must keep plenty of servants. Tell me all you know; believe not all you hear; do not all you are able. With the help of an "if" you might put Paris in a bottle. RUSSIAN. When you go to law against the Emperor, God Himself should be the judge. A maiden's heart is a dark forest. That which is taken in with the milk only goes out with the soul. If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself. When the priest visits you, don't be too glad; he will soon begin to beg. I We all perish; to-day full of hope, tomorrow in the coffin.