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Proverbs
A proverb is a short fluent saying that is used to express a specific situation based on the cumulative experience of the nations. Ask about famous proverbs, their meanings and origins here.
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What does the proverb mean The Early bird catches the worm?
Do not hesitate, be quick and hard-working and you'll be successful.
Where did the proverb the squeaky wheel gets the grease originate?
I have heard that Benjamin Franklin was once a baker and pushed his baking cart around to sell his goods. He had a squeaky wheel on his cart and noticing that it drew attention to him and his cart of goods, he sold more, therefore he kept the squeaky wheel.
What does the proverb 'He that speaks much is much mistaken' mean?
Hello, I am a professor at Brown University, The general meaning of this quote is that you should be well versed in all the subjects you talk about and listen well for more information on less understood subjects, hope this helps.
Proverbs care for widows and orphans?
In prov. 15:25 widow is mentioned once. In prov. 23:10 the fatherless is mentioned once and orphans per se not at all.
Why is it important to preserve evidence at scenes?
So that it can be tested and evaluated and presented in court as the unadulterated evidence of the perpetrators act.
What is the story about in proverbs 19?
Jewish worship of the fertility goddess Asherah had ceased by the end of the Babylonian Exile, to be replaced by veneration of Lady Wisdom (Known in Greek as Sophia). A house with seven pillars would be a temple, but there is no suggestion of a temple to Wisdom on earth, so this was a heavenly temple.
Modern Christianity has difficulty in accepting that the early Jews, and indeed the earliest Christians, had venerated Lady Wisdom, so the preference is to refer to Proverb's 'Wisdom' as philosophical wisdom and to try to explain the seven pillars as no more that seven foundational concepts of wisdom. However, a careful reading shows that the passage does refer to Wisdom as 'she' and does have her invite the faithful into her house, where she will expound more proverbs of great (philosophical) wisdom. These include instructions to a wise man and the beginning of wisdom.
The proverb "life is like a wheel, sometimes you are on top and sometimes you are on the bottom" is credited to the Filipino culture. The proverb is called a salawikain in the Philipinnes.
What is the meaning of the Proverb You never miss the water till the well goes dry?
I think that it means is that when you really want to do something, and you get a chance to do it, but you don't think it is quite good enough yet and you don't go for it, that is like the water. But once that chance slips away, it isn't coming back. So the water is there, but you have to get it, no matter how much is left, because it will only turn dry if you wait, and then it will be gone. T
This proverb is like saying that "The water is still there until it dries up," if that makes a little more sense. You can't just let the water get drier and drier until it is gone, you have to get it because it isn't going to fill higher.
salamz ! Well , According to me the meaning of this pharse is something aren't appericiated until they are gone . in other words we can say that .... when we had some think we do not take care of it and it had gone far away from us then we come to know the importance of it . thx
That is spot on above: We tend to appreciate something more once it is gone. Lets not then take it for granted whilst we have it. Like relationship, till that person is gone, you don't see exactly what that person really meant to you....well for some that is.
It's like the lyric from the '60's song " You don't know what you got til it's gone" from "They Paved Paradise, and put up a Parking Lot".
THE GUY ABOVE ME IS AN IDIOT. THE SONG IS BIG YELLOW TAXI BY THE COUNTING CROWS. A BAND FORMED IN THE 90'S.
It means you never miss something until it is gone, that you take things for granted
It means that until we run out of water, we will not think of water as an essential.
It mean that you don't know how much something really means to you, until you
know longer have it.
Who said 'There is no rose without a thorn'?
The rock band Poison paraphrased it in their hit single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."
Who first said All is fair in love and war?
ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR -- The rules of hard play are acceptable in war. In someones eyes 'all is fair in love and war" in other words,in a war between love and hate anything is acceptable or fair.
How Damiana eugenio classify proverbs?
Proverbs expressing a general attitude towards life and the laws that govern life is the first category in Damiana Eugenio proverbs.
What kind of proverbs is this one who will choosy ends up with the least attractive choice?
All proverbs, including this one, encapsulate some kind of folk wisdom. This one means that if you are too picky, the only choice by the time you are ready to choose is the least attractive one.
Pro 15:12 Conceited people do not like to be corrected; they never ask for advice from those who are wiser.
people who have a high opinion of themselves don't accept correction and don't like to ask for help
What Bible verse is linked with the poem Footprints in the Sand?
Well that is a good question, the author, Mary Stevenson wrote it, but I believe she blended it from different verses that she read. The "I will never leave you nor forsake you" comes from many verses as it was written many times in the bible. Three of the verses that it comes from are, Deuteronomy 31:6,8 and Joshua 1:5. Another verse I think she uses comes from Psalms 23:4 which says "Even though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of death I will fear no evil for you are with me." Meaning that even in the darkest times He is with you. The last verse that comes to mind that she used is Isaiah 63:9, "In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years."
This is just my opinion, but I hope it helps.
What are the kinds of proverbs?
The six categories of proverbs according to Damiana L. Eugenio:
1. Proverbs expressing a general attitudes towards life and the laws that govern life.
2. Ethical proverbs recommending certain virtues and condemning certain vices.
3. Proverbs expressing a system of values.
4. Proverbs expressing general truths and observation about life an human nature.
5. Humorous proverbs.
6. Miscellaneous proverbs.
The origin of the phrase you can't teach an old dog new tricks?
It means that it is hard for someone who has been doing something one way for a long time to do it a new way. Like someone who writes right handed try to write left handed.
how do you know i can't?
Of course you can teach a dog new tricks - if it is a smart enough dog. ANY trick you teach a dog is a new trick. To the dog!
Some people say you can't teach an OLD dog new tricks, But again, that depends on the brain power of the dog. It can be hard for any dog to learn a new routine, though, something different from a pattern already established. Like, if you move, and the dog is supposed to sleep in a different area of the house or something: that might be hard for most dogs, old or not, to adjust to.
i think it would be more of a challenge to teach any dog an old trick.
Who wrote all that glitters is not gold?
The correct sentence is " All that GLISTERS is not gold" meaning that anything that is showy may not necessarily be valuable
What is an example of miscellaneous proverbs?
The sleeping boatman does't not know the streams he has passed.
Don't be too slow, if there's only a little rice , don't be too shy if there's a little viand.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself
Expand the idea of the proverb all that glitters is not gold?
This is how you can explain your answer:
All of us have heard this proverb''All that glitters is not gold''.But there are only few people who truly understand its meaning and use it their lives.
We know that gold is a glittering metal.It is very valuble and possessive in this world.We all work our best to achieve the gold that we need.
But what we do not or should know is that valuble or glittering things are not everything in this world.This means that our hard work and goals in life should be the gold in front of our eyes instead of real literal gold.We must always remember that success in life is the most valuble gold in our entire life.
Let us therefore remember to work our best and achieve the ''gold'' that we require in our everyday life.
-Cheryl Ramona Daniel
Was Siddhartha the first Buddha?
The Founder of Buddhism was the historical Buddha (which means the Fully Enlightened One), born in Nepal (year 623 B.C.) as Prince Siddhartha of the Sakya Kingdom. The natives of ancient Nepal were the Kirat people (Tamang, Sherpa, Rai, Gurung etc.), better known as the Gurkhas today.
Prince Siddhartha left Nepal (in the Himalayan mountain range) at the age of 29 years old, crossed over to ancient India and eventually gained Enlightenment (Bodhi) at the age of 35 years old, at a place subsequently named as Bodhi Gaya. He became the Buddha.
The key teachings of the Buddha, encapsulated in the Four Noble Truths, are:
1. Living a simple life of love, non-violence and compassion will result in a person getting reborn in heaven, or in good circumstances as a human being. The former is consistent with Christ's Teachings. For the latter, clinical cases of human rebirth have been extensively researched and published by Dr. Ian Stevenson, MD and university Professor.
2. Practising meditation / yoga / Zen together with point 1, will bring about spiritual happiness here and hereafter. This is consistent with Laozi's Teachings.
3. Practising points 1 and 2, together with the initial knowledge of the intrinsic nature of all worldly things (impermanence, insubstantiality and insatisfactoriness) will lead to the end of rebirth, and go beyond heavenly existence. This is termed as Nibbana (Nirvana), which the Buddha has described to us as Highest Happiness, Freedom, Unique and Beyond Space-Time Continuum. Nibbana is not existence nor extinction.
4. The precise method for point 3 is known as the Noble Eight-fold Path.
At the age of 80 years old, the historical Buddha entered into Final Nibbana (Parinibbana). 500 years later (year 57 A.D.), the Buddha appeared in a dream to the Han Emperor Mingdi, which prompted the Emperor to ask his Court the next day about 'a golden man with light shining from his neck'. This account is recorded in China's historical archives. One of the official said he had heard of a holy man in the western region, who had find immortality and whose skin was golden. Subsequently, Han Mingdi sent an expedition to found out more. This marked the spread of Buddha's Teachings from the western region (Himalayas), and also India, into the central plains of ancient China.
2600 years later, Albert Einstein said:
"There is a third stage of religious experience…the individual feels the futility of human desires…beginnings of cosmic religious feeling already appear at an early stage of development, e.g., in many of the Psalms of David and in some of the Prophets. Buddhism…contains a much stronger element of this."
Robert Oppenheimer said:
"If we ask, for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say 'no'. If we ask whether the electron's position changes with time, we must say 'no'. If we ask whether it is in motion, we must say 'no'. The Buddha has also given such answers when asked (about Parinibbana)."
Niels Bohr said:
"For a parallel to the lesson of atomic theory...(we must turn) to those kinds of epistemological problems with which already thinkers like the Buddha and Laozi have been confronted, when trying to harmonize our position as spectators and actors in the great drama of existence."
Most likely not. I believe the old man he met on the road before giving up his previous life was enlightened. which encouraged him to become a buddha which translates into the enlighten one, to teach people how to end suffering. Also there where tons of other people at the time how could have been enlightened at the time that were not recorded in history.However Siddhartha Gautama is probably the most well known.
REALLY!
Well I believe that Siddhartha Gautama wasthe first Buddha. He was a prince, his father gave him everything he wanted. One day he left his royal palace (castle whatever) and wondered around not eating and searching for the answer on why people suffer why where they sad? He believed that if he suffered, he would find the answer. And then a bunch of other stuff happened! LOL
ALL THOUGH, YOUR PROBABLY RIGHT! XD
What are some proverbs used by Griots?
Man is master of the word he keeps inside his stomach but he becomes slave of the word that escapes his lips. (African proverb)
The mouth is the sward[sic] that cuts the stomach of a man
The blade of the knife can be pointy but it will never be able to cut it's own handle
