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SELF PRAISE STINKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1171 N RENAUD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-03-1971
MARRY IN HASTE, REPENT IN LEISURE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM CHILDHOOD DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROUTE 1 ; SHELBY ; BOX 324
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-17-1970
IF IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE A BARGAIN, IT MUST TAKE TWO TO
BREAK IT.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; INDIA ; BOMBAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1970
LEND YOUR MONEY AND LOSE YOUR FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; INDIA ; BOMBAY
Keyword(s): LOAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1970
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; INDIA ; BOMBAY
Keyword(s): LOAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1970
DESPERATE DISEASES REQUIRE DESPERATE REMEDIES.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS ONE OF MANY PROVERBS TOLD TO ME BY THE
INFORMANT AT ONE SITTING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; INDIA ; BOMBAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1970
THE GREATEST CONQUEST IS CONQUEST OF SELF.
Submitter comment:
ONE OF MANY PROVERBS TOLD TO ME BY INFORMANT, AN INDIAN WHO
IS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN CHEMISTRY AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; INDIA ; BOMBAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1970
THE MAN SLOWEST IN MAKING A PROMISE, IS THE QUICKEST IN
KEEPING IT.
Submitter comment: THIS STATEMENT IS A COMMON EXPRESSION USED BY THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 26516 PENNIE ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY, BUT {WHAT} YOU DON'T SAY THAT COUNTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
NO REST FOR THE WICKET
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-28-1970
ARABIAN SAYING
MY BROTHER AND I FIGHT AGAINST OUR COUSIN;
OUR COUSIN AND WE FIGHT AGAINST OUR ENEMY.
Submitter comment:
EXPLANATION OF HOW THE ARAB NATIONS COULD UNITE AGAINST THE
ISRAELI PEOPLE DESPITE THEIR INTERNAL STRIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; RELATIVES UNITE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
SUPERSTITION
MURPHY'S LAW: IF ANYTHING CAN GO WRONG, IT WILL GO WRONG.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE WORKING AS AN ECONOMIST IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS ; WASHINGTON DC
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-26-1963
MR. QUINN WAS MY LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL MANAGER. HE WAS QUITE
A STUDENT OF THE GAME. YOU CAN MAKE AN INFIELDER INTO AN OUT-
FIELDER, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE AN OUTFIELDER INTO AN INFIELDER.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION ASKED HIM ON ME PLAYING BOTH
INFIELD AND OUTFIELD.
Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): VERSATILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
A MOTHER'S PRAYER WILL SAVE SOULS FROM THE DEEP.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
James Callow Keyword(s): DROWNING ; MOTHER ; PRAYING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001905-1910
OLD JEWISH SAYING
MOST PRAYER HELPS, MOST EATING HURTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION FOR EMPHASIS OF CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
MOST PEOPLE NEVER PLAN TO FAIL,
THEY JUST FAIL TO PLAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
PROVERB
MOST PEOPLE ARE MORE POSITIVE {TOWARD} WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE,
THAN WHAT THEY DO LIKE.
Where learned: RESIDENCE ; NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1965
HATE
THE MOST EXPENSIVE INDULGENCE IS HATE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN A LETTER TO ME NOT LONG AGO BY MY GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
SAYING--ITALIAN
MORTE DESIDERATA; VITA LUONGA.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED AS A YOUNG WOMAN LIVING IN ITALY.
THIS ITALIAN SAYING MEANS THAT IF YOU WISH SOMEONE DEATH,
HE WILL LIVE LONGER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-29-1963
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THE MORE YOU EAT, THE MORE YOU WANT.
Where learned: CRACKER JACK SLOGAN
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; GREED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001950S (INFORMANT REMEMBERS IT FROM THE 50'S)