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PROVERB
WOMEN MUST BE PRAISED, WHETHER TRULY OR FALSELY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; 898 ARLINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-24-1971
PROVERB
THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT A VACATION IS THAT IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD
ENOUGH TO GO BACK TO WORK AND POOR ENOUGH SO THAT YOU HAVE TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
WORDS MAY SHREW (SHOW?) A MAN'S WITS, BUT ACTION IS HIS MEANING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
THE WORD WILL NEVER KILL, BUT IT CAN WOUND SEVERELY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS AT HONORS HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
POLISH PROVERB
WORK AND PRAY AND YOU WILL BE SAVED.
MODL SIE I PINECJ, A BEDZIESZ ZBAWIONY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
PROVERB
WORK FASCINATES ME: I CAN SIT AND WATCH IT FOR HOURS.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
MALTESE PROVERB
THE WORK OF THE BUSY IS BENFITED BY THE LAZY.
XGHOL IL GHAICF L'GHAZZIN CHIELU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16721 GLENMORE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
PROVERB
WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS YOU CAN CHANGE,
AND IF YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS FORTY-FIVE YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
WORRY: THE INTEREST PAID BY THOSE WHO BORROW TROUBLE.
Submitter comment: WE SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
PROVERB
WRITE WITH THE LEARNED, PRONOUNCE WITH THE VULGAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PROVERB
YA CAN TAKE THE BOY OUTTA THE COUNTRY, BUT YA CAN'T
TAKE THE COUNTRY OUTTA THE BOY.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER'S STATEMENT WHEN I RETURNED AFTER MY FRESHMAN
YEAR AT U OF D.
Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
YOU ARE AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
PROVERB
YOU'RE KNOWN BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP.
GREEK: TTEOUW UE' WLO'V ONVAOZEVQNOE UAI ZEVCW
WCO'S ELOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; 5120 THORNCROFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
YOU ARE KNOWN BY YOUR FRIENDS.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM POLISH
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN. A PERSON'S AGE HAS NO
RELEVANCE ON HIS ABILITY TO LEARN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERB
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!
Submitter comment:
"MAN IST WAS MAN ISST!" IS A GERMAN PROVERB WHICH TOYS
WITH THE LIKE SOUNDS OF "IST" AND "ISST" WHILE CONVEYING
QUITE AN INTERESTING FACT.
BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, QUITE TRUE OF COURSE.
GERMAN INSTRUCTOR, DR. WEDBERG, UNABLE TO PINPOINT
SOURCE OF SAYING, CLAIMS IT'S A FOLK SAYING IN
GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
PROVERB
YOU CAN CATCH A THIEF BUT NEVER A LIAR.
Submitter comment: RECALLED FROM MEMORY
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME;
ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME; BUT NEVER ALL
ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS DURING HER CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
PROVERB
YOU CAN JUDGE A PERSON BY THE FRIENDS HE HAS.
SPANISH: POR EL CANTO SE CONOCE EL PA'JARO.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS LEARNED THROUGH THE INFORMANTS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM DRINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN