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TRUTH
DON'T TAKE ANY WOODEN NICKELS.
Submitter comment: HIS GRANDFATHER SAID THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GULLIBILITY ; LEAVETAKING FORMULA
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
PROVERB
DON'T TALK TOO MUCH -- THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE REMEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CONVERSATION ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-25-1969
PROVERB
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING BECAUSE NOTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; IRONY ; PARADOX ; PESSIMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
DO THE BEST YOU CAN TODAY AND TOMORROW YOU CAN DO BETTER.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD BY
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
PROVERB
DO WHAT I TELL YOU, BUT DO NOT DO WHAT I DO.
(ITALIAN)
FATE QUELLO CHE VI DICO IO, MA NON FUTE QUELLO CHE FACCIO IO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PARADOX ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
DO UNTO OTHERS AND THEN CUT OUT BEFORE THEY DO UNTO YOU.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; IRONY ; PARODY ; VARIANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
MILITARY SAYING
DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD TO DO, WHEN YOU ARE TOLD TO DO IT, AND THEN
GO SIT ON YOUR ASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CYNICISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
DO WHAT YOU CAN, WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OPTIMISM ; PRACTICALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
DRAFT BEER, NOT BOYS
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-WAR ; PUN ; REFERRING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE--DRAFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BEST DAY
THE BEST DAY IS TODAY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER BELIEVES IN LIVING EACH DAY TO ITS FULLEST. HE HAS
TOLD ME THIS PROVERB MANY TIMES.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): CARPE DIEM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
PROVERB
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE. IT'S THE WORST THINGS THAT ARE SO
EXPENSIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-17-1965
THINKER
THE BEST THINKING IS DONE WITH THE MOUTH CLOSED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS THE PROCTOR OF A STUDY HALL IN MY HIGH SCHOOL AND
HE USED TO REPEAT THIS ON THE AVERAGE OF TWICE A DAY.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): CONVERSATION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
THE BEST WAY TO DOUBLE YOUR MONEY IS TO FOLD IT IN HALF AND PUT
IT BACK IN YOUR WALLET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FRUGALITY ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BEST WORK
THE BEST WORK IS WHAT YOU LIKE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN A LETTER TO ME NOT LONG AGO BY MY GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTENTMENT ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
PROVERB
BETTER LATE, THAN NEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
PROVERB
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER,
BUT BETTER NEVER LATE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN CONVERSATION
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
MAXIM
BETTER NEVER THAN LATE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD APACHE SAYING.
Data entry tech comment:
SISTER SPEAK WITH FORKED TONGUE
VARIANT
Where learned: COLORADO
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; REVERSAL?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
LITHUANIAN PROVERB
GERIAU NEPRADITI, NEGU REPABAIGTI. (LITHUANIAN)
BETTER NOT TO START, THAN TO LEAVE UNFINISHED. (TRANSLATION)
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
POLISH PROVERB
BETTER PEA SOUP AND SAUERKRAUT IN PEACETIME THAN A FAT CHICKEN
IN WARTIME.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-WAR ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1969