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PENNY SAVED
A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
PROVERB
PENNY WISE, DOLLAR FOOLISH.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS PICKED UP IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
SPENDING IRREGULARITIES OF A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN AN APARTMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS ; ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
PENNY - WISE, POUND - FOOLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; THREE RIVERS
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. SOME ARE VERY APPEALING-
OTHERS VERY APPALLING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT WHEN SHE FEELS UPSET SHE REMEMBERS
THIS. INFORMANT ADDED THAT SHE FEELS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD
REMEMBER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; FUNCTION ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
A PERFECT WIFE IS ONE WHO DOESN'T EXPECT A PERFECT HUSBAND
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN A RESTAURANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; TOLERANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
ARABIAN SAYING
A PERSIAN (LIGHT-SKINNED) IS THE SAME AS AN ARABIAN (DARK-
SKINNED), JUDGE HIM ON WHAT HE DOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
A PERSON ENTERS A BAR OPTIMISTICALLY AND LEAVES MISTY OPTICALLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL SAYING
A PERSON WHO PRAISES HIMSELF IS NO DARN GOOD.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; EGOTISM ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
BLASON POPULAIRE
THE PERSON WHO THINKS TOO LITTLE USUALLY TALKS TOO MUCH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GARULOUSNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PERUSE AND LAMENT
PERUSE AND LAMENT, USED BY CRAP SHOOTERS, IT'S SIMILAR TO
READ 'EM AND WEEP.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): GAMBLING ; SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): DICE ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; INITIAL AND TERMINAL ITERATION ; INTERNAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
THIS IS MY OWN PHILOSOPHY ON GETTING THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
PLAN YOUR WORK, AND WORK YOUR PLAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): DISCIPLINE ; INITIAL AND TERMINAL ITERATION ; INTERNAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
POWER CORRUPTS THE FEW, WHILE WEAKNESS
CORRUPTS THE MANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
PROCRASTINATION IS A ROBBER OF VALUABLE TIME.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT EXPRESSED THE FEELING THAT SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE
THIS SAYING BECAUSE ALL MAJOR DECISIONS SHOULD BE
THOUGHT OVER CAREFULLY. CANNOT RECALL WHERE SHE FIRST HEARD IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; PROMPTNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
A PROMISE IS A CRAZY MAN'S DREAM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER BOYFRIEND WHO IS SLOVAK.
HE 'LL SAY THIS PROVERB OCCASIONALLY IN SLOVAK (SIC) .
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-20-1971
RUSSIAN PROVERB
A PROMISE IS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): METONYMY
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
TRANSLATION PROMISES, FLATTERIES.. A FOOL'S DELIGHT.
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METONYMY
James Callow Keyword(s): HIPOCRISY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
PROPERTY IS THEFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; YOU CAN'T LOSE WHAT YOU DON'T OWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-10-1969
PROVERB
PUNCTUALITY IS THE POLITENESS OF KINGS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONSIDERATION ; DEFINITION? ; PROMPTNESS ; ROYALTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |