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PROVERB
HE WHO GIVES PROMPTLY, GIVES TWICE AS MUCH.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHARITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PROVERB
HE WHO GOES FORTH WITH A FIFTH ON THE FOURTH, MAY NOT GO
FORTH ON THE FIFTH.
Submitter comment: READ IN PARISH BULLETIN. ALSO APPEARED IN READER'S DIGEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
HE WHO HAS MANY FRIENDS, HAS NONE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USES THIS AS A PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
PROVERB
HE WHO HAS NO FRIENDS IS AFRAID OF HIS ENEMIES.
EL QUE NO TIENE AMIGOS TEME A LOS ENEMIGOS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Data entry tech comment: MY MOTHER OFTEN TOLD ME THIS AS A CHILD IN THE BAHAMAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEAR OF ENEMIES.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERB PARODY
HE WHO HESITATES IS LAST.
Submitter comment: SAID OF TRAFFIC INTERCHANGES, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-09-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
WER DEN PFENNIG NICHT EHRT, IST DER THALER NICHT WERT.
HE WHO HONORS NOT THE PENNY IS NOT WORTHY OF THE DOLLAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY ; THRIFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-13-1971
PROVERB
HE WHO IS WILLING TO WORK FINDS IT HARD TO WAIT.
Where learned: WEST AFRICA
Keyword(s): EAGERNESS ; THE WILLING WORKER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PROVERB
HE WHO IS YOUNG HAS AN OPEN MIND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
HUNGARIAN PROVERB
HE WHO KNOWS NOTHING BUT DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE KNOWS NOTHING IS A
FOOL - SHUN HIM. HE WHO KNOWS NOTHING BUT KNOWS THAT HE KNOWS
NOTHING IS A CHILD - TEACH HIM. HE WHO KNOWS SOMETHING AND
KNOWS THAT HE KNOWS SOMETHING IS A WISE MAN. FOLLOW HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
PROVERB
HE WHO KNOWS NOTHING KNOWS SOMETHING.
Submitter comment:
COLLECTED THIS FROM CHARLES ANGELL, HE WAS UNABLE TO GIVE ME
THE ORIGINAL SPANISH FOR THE PROVERB. HE IS OF SPANISH ANCESTORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1964
PROVERB
WER ZULETZT LACHT, LACHT AM BESTEN. THE ONE WHO HAS THE LAST
LAUGH IS SURE ABOUT HIS LAUGH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMER HEARD THIS IN ROSENBURG, GERMANY AND DETROIT. ENGLISH
VARIANT- HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, LAUGHS BEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): REPETITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
HE WHO RIDES SLOWLY GETS AS FAR, ONLY IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
GOOD LIFE SAYING
HE WHO THINKS 'GOOD', LIVES GOOD.
Where learned: SENT BY LETTER
Keyword(s): THOUGHT AND CONDUCT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL
CU BEDDA VOLE PARIRE Y GUEI E PENA, DEVE SOFRIRE. (ITALIAN)
HE WHO WANTS TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL, MUST SUFFER MUCH WOE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE ; TOLD AT ; 19058 SKYLINE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
PROVERB
HE WHO WASHES FACE MUST FIRST WASH NYLONS.
Submitter comment:
USED BECAUSE THERE ARE SIX FEMALES IN THE FAMILY WHO ALWAYS WASH
THEIR NYLONS IN THE BATHROOM SINK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
AN HONEST MAN WILL RECEIVE NEITHER MONEY NOR PRAISE THAT IS NOT HIS
DUE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
APOTHEGM
HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE
LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVEHT THEE.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
HONESTY
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.
Submitter comment: (HEARD THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
HOPE DEFERRED MAKETH THE HEART SAD.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965