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PROVERB
THE MAN WHO IS BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH,
SELDOM MAKES MUCH STIR.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS OUR FAMILY DOCTOR. HE ALWAYS TOLD THIS TO EVERY NEW
PARENT.
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; METAPHOR ; OBERSERVATION ; REPUTATION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
A MAN WHO DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING,
WILL TELL YOU THE FIRST CHANCE HE GETS.
Where learned: ENGLISH CLASS 319 ; FROM QUOTE
James Callow Keyword(s): IGNORANCE ; OBSERVATION ; TALKATIVENESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
PROVERB
THE MAN WHO BECOMES SUCCESSFUL OWES IT TO HIMSELF.
THEN HE OWES IT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TAXATION OF WEALTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
A MAN TOO GOOD FOR THE WORLD IS TOO GOOD FOR HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; TOLD AT HER HOME ; 9953 QUANDT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1971
PROVERBS
A MAN'S TRUE NATURE COMES OUT WHEN HE'S DRUNK.
Submitter comment: (GRANDMOTHER)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
PROVERB
A MAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
BLASON POPULAIRE
A MAN'S BEST FORTUNE, OR HIS WORSE, IS HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM HER FATHER
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PROVERB -- HUNGARIAN
A MAN SHOULD PAY ALL HIS DEBTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR,
OTHERWISE HE WILL ALWAYS OWE IN THE NEW YEAR.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Year PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
MAN PROPOSES, BUT GOD DISPOSES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1968
PROVERB
A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT DEEDS IS LIKE A GARDEN FULL OF WEEDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACTION ACTIVISM ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
PERUVIAN PROVERB
A MAN IS WHAT HE IS, NOT WHAT HE USED TO BE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PAST VS. PRESENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PROVERB
MAN IST, WAS ESST.
(TRANSLATION: A MAN IS, WHAT HE EATS.)
Where learned: GERMAN CLASS
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; FOOD ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): BIBLE: DEUTERONOMY VIII:3 ; OBSERVATION ; SUSTENANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
MAN AND FATE ARGUE OVER LIFE FOR HOURS;
BUT AS USUAL, FATE HAS THE LAST WORD.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
SAYING
AS MAINE GOES, SO DOES THE NATION.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SAYING THAT EVOLVES FROM POLITICAL CIRCLES.
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PRETZELS, HE'D BE ENTIRELY ON A
LIQUID DIET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLISM ; BEER ; DRINKING ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DEBATE: IT LURES DE FISH.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN FOR THE BAIT.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
MORBID: A COMMON PHRASE USED BY AN AUCTIONEER.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN ON MORE BID.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970
YOU CAN'T SWIM IN A POOLROOM.
James Callow comment: LIKE YOU CAN'T BOUNCE A MEATBALL, SAYS COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION? ; JOKE? ; WORK?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-14-1969
CANADIAN PROVERB
LET YOUR LIFE BE LIKE ARITHMETIC: JOYS ADDED, SORROWS
SUBTRACTED, FRIENDS MULTIPLIED, AND LOVE UNDIVIDED.
Keyword(s): ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, DIVISION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: UNKNOWN